Save the Children: Fears for Children in Beirut Explosion, as Hospitals are Completely Overwhelmed
August 05, 2020
August 05, 2020
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on Aug. 4:
A huge explosion in the Lebanese capital has devastated communities within a six mile radius. The circumstances of the explosion are not yet known, but Save the Children teams on the ground reported entire streets wiped out, with children unaccounted for as rescue teams work through destroyed buildings to get people out of the rubble. Residential and commercial buildings have been shatte . . .
A huge explosion in the Lebanese capital has devastated communities within a six mile radius. The circumstances of the explosion are not yet known, but Save the Children teams on the ground reported entire streets wiped out, with children unaccounted for as rescue teams work through destroyed buildings to get people out of the rubble. Residential and commercial buildings have been shatte . . .