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Jihad Saade

Jihad worked abroad to provide for his family, but he was in Lebanon to celebrate his son Karl’s first communion. On August 4, 2020, he was with his wife visiting their daughter at Saint George University Hospital. His wife noticed the smoke above the port of Beirut, and, a few minutes later, the explosion happened. […]

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Imad Zahreddine

Imad was an administrative employee at the port of Beirut. On August 4, 2020, he rushed to help put out the flames at warehouse number 12 and asked fishermen to clear the scene, but the explosion tore his body and killed him immediately. His remains were identified through DNA testing six days later.

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Chant Hagopian

Chant’s passion for business administration led him to hold the position of Operations Manager at HATCO for 24 years, as he worked hard to support his little family. On August 4, 2020, he went to the roof of his building to watch the fire at the Port of Beirut when the explosion happened and pushed

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Amin Saadeddine Zahed

Amin worked as a supervisor at CBTC company. As soon as he heard of the fire at the port of Beirut, he rushed to evacuate two of his friends who were caught up in the flames, but the warehouse exploded and he was killed instantly. His family spent the next week looking for him until

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Ali Ismail Shahata

Ali worked at a gas station in Mar Mikhael – Beirut. He spent his life away from his country to provide for his family. Ali sustained a head injury that killed him as a result of the blast on August 4, 2020. He was one of three Egyptian citizens killed in the Beirut explosion.

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Abdul Rahman Bachnati

Abdul Rahman Bachnati, Lebanese born in 1976, is a civil defense volunteer. On August 4, 2020, he left his coffee cart and joined his teammates at the fire department as soon as he heard about a fire erupting in the port of Beirut. However, the intensity of the blast pushed a wooden cabinet on his

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