Margot was born in 1926, on the day that celebrates love all over the world. She devoted her life to raise her children, after her husband’s passing. She was widowed in her thirties, and carried on the overwhelming responsibility of five kids, two boys, Carlos and Alberto, and three girls, Anna Maria, Marilyn, and Patricia.

مارغو تلك المرأة التسعينية القوية الصلبة، تحملت مسؤولية كبيرة بعمر صغير وواجهت جميع مصاعب الحياة بمفردها، كانت جبارة وقاسية مع اولادها ، فإن تربية خمسة ليس بالأمر السهل.

Margot was also hard on herself. She endured unbearable pain, she suffered from osteoporosis her whole life. Yet, despite her illness, she was independent, and never asked for anyone’s help. She learned to rely on herself, and in spite of her old age, she was still able to independently support herself.

On August 4, at 4:00 PM, she called her daughter Patricia who was with her uncle Georges, Margot’s brother, at Saint George Hospital, where he was scheduled for an operation. Margot reproached her daughter for not calling to reassure her about her only living brother, after she lost her sisters Alexandra and Catherine. She told her: “I am worried for you. I have a bad feeling. I will come to the hospital”. That was her appointment with death. She went from her house in Tayyoune to the hospital, half an hour before the explosion, to check on her brother.

وأثناء وقوع الإنفجار، طال الدمار الغرفة التي كانت تتواجد فيها مارغو بالمستشفى للكثير من الدمار حيث تعرضت لضربة في الرأس وكسور عدة في جسمها. في هذه الأثناء كانت باتريسيا ابنة مارغو موجودة معها في الغرفة نفسها ولكنها نجت بقدرةٍ إلهية بالرغم من تعرضها لأربع كسور ."

Margot fought for her life for three hours in the room with her daughter, until Ibrahim, Patricia’s husband, arrived with their children to help. Margot was evacuated to Hotel Dieu Hospital where she died two days later.

فاجعة انفجار المرفأ تركت لدى باتريسيا جرحا لن يندمل وسيبقى ٤ آب تاريخيا مفصليا" فما بعده ليس كما قبله.