Sahar, one of the first paramedics on the scene, told her fiancé not to worry as the first blast happened and she tried to escape.
"I raised her for 26-years - only for it to go in one night. What can I do? May God not forgive them for what they did."A group photograph was taken just as her unit responded to the fire at Beirut port. It was more than a routine call but nothing too dangerous, they thought.Sahar with her fiance, named in reports as Gilbert Karaan
You can tell by their smiling faces that they certainly had no idea they were rushing towards a blast that would be as powerful as an earthquake. Her sister, Maria, pulls out her phone and shows me on an aerial photograph - taken before the explosion - where they found her sister's body. Sahar was on a video call to her fiance reassuring him she was okay and that he should not worry about her when the first blast happened and she attempted to run to safety.Maria said:"Sahar is not going to come back and live with us and be with us again. Although I really hope that I could have seen her one last time so I can hug her and say goodbye because I couldn't. I didn't see her.
Sahar's brother-in-law, Elie Makhlouf, says the Lebanese government have blood on their hands. They as good as murdered her through their corruption and their callousness.
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