ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- An exhausted 24-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building Monday, a week after the structure collapsed, killing at least 88 people.
Yasemin Yaprakci, covered with dust, was carried on a stretcher into an ambulance as relief workers applauded. The rescuers had worked for hours to free her feet, which were trapped under bodies.
Relief workers found Yaprakci close to the entrance of the building, where rescue officials estimate more than a dozen people were crushed as they tried to escape.
Her condition was reported to be serious.
``Her overall condition is not good at all, she has bleeding under her skin,'' Riza Saribabicci, the head physician of the Konya Numune hospital, said by telephone. He said she was suffering from gangrene and broken ribs.
Yaprakci was given oxygen under the rubble, where she has been surrounded with the scent of bodies for days.
``We had detected her alive with electronic devices and sniffer dogs. As we searched for her, we heard her saying, 'Water, water','' Serdar Demirel, a rescue official, told private NTV television.
Another relief worker, Niyazi Ozbek, was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying Yaprakci helped rescuers ``by making noise with her nails against the concrete.''
She spoke briefly with her husband, Halil, via radio from the rubble and said: ``I'm fine, don't worry,'' Anatolia reported. Yaprakci reportedly was relieved after she was told that her husband and 18-month-old daughter, Yaprak, were alive too.
Yaprakci joked with relief workers as she was rescued, promising to invite them over for tea if they would ``just get me out of here,'' Ozbek quoted her as saying.
Workers dug out 13 more bodies Monday, increasing the death toll to at least 88, Anatolia reported.
On Sunday, teams found a 16-year-old boy who survived almost six days under the rubble shrouded in pulverized concrete that kept him warm. He slept often, which slowed his metabolism.
Muhammet Kalem was the first survivor to be pulled from the wreckage in almost five days. His father had so little hope of seeing his son again that he had already dug his grave.
Kalem's mother and brother were found dead Monday, Anatolia reported.
Doctors said the remarkable survival of Yaprakci and Kalem for so long without food or water was helped by the fact that they slept most of the time and did not struggle.
The 11-floor building in central Turkey collapsed Feb. 2 around dinner time. Since then, 29 survivors have been pulled from the wreckage.
The discovery of Yaprakci raised hopes that other survivors may be found. Rescuers, however, said they were mostly looking to recover bodies.
Officials have blamed the collapse on shoddy construction. On Friday, a Turkish court charged two contractors, Vedat Kaya and Ismail Canlier, with negligence.
