More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria after a powerful earthquake and aftershocks hit the region.
"Working with our Turkish partners we rescued a 17-year-old man," Leum wrote. "Uninjured and talking."Monday's rescue comes just two days after Leum and other rescue teams helped pulled a 52-year-old mother and her 18-year-old son from the rubble, but no information on their condition was given.
In addition to the LASD volunteer crew, the United States Agency for International Development has deployed a crew from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and a crew from Fairfax County, Virginia, to also provide assistance.All the news you need to know, every day
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