What We Lost That Day Personal reflections from victims of the Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at the Beirut port. This is what happened on that day almost one year ago, when Beirut was devastated by an explosion at a port warehouse. Makhoul al-Hamad with his daughter, Sama, who lost her left eye in the explosion. Within a day of the explosion, it became clear that no one would ever be held accountable. For much of that time, she opened at 6 a.m. and worked all day stocking, selling and putting out food for street cats.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2021 09:00 UTC