Body of Elias Haddad pulled from Turkey hotel rubble

The body of Lebanese citizen Elias Haddad has been recovered from the rubble of a destroyed hotel in the earthquake Turkish city of Antakya.

The announcement was made by the Cedars-11 team of Lebanese Civil Defense volunteers, which had traveled to Turkey at its own initiative.

The team also managed to recover the body of a girl.

A friend of Haddad who was with him in the same hotel room, Bassel Habkouk, had been rescued from the rubble on February 8, two days after the devastating earthquake.

Habkouk said the two friends were fleeing through the stairs when the collapse happened.

A third Lebanese man, Mohammed al-Mohammed, is still believed to be under the rubble of the same hotel.