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After 60 hours, rescue team pulls 8-year-old girl alive from Taiwan quake rubble

After 60 hours, rescue team pulls 8-year-old girl alive from Taiwan quake rubble

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She’s alive! Rescuers pulled the girl from the rubble of the collapsed Wei-Kuan apartment complex. Photo: AFP/BBC

An eight-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment complex in Taiwan Monday, more than 60 hours after it was felled by a powerful earthquake.

The disaster occurred on Saturday morning bringing down the 17-floor building amongst others.

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At least 38 people have been reported killed in the incident while over 400 have been rescued from the rubble.

Rescuers freed two other survivors earlier in the day as they raced against time to find more than 100 residents buried deep in the ruins.

Check out pictures from the scene..

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