Dramatic moment Italy earthquake 10-year-old victim is rescued after 17 HOURS

'She's alive!': Dramatic moment girl, 10, is pulled from rubble of Italian earthquake after 17 HOURS trapped upside-down as death toll rises to 247 --- The child was hauled to safety by rescuers who shouted 'she's alive' as they carried her from the ruins of a building in the devastated central Italian town of Pescara del Tronto. Footage shows just the dust-covered legs of the youngster as emergency crews tried desperately to free her from the rubble. It was a brief moment of joy on a day in which at least 247 people were killed in the region following a 6.2-magnitude quake in the early hours of the morning. She had spent about 17 hours wedged in a collapsed building in what was once a picturesque hamlet. The frantic search for survivors of the Italian earthquake was continuing tonight as witnesses likened the hellish scenes to 'Dante's inferno' - and shocking pictures showed how four towns were almost wiped off the map. | Daily Mail Online via IFTTT

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