Reporter abandons live broadcast to rescue young girl from Turkey earthquake

Watch: What parts of Turkey and Syria look like after a powerful earthquake killed thousands

• A journalist from Turkish media outlet A News was reporting live on earthquake rescue efforts.

• His broadcast was interrupted by the onset of a second earthquake, per a video by The Telegraph.

• The journalist ran towards a little girl, carried her to safety, and tried to calm her down.

A journalist abandoned his live broadcast while reporting on the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey so he could carry a little girl to safety.

Yuksel Akalan, a journalist from the Turkish media outlet A News, was reporting on Monday on rescue efforts in the aftermath of the first earthquake. Akalan was filming with his cameraman on a street in Malatya, Turkey, per CBS News.

But Akalan's broadcast was cut short when he was caught in the middle of a powerful second earthquake, a video published by The Telegraph and Reuters showed. In the video, Akalan is seen running while the ground shakes. Sirens can be heard blaring in the background and structures can be heard crashing to the ground.

According to The Telegraph, Akalan said in the video: "As we were heading to the rubble to film search and rescue efforts, there were two consecutive aftershocks with a loud noise and the building you are seeing on my left was brought down to earth."

The video then cuts to the journalist running towards a young girl in distress, lifting her up and carrying her out into the open street.

After setting the crying girl down, Akalan is seen comforting her and telling her to remain calm, per The Telegraph's subtitles. He then resumed his broadcast.

The first quake was one of the strongest to hit the region in over 100 years. It was followed by a second earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter Scale and struck the Kahramanmaras province in southern Turkey at 1:24 p.m. local time, per Bloomberg.

The death toll from the quakes has exceeded 4,300 and is expected to rise, CNN reported.

Representatives for A News did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Read the original article on Insider