Victims From Beirut Blast Show Off Their Scars To Tell The World The Trauma They Went Through
#1 Pictures taken by photographer Hassan Ammar shows the trauma that the people of Beirut went through
These powerful pictures each tell a story, these scars will remain with them forever reminding the world what they went through. Lebanon has seen decades of war and corruption. The country was already going through a severe economic crisis and dealing with a global pandemic but this explosion shook them to another level. The victims demand an international investigation and need answers to why they suffered through this traumatic experience that will impact their lives forever.
This explosion blew out glasses and windows for kilometers around resulting in injuring more than 6000 people and killing 180 people. The blast was so strong that it jolted the entire city just like an earthquake and left towns and towns littered with rubble.
This is Angelique Sabounjian, a fashion model whose right eye was wounded because of flying glass. She along with all the other victims demand a thorough investigation and deserve to know the truth.
"It was a kind of a nuclear bomb," she said. "This was not something normal to happen."
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This is Hussein Haidar, 27, who was injured at his office during the explosion.
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Yara Saeid, only 4, was injured while she was at her home.
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Rainier Jreissati, 63, was seriously injured at his home in Faraya, northeast of Beirut.
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Clara Chammas, who is a psychologist and health coach, was injured in her apartment.
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Shady Rizk, 32, a network engineer, was injured at his office.
"I couldn't see or hear anything at first; there was void," he said.
"Then, after 20 minutes, I think people heard our screams and someone came and took us to the hospital."
"The scars that will remain on my face and body will tell my story," he said. "They are a sign that I've been deeply hurt and a sign that I have healed."
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Tony Helou, 63, was also injured at his apartment.
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Hassan Nabha, a 27-year-old young man who is a computer and communications engineer, was injured at his office.
The blast destroyed entire neighborhoods leaving thousands of people homeless and unemployed. The people of Lebanon though heartbroken but are still hopeful to see better days. Our hearts and prayers are and will always be with the people of Lebanon.