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An Emirati Twitter User Looked Back At The 2016 Fire In Downtown Praising The City’s Incredible Bounce Back
An Emirati Twitter User Looked Back At The 2016 Fires In Downtown Praising The City’s Bounce Back
Prominent Twitter user Hassan Sajwani tweeted in praise to Dubai and how it bounced back from the tragic fire at Downtown Dubai back in 2016. On Thursday, Sajwani posted a photo from the incident that shook the world five years ago, showing the comparison of the building that got hit with the tragedy and how it looks now, in 2021.
The tweet looks back at the incident that had the world challenging Dubai
In the tweet, Hassan looks back at the fire and adds that although the world responded to the fire negatively, he decided to take a photo of the same hotel from the incident 5 years back proving how the city grew stronger over the years.
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AED 50,000 Fine: The Dubai Police Impounded A Car For Reckless BehaviourI remember the @Address_Hotels Downtown fire 🔥incident on #NYE2016 when the world challenged us, and said Dubai will fail and today I took this picture of the same hotel after 5 years to show that world that #Dubai is shining brighter than ever before ! #DubaiNeverFails pic.twitter.com/3Wdd2ayPzF
— Øسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) March 18, 2021
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