In an effort to document the tragedies of the #BeirutBlast in the words of its survivors, I'm collecting testimonies from #Karantina w/ photos by @lynnkchaya
Today we share the story of Joseph Nasr, a 64-yr-old taxi driver whose home & car were destroyed
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Today we share the story of Joseph Nasr, a 64-yr-old taxi driver whose home & car were destroyed
medium.com/@ZahraHankir/d…
Full text in the Medium link ^
Snippets below:
"At first, I couldn’t quite understand what happened. I was in a trance. When I came around, I realized I was covered in blood"
"What we witnessed when we were helping get people out of the rubble, we'll never, ever forget"
Snippets below:
"At first, I couldn’t quite understand what happened. I was in a trance. When I came around, I realized I was covered in blood"
"What we witnessed when we were helping get people out of the rubble, we'll never, ever forget"
"You have to understand; this is a tight-knit community. We love one another. The entire area has been shaken by this disaster. We've gone from tragedy to tragedy. We survived the civil war together"
"We look out for one another. We looked out for one another that evening"
"We look out for one another. We looked out for one another that evening"
"It’s been ten days, and no one in the government has said, “how are you?” No one has offered financial support. We just want to live, that’s all we’re asking for."
"I don’t care about wealth or poverty. What’s most important is that our lives are treated with respect."
"I don’t care about wealth or poverty. What’s most important is that our lives are treated with respect."
"It’s like the Battle of Stalingrad here. This is our Stalingrad. If you’d like to see Stalingrad, come and visit us here in Karantina, so you can see, with your own eyes, what this explosion did to the neighborhood and the community."
"One of my brothers now has the coronavirus, and he gave it to my mother. We lost our home, and I feel like I escaped death, but death seems to be knocking at my door. We survived the explosion, but we might not survive coronavirus."
