The Beirut Port explosion (deemed as the largest non-nuclear explosion in global history) marked its 2nd anniversary on Thursday, August 4, and victims are still paying the price.<\/p>\n
The detonation of tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at the port warehouse is what resulted in the devastating blast that sent shockwaves through the city, killing at least 220 people, leaving over 7,000 wounded, destroying 77,000 apartments and displacing over 300,000 people.<\/p>\n
Al Arabiya English<\/a> followed the story of Nadine Gherez, a Lebanese architect suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who found solace in Dubai.<\/p>\n The Beirut blast survivor shared her account and explained how “the actual moment of impact has been completely wiped from my memory. I don\u2019t actually remember how it happened,\u201d <\/em>she said. \u201cI just remember closing my eyes for a second and then opening them, and the entire office and everything outside was demolished.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe were fully convinced that we were being attacked, or that we had been bombed because when we heard the first explosion, then the second one, our office exploded… we thought: OK, we\u2019re being bombed.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The instant I saw the first videos of the August 2020 Beirut blast, I knew in my gut that Beirut had been nuked. Two years later I am more confirmed than ever that my gut reaction was correct. What was your gut reaction and what happened to it?https:\/\/t.co\/BrRt7JXWs3<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JsRVeLGkJp<\/a><\/p>\n — Bruce Baird (@drbairdonline) August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u201cI just remember the dust in the air. I don\u2019t remember anything hitting me… I was crawling on top of shattered glass and I remember I got cuts all over my hand because of that\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n
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