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Tuesday, August 4, 2020, around 6:00 p.m. local time, we saw and heard a very loud explosion not far from our residence. A big black smoke rose to the sky, the whole building was shaken, the windows blown out, the doors ripped open, the false ceiling on the floor.

 

A scene of desolation and massive destruction everywhere in our 11-storey residence. Also, the community and St. Gregory's College were heavily damaged. Thank God we only had two minor injuries.

 

More than 100 people were killed and 4000 injured. The hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de France run by the University of Saint Joseph, did not stop treating the wounded; in the corridors, the doctors were stitching up stitches. The buildings of the university and the hospital were badly damaged.

Everywhere in Beirut, one sees shattered windows, streets littered with glass, and one hears only the sirens of the ambulances and the noise of cleaning broken windows. The city is in shock. People were already suffering under the weight of a very serious political and economic crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic that was spreading, and now a wave of destruction and demolition is descending upon them.

Images: Entrance of the Jesuit Residence, Chapel of the Residence, Community room

 

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