Diana sustained multiple injuries as a result of the August 4 explosion, namely to her right elbow, right palm, and one of her fingers, causing permanent hand deformity. She needs long-term physical therapy and a skin implant. Diana, a registered nurse at Saint George University Hospital was saved by a miracle in the Beirut explosion […]
Charbel works at BOB Finance. He was injured during the explosion on August 4, 2020. He underwent a hardware implantation surgery in his hand, which he must retrieve today. However, he still did not do that, which is causing him extreme pain. Charbel also suffers from hearing problems. August 4, 2020, was just another normal
Mizan traveled to Lebanon to improve his family’s living conditions. On August 4, 2020, he left work to a flat in Gemmayze he shared with a few of his friends, but the explosion completely destroyed the apartment and killed him. His employer rushed to the rescue, but Mizan had already lost his life. His body
Rushdi traveled to Lebanon after he graduated from high school, and joined his older brother who worked in Beirut. On August 4, 2020, he walked down to a nearby grocery shop in Mar Mkhayel to buy some cigarettes when the explosion happened. Rushdi was missing until his brother found him dead the next day.
On August 4, 2020, Hamza, a Lebanese Army Soldier, was helping put out the fire at the port of Beirut when the warehouse exploded before his eyes. His body was burnt, and it was torn to pieces. Officials crossed his mother’s DNA with human remains found on the scene to confirm his identity. His mother
Elissar Hmeid had just left her job at Beirut Souks when the explosion hit the capital. She sustained a head injury and multiple fractures in her ribcage puncturing her lung and right shoulder. Elissar still suffers from the impact of the blast until today, and although she needs physical therapy sessions, she couldn’t do them
Amer moved to Lebanon fleeing the difficult conditions in his home country. He worked onboard oil tanks at the port of Beirut. On August 4, 2020, he was working onboard the “AMADEO II” oil tank, when, at 6:07 PM, everything changed, and he disappeared. His body was found twenty days later at Rafic Hariri University
Akid Mohamed Racho is a Syrian young man born in 1995. He suffers from a mental disability that affects his relationships with other people. At the time of the explosion, he fell of his balcony, and shards of glass hit his head, worsening his already difficult situation. His sister Heaven says he was undergoing treatment,
