A man who was pronounced dead after being found in the rubble of the Syrian earthquake “comes back to life” at his own funeral. Ahmed alMaghribi was located by rescue teams and pulled from a collapsed building in the Syrian city of Atarib.
During the service, he showed no vital signs and experts pronounced him dead. Doctors and paramedics placed his body in a refrigerator for two days while they waited for family members to show up to identify him.
According to the British tabloid Daily Star, after relatives confirmed it was Ahmed, Ahmed was placed in a body bag and taken to a cemetery for a funeral procession. Surprisingly, however, the body began to move as soon as it arrived at the cemetery. When funeral home workers opened the coffin, the man was found alive and apparently in good health.
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The surprise left the victim’s family and friends stunned and Ahmed was taken back to the hospital where he remains hospitalized.
The local press reports that there are suspicions that this may have been a rare case where a person’s heart started beating again after a rare cardiac arrest caused by shock.
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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on the morning of February 6, causing death and destruction in Turkey and northern Syria.
The earthquake is considered one of the worst natural disasters in both countries, with more than 47,000 dead and more than 100,000 injured. According to Al Jazeera, Syria has recorded 5,939 deaths. Turkey’s death toll stands at 41,156.
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Shortly thereafter, a second 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the same region, causing even more damage.
About 50,000 people died in two 7.8 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.