"Despair and Destruction": Doctor in Beirut Describes Harrowing Scenes After Massive Port Explosion
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#56JG5)
As Beirut reels from a massive explosion that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands, we get an on-the-ground update from pediatrician and writer Dr. Seema Jilani, who treated her own daughter for injuries after the blast. It was extremely packed because we're just coming out of a four-day lockdown," says Jilani. Everybody was out." Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab called the explosion a national catastrophe."