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They were looking for life, but fate wanted them to find only victims and these moments are still fresh in their memories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;We found only victims&#8230; I was spiritually killed when we found father and son who were still hugging eachother; the father above him, the child below. Then I lost it, I cried, the Turkish soldiers helped me, I couldn&#8217;t take it anymore&#8221;, says Bujar Rrapo, part of the team of volunteers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;It was very painful not to give hope that you could get people out alive, but it was impossible,&#8221; Shkelzen Shatri, part of the team of volunteers in Malatia, confesses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Hope was not extinguished. 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