Story highlights Video captures the rescue of an 18-month-old off the coast of Turkey

More than 680,000 migrants have crossed by boat into Europe seeking safety and sustenance this year

Nearly 3,200 have drowned or disappeared

(CNN) A remarkable rescue at sea was captured on video and is helping to lift spirits on a story so wanting for good news.

The footage was shot recently in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Kusadasi, Turkey. A boat carrying migrants capsized, according to Turkey's Dogan News Agency (DHA).

The video shows fishermen approaching what looks to be a floating life jacket. A baby boy is inside.

One of the men pulls the child out of the water and strips off his life jacket, turning the boy over and upside down in an apparent attempt to clear water from the boy's lungs. He wraps the child in a blanket.

"Brother he is alive; he is alive. Brother, he is alive," a voice shouts. "My God he is alive."

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