Stranded and injured: Beirut's catastrophic port explosion has demolished Rita Faraj Oghlo's house, left her family stranded and may cost her husband Adel his leg via NatalieReuters and hannahmckay88
Like many Lebanese, they have endured multi-layered suffering since the Aug. 4 blast, which killed 179 people, injured 6,000 and triggered protests against an elite blamed for political turmoil and economic collapse.Doctor Joseph Salloum speaks to Adel during a hospital appointment
"It's very difficult for us right now," said Rita, who, along with her injured husband Adel and their children Christy, 2 and Saymen, 8, has moved in with her mother, stepfather and sister. The cost of the operation Adel needs looms large.Rita looks at a photograph showing Adel after he was injured. "Medication doesn’t work anymore, so now I am trying to get used to the pain, get to know it, and for it to know me," he said. "Sometimes I just sit and stroke it, like this, and cry, cry from pain. Sometimes I ask it for a five minute break."A soldier greets two-year-old Christy after delivering a food parcel to her grandmother.
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