Man rescued from rubble in Myanmar 5 days after quake

Rescue crews in Myanmar pulled a 26-year-old man out alive from the rubble of the capital city hotel where he worked early today, but most teams are finding only bodies five days after a massive earthquake hit the country.

After using an endiscopic camera to pinpoint Naing Lin Tun’s location in the rubble and confirm that he was alive, the man was gingerly pulled through a hole jackhammered through a floor and loaded onto a gurney nearly 108 hours after he was trapped in the hotel where he worked.

On the 5th day after the earthquake, a male survivor was rescued alive at 00:30 on April 2, 2025, from the collapsed lower two floors of the six-story Aye Chan Thar Hotel in Ottara Thiri, Naypyidaw.#MyanmarEarthquake #MyanmarFactCheck pic.twitter.com/Rnhj8oRqt0

— Thet Zaw (@msthetzaw) April 2, 2025

Shirtless and covered in dust, Naing Lin Tun appeared weak but conscious in a video released by the local fire department, as he was fitted with an IV drip and taken away. State-run MRTV reported that the rescue in the city of Naypyitaw was carried out by a Turkish and local team and took more than nine hours.

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit midday Friday, toppling thousands of buildings, collapsing bridges and buckling roads. So far, 2,719 people have been reported dead and another 4,521 injured but local reports suggest much higher figures.