Sarkis Dakesian, Lebanese born in 1980, is packaging business owner. On August 4, 2020, From his shop in Mar Mikhael, facing the port of Beirut, Sarkis watched the fire from 5:30 PM, until everything exploded. For the next 15 to 18 seconds he was flying everywhere; he was pushed seven meters into the shop, and he was then flown outside before he was pushed back inside. With one of his eyes open, he pulled himself together, pushed the rubble off his body, and walked out. Sarkis also lost 18 to 20 thousand dollars’ worth of products because of the explosion, but he doesn’t care anymore: “nothing really matters as long as I am with my children.”