A mother who was pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-story factory in Bangladesh admitted Friday that she “never dreamed I’d see the daylight again” after more 16 days in the rubble.

Reshma Begum, a seamstress who is married with a young son, was found trapped in a mosque in the building’s basement after about 391 hours.

“I heard voices of the rescue workers for the past several days,” Begum told private Somoy TV station from her hospital bed. “I kept hitting the wreckage with sticks and rods just to attract their attention. No one heard me. It was so bad for me. I never dreamed I’d see the daylight again.”

She added: “There was some dried food around me. I ate the dried food for 15 days. The last two days I had nothing but water. I used to drink only a limited quantity of water to save it. I had some bottles of water around me.”

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