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After The Blast: How Will Beirutis Spend Christmas? Published December 24th, 2020 - 08:34 GMT
(Beirut blast, 4 August 2020, AFP File Photo)
Christmas carols can be heard in the Beirut neighborhoods of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayzeh, stricken by the explosion of the city’s port almost five months ago, as restaurant and coffee shop owners and civil society organizations attempt to give some Christmas cheer to thousands of deserted residents.
People gather daily to light candles for the victims of the explosion. Their houses are still destroyed, missing walls, windows and doors. Nylon curtains have replaced the shattered glass and do little to keep out the cold air and rain.
Thursday, 24 December, 2020 - 10:15
Tracy and Paul Najjar, whose daughter Alexandra was killed in the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port, attend an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon December 8, 2020. (Reuters) Asharq Al-Awsat
Tracy and Paul Najjar believe their daughter Alexandra could have survived the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port if the authorities had raised the alarm on that fateful day.
As they mourn the loss of their three-year-old, one question continues to haunt them: why did no one warn residents or evacuate them as fire raged for more than half an hour close to a huge store of ammonium nitrate?
“They had 40 minutes to tell us ‘Leave Beirut! Go hide! Get away from the windows!’. They didn’t do it,” said Tracy Najjar, 34, who was at home with her family in the Gemmayzeh district when the blast at the nearby port tore through Beirut.