Rita loved to travel and she wanted to own a Ferrari; on August 4, 2020, she was home and she was injured in the blast. She came out of her room, blood coming out of her neck, and she was shocked to see that her dad was also injured. Rita was evacuated to the hospital, […]
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Sabah fled the war in Syria and sought refuge in L…
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Sahar enlisted with the Beirut Fire Brigade as a nurse. On August 4, 2020, she switched shifts with one of her teammates who would replace her the next day. When the brigade received a call about a fire at the port of Beirut, Sahar responded with her fellow firefighters, and she started sending photos to
On August 4, 2020, Salma was supposed to be in Kesserwan for the summer and not in their home in Achrafiye. However, to avoid the traffic she preferred to stay in Beirut. When the explosion happened, Salma was on the balcony, and she was pushed back towards the wall. She was evacuated to the hospital
Sister Sophia arrived in Lebanon twenty years earlier to follow in the footsteps of Saint Vincent de Paul. On August 4, 2020, she was praying in her room at the Immaculate Conception School facing the port of Beirut. Sister Sophia was injured, and she was immediately evacuated to the hospital where she was admitted for
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Therese, a widow, was a nurse at the Karantina Governmental Hospital, and she rented a small apartment nearby. On August 4, 2020, she wanted to check the fire that erupted at the port of Beirut, suddenly, the explosion happened and she was killed on her building’s staircase. Her brother ran to find her, but she
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Therese was a nurse and she was one of the founders of the intensive care unit at the hospital she worked for. She traveled to France and worked in the humanitarian field and received the French nationality. She came back to Lebanon after her retirement; on August 4, 2020, Therese was with her sisters at
Yvette was a second mom to her nieces and nephews and she worked at Saint George University Hospital for 35 years. On August 4, 2020, she was in her home in Achrafiye near the hospital where she worked, and she sustained a severe injury that caused her death, despite the efforts to save her.
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After her father’s passing in Italy, Yvonne’s mother brought her back to Lebanon to live with her aunt Isabelle at the Sursock palace in Achrafieh. Yvonne was passionate about the environment and cultural heritage, and she founded the Association for Protecting Natural Sites and Old Buildings in Lebanon (APSAD). On August 4, 2020, she was
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Zahwa struggled as a single mom to raise her children after the passing of her husband. On August 4, 2020, she was home feeding her disabled son when the explosion happened and pushed her off her seat; Zahwa’s body hit the wall and she lost consciousness. She was transferred to the hospital to undergo a
