Huseyin Berber was stretchered from the wreckage of his home which was brought down more than seven days ago in Antakya, southern Turkey.
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Five hours earlier rescuers cheered “God is great” as little Hivay User, clad in the pyjamas she was sleeping in, was pulled from ruins in Adiyamkan.
In hard-hit Hatay, Naide Umay was freed 175 hours after disaster struck.
Yet hopes of further rescues are dwindling. Crews say they are on the limit with night temperatures as low as -6C.
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths admitted the rescue phase was coming to a close, with the focus switching to the race to provide shelter and food.
The death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria from last Monday’s disaster has reached 37,000 — and is still set to rise steeply.
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In Pazarcik, a remote town of 30,000 above the epicentre of the initial 7.8 magnitude quake, 80 per cent of buildings were destroyed or damaged.
Beside a main road, a bedraggled queue of the hungry and homeless stretches for at least 500 metres, hoping for blankets and something to eat.
Many survivors sleep in their cars. A family of seven are among those in tents at a football stadium.
They have no heating and no toys but the youngsters, aged from one to ten, still manage broad grins as Red Crescent workers hand them energy-boosting chocolate biscuits and soft drinks.
Volunteer Anastasia Ozdemir, 40, said: “It breaks my heart to see these poor children living like this.”
Red Crescent manager in Pazarcik Onur Beyazyesil said the charity — which will benefit from The Sun’s £1million earthquake appeal — is feeding 60,000 people in the area. He said of the donations: “We are very thankful, it allows us to do this vital work.”
