10+ Pictures Showing How Amazing Lebanese People Are In Post-Blast Beirut
...إذا الشعب يوماً أراد الحيـــــــاة فلا بــدّ أن يستجيب القــــدر
ولا بدّ للــــيل أن ينجلــــــــــي ولا بـــدّ للقيـــد أن ينكســــر
Should the people one day truly desire life, then fate shall respond. And their night shall then begin to fade, and their shackles break and fall.
~ Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi.
The explosion in Beirut didn't only destroy a major city in a blink of an eye, but it also broke millions of hearts.
People from all over the world, Lebanese or not, saw the news, the videos, the pictures, or witnessed and experienced this tragedy first hand.
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And they all rushed to help. Especially the amazing Lebanese people, who helped and supported one another during these hard times.
How did they do so? Well, here's what the Lebanese people have been doing to help each other after the Beirut explosion:
#1 Helping rebuild houses
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Many people lost their loved ones, and many lost their houses and their only shelter. Although some heartbreaks can last forever, others, like houses, can be fixed with a little teamwork.
This is what many Lebanese volunteers have been doing. They are making things easier for the people and the families affected by the explosion by rebuilding their destroyed homes.
#2 Providing shelter
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And when the Lebanese aren't repairing damaged houses, they are providing shelter for those who lost their homes.
Many across Lebanese have opened their doors to the residents of Beirut. They have welcomed the traumatized families into their own homes for free.
#3 Treating people on site
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The number of injuries was very high. Hospitals were overwhelmed and some cases needed urgent treatments, unlike others. There were people who needed urgent surgeries and those who could have been treated on-site.
This is what some doctors, health workers, and med students offered to do in order to ensure the wounded get treated the soonest and the pressure on the hospitals reduced.
On that note, it has been reported that the hundreds of health workers who were previously laid off from AUBMC were among the very first who ran to help.
#4 Remembering the victims
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While people focused on supporting the survivors and looking after those affected, they didn't forget the victims and paused to make a memorial for them.
#5 Showing support from all around the world
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Lebanese people from all around the world have rushed to their homeland's aid, either through donations, fundraising , dedicating their restaurants' sales , or through emotional support with vigils in various world cities.
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They also stood up with the Lebanese back home, holding solidarity demonstrations in various cities, demanding justice.