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The Day That Shook Beirut

The Day That Shook Beirut

FromThe Daily


The Day That Shook Beirut

FromThe Daily

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A mangled yellow door. Shattered glass. Blood.A devastating explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the port in Beirut killed at least 135 people and razed entire neighborhoods on Tuesday. This is what our correspondent in the Lebanese capital saw when the blast turned her apartment “into a demolition site” — and what happened in the hours after.Guest: Vivian Yee, our correspondent based in Beirut. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: As the shock of the blast turns to anger in Lebanon, this is what we know so far about the explosion.In a land conditioned by calamity, Vivian wrote about what it felt like to emerge from the debris into the kindness of strangers and friends.
Released:
Aug 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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