(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 05 - Moments of normalcy swept away in a moment. The noise, 'as if it were an earthquake', after the explosion, the screams of the five grandchildren who were playing on the balcony and the front door that literally flies away. It is the story of a Save the Children operator of the terrifying yesterday of the two devastating explosions in Beirut. "I had just left the office, I went home and thought about the many things I still had to do. My five grandchildren played on the balcony as on any day. Then I heard a noise, a roar, as if it were an earthquake. They were terrified , the children screamed, my sister wanted to run away, but the door literally flew away, "says Nour Wahid, a 26-year-old who has been working for Save the Children for five years and mainly occupies support activities for Syrian refugees in the country.
"We heard people scream, we heard cries coming from afar.
Then came the second explosion, the devastating one. Everything came down, the windows shattered, around completely destroyed buildings. On the street, many people lying on the ground, injured. fright everywhere. Even our house has been badly damaged and now we don't know where to go. " (HANDLE).
Save The Children operator, a roar and all down
2020-08-05T15:13:49.686Z
Normal moments swept away in a moment. The noise, 'as if it were an earthquake', then the explosion, the screams of the five grandchildren who were playing on the balcony and the front door that literally flies away. (HANDLE)