Kahramanmaras (Turkey): As the recent earthquake in Turkey continues to tatter thousands of families, a photograph of a man refusing to let go of his dead daughter's hand has shaken many across the world. The heart-wrenching picture of Mesut Hancer -- sitting alone in the freezing cold, surrounded by remnants of his destroyed home, with eyes lost in overwhelming grief -- is spine-chilling, to say the least.
Mesuts's daughter Irnak, lies under the heavy boulders of their broken house as her father refuses to let go of her hand, overwhelmed with pain, oblivious to the destruction around. As per the reports, his young daughter was asleep when the first pre-dawn tremor struck their homeland on Monday.
With feeble attempts from the rescue team to save the lives of those entrapped in what came to be known as the most powerful earthquake to strike Turkey and Syria in nearly a century, Imrak was unfortunate enough to have died -- but not more than her inconsolable father whom she left behind.
The earthquake killed nearly 20,000 people, but also heinously murdered the hopes of the ones left behind with nothing more than the torn bodies of their loved ones lying around. The rubble of buildings that once encompassed their lives lies shattered, only lending them a hurtful reminiscence into their better pasts.
The photograph, reportedly captured by the Agence France Presse (AFP) veteran photographer Adem Altan, took no time to shake the internet as it gave an insight into the painful ground situation through the powerful photo of a silently mourning father.
