Three Brothers Rescued from Deadly Earthquake in Ischia, Italy

A doctor carries a child after an earthquake hits the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy .

A 7-month old baby and his two brothers, aged eight and eleven, have been pulled alive from the rubble of a house after an earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, Italy on Monday at about 9 pm that killed two women and left 39 injured.

TV cameras recorded cheers going up as the last brother, 11-year-old Ciro, was carried on a stretcher from the rubble of his home at 2.12pm local time, 16 hours after the quake struck. Rescuers had earlier pulled out seven-month-old Pasquale, then eight-year-old Mattias. The two elder boys hid under a bed after the first tremor on Monday night.

The boys’ father, whose hands were bandaged after he spent the night digging through the rubble alongside the firefighters, could be seen tearfully hugging relatives as his eldest son was saved. “It was a terrible night. I don’t have words to explain it. The entire second floor of the house collapsed and the firefighters pulled me out. They were great.” He said his wife was in the bathroom and managed to escape through the window, but the older boys were in the bedroom while the baby was in a playpen in the kitchen.