'Some of them they left their houses. Some of them don't have a place to stay and it's freezing. Everybody who speaks Turkish has been asking me 'is your family okay?' I say it's not only my family. It's a bunch of people.'
The disaster is unfolding in Turkey and Syria where at least 3,400 people are dead across the region followingChicago organizations are rushing to help those on the ground affected by the earthquake. As CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reported Monday, donations from here in Chicago will be sent through Turkish Airlines. The earthquake relief program coming together in less than 12 hours after this disaster.
It's a country that's no stranger to earthquakes, but this time it's hitting a region that's facing bitter cold as families are left homeless Hundreds still believed to be trapped under the rubble as daylight reveals the sheer scale of this disaster. He said work at his Albany Park restaurant is a welcome distraction as he waits for updates from friends who live where the earthquake hit.
From Istanbul, Viladan Gorener, president of Chicago's Turkish American Cultural Alliance is now organizing relief efforts was coincidentally in Turkey when the earthquake hit, but 600 miles north of the disaster zone.
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