A man from Prince Edward County is mourning 10 family members lost to the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.
Ramez Al-Jassem says he learned from afar that his cousin, her husband and eight of their children were killed in the earthquake.
More than 28,000 people have been confirmed dead as of Saturday evening, making the 7.8-magnitude earthquake the world’s deadliest in over a decade.
Al-Jassem says international aid has so far focused on large cities, and his family’s experience is typical of how the earthquake is devastating smaller communities.
