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"There was neither alive nor dead": in Beirut the helpers stop their research

2020-09-06T14:36:42.572Z


After believing to perceive pulsations under the rubble on Wednesday, rescuers had to face the facts: there was no horn


With the passing of the days, hope gradually diminished, until the end of the research was decided.

The rescue services have stopped excavating the ruins of a building in a stricken district of Beirut in search of victims, an official said on Sunday, after information this week on a possible survivor.

A team of Chilean rescuers had assured to have detected Wednesday heartbeats under the rubble of a building thanks to a sniffer dog and thermal scanners, giving rise to the hope of finding a survivor of the powerful explosion in the port of Beirut that occurred on August 4.

"There is nothing more," said Sunday the director of operations for Lebanese Civil Defense, George Abou Moussa, on the question of whether there were still search operations on this site.

Under the rubble, he said, "there was neither alive nor dead".

"Give Beirut the miracle it deserves"

The day before, Francesco Lermanda, who heads the Chilean rescue team, had indicated that "no sign of life" had been detected under the rubble of the building.

Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud had previously said there could be one or two bodies, and possibly even a survivor.

This hope, a month after the apocalyptic explosion caused by several hundred tons of ammonium nitrate stored for years at the port without precautionary measures, had moved a large part of a bruised and traumatized public opinion.

Rescuers have stopped their search, after believing, last Wednesday, to distinguish under the rubble of this building in the Lebanese capital a heartbeat.

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“I didn't know I needed a miracle so badly.

God, please, give Beirut the miracle it deserves, ”director Selim Mourad wrote on Facebook on Friday.

The August 4 explosion, which destroyed entire neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital, left at least 191 dead and injured more than 6,500 people.

Seven people are still missing.

Source: leparis

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