'We kept hearing the screams. I heard her voice. But we couldn't do anything. It still hurts.'
The video, taken from a boat off Beirut, showed a dramatic new angle of the explosion that killed at least 160 people and injured thousands.
Johnny Khawand, 40, stands amongst the remains of his kitchen in his home in Karantina, Aug. 13, 2020.Khawand, born 40 years ago in the same neighborhood, stayed up all night for the rescue operation. Four died in that building alone, among them Claudette, a widow in her 70s he knew since he was a kid.Buildings damaged by the massive Beirut port explosion in Karantina, Beirut, Aug. 13, 2020.
At the church cemetery, the blast blew the doors off family mausoleums, sending up a stench that encircled mourners. With the blast under investigation, officials have pointed to a huge stockpile of explosive material stored in unsafe conditions at the port for years. The shockwaves brought doors, closets and chairs crashing on his daughter, Patricia, 25. She had traveled to Beirut for her sister's wedding, and her broken bones will take months to recover.
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