Now many Lebanese people wonder whether Beirut can ever recover, with fears the blast inflicted a trauma so deep that the generation who would rebuild the shattered city could leave altogether.
A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion in Beirut port The explosion was the last straw for many Lebanese who viewed the government as incompetent and corrupt. An unprecedented protest movement sparked in October 2019 was viewed as change-making, but the uprising eventually lost steam.
A doctor in his 40s, who only gave his name as Walid, was at home with one of his sons when he heard the rumbling.Rainier Jreissati, 63, received injuries to his head and arms It reminded him of his childhood, as he instantly pulled his son, 17, into the bathroom as the explosion hit, mirroring what his own father had done during the 1975-1990 civil war.The blast sped up a long-term plan for Walid to send his children to France.
He listed the names of the bars and restaurants he and his friends used to visit in popular nightlife areas not far from the port.Heiko Wimmen, of the International Crisis Group, predicted a brain drain in traumatised Lebanon, as the highly educated and multilingual middle class opts to leave.
He said: ‘It’s a very bleak and very realistic assessment. People have education and degrees but, more importantly even than that, people have networks.‘The country may very well lose a generation it needs to rebuild and to achieve the political change that is necessary.’
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