Firefighters rescue woman in wheelchair as parts of southern Turkiye flood
Firefighters were just in time to save a woman who uses a motor wheelchair from drowning in flood waters in Turkiye.

Firefighters were just in time to save a woman who uses a motor wheelchair from drowning in flood waters in Turkiye.

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