Turkish soldiers participating in rescue operations, walk past devastated  buildings in downtown Sakarya, western Turkey, Wednesday Aug. 18, 1999 after Tuesday's 7.4 magnitude quake. With thousands of people reported missing along an 80-mile arc of destruction left by a devastating earthquake, disaster relief teams from around the world Wednesday joined overwhelmed Turkish rescue crews in the hunt for bodies and survivors. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)