Ecrin survives fall from 12th floor and fulfills her dream
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- Ecrin Deniz Karaca survived a fall from the 12th floor of an apartment building in Adana and recovered after several operations.
- During her treatment, she said she wanted to share cake and toys with children in need at the place where she fell.
- About four months later, Karaca fulfilled that wish, sharing cake with friends and children and meeting a five-year-old girl she had seen in a dream while in intensive care.
After surviving a fall from the 12th floor, 14-year-old Ecrin Deniz Karaca returned to the spot where the accident happened with cake, toys and a promise she had made in hospital.
My priority is to offer cake to children living in the shantytown neighborhood and distribute toys to children living in areas where agricultural workers stay in tents.
Karaca fell from a window in a stairwell on June 4 while watching her brother play in the garden of their apartment complex in Adanaโs Yรผreฤir district. She landed first on an awning and then on concrete. The fall caused a fracture and cracks in her leg, and she underwent several operations before recovering.
During her treatment, Karaca said she wanted to offer cake to children living in a shantytown neighborhood and distribute toys to children in areas where agricultural workers live in tents. She also wanted to set up a large table where people in need and witnesses to the accident could eat together.
I am very happy that she is here too.
About four months later, she made that wish come true. Karaca cut the cake with friends and children in need and shared the celebration at the place where she had fallen. She also met five-year-old Melek Alibek, whom she had previously visited with her father while delivering aid supplies. Karaca said she had dreamed of Melek in intensive care, seeing the girl embrace her at the exact spot where the fall occurred.
I will continue doing good deeds.
Karaca said she planned to continue helping people in need with her father. Her father, Hakan Harput Karaca, called his daughter โthe name of a miracleโ and said the family had finally realized the event they had imagined during her recovery. Ecrin said she was completing physical therapy and looking forward to returning to school and seeing her friends.
My daughter became the name of a miracle.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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