Chawki Elias Merheb owned a gas station and raised his children as country-loving patriots who would never leave their country. He used to tell them that he established a business to stay here and never have to leave. During the explosion, he was at the station’s office and sustained extreme injuries. He was evacuated to the hospital, yet, despite being hospitalized, his head injury was extremely severe, and two weeks after he left the hospital, he suffered from multiple strokes and passed away.