Members of the Bay Area's Turkish community are doing whatever they can do to help the earthquake relief efforts from afar.
Elif Sensurucu single-handedly launched an international relief flight. Most of Sensurucu's family lives in Adana City in Turkey.
"It's hard," said Sensurucu."All my family's still in Turkey, so it's very hard to see this from afar. Which is why I started little things that I could. I've been trying to fundraise through friends and the donations I've been collecting. I wanted to just have an impact. So all of this -- even a pair of socks -- is a life-saver."
But Sensurucu is not alone. At UC Berkeley, some of her Turkish friends are also collecting material for the flight.
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