Incredible Moment Girl, 10, Rescued From Italy Earthquake After 17 Hours

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This brave Italian girl was trapped in the earthquake debris for 17 hours before firefighters made a heroic rescue.

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The death toll has risen to almost 25o and an estimated 150 people are still missing after the fatal disaster in mountainous central Italy, the BBC reports.

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The quake, 6.2 on the Richter Scale, hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT) on Wednesday, ruining the towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto.

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Over 4,300 rescuers are digging with their bare hands to try and save others like the 10-year-old girl in this video:

In the video you see her dust-covered body start to emerge, as firefighters frantically scrape away the debris, and finally she is lifted out of the hole.

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Everyone cheered and clapped as she was found alive in the town of Pescara Del Tronto and taken to a nearby hospital.

It restores my faith in humanity when in times of such trauma and disaster, everyone is coming together and searching around the clock through the debris.

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Massive respect to everyone involved in the efforts to find more survivors! Our thoughts are with you all.