Saturday, 8 August 2020

Beirut explosion: the volunteer clearing up the wreckage of her home city – video

In the days after the Beirut explosion, the Guardian followed yoga teacher Jana Saleh as she volunteered to help clear up. She finds chaos, disorder and a lack of support from Lebanese authorities: ‘there is no government, no army … nothing’. In the immediate aftermath, she searches through wreckage, helps out older people and clears a hospital smashed beyond repair.  More than 150 people died in the blast, around 5,000 were injured and at least 60 are still missing, according to the health ministry * What we know about the Beirut explosion – video explainer * 'Martyrs for corruption': the family mourning three firefighters missing in Beirut explosion Continue reading...
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