{"id":44744,"date":"2020-08-11T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/man-who-shot-video-of-beirut-blast-describes-unimaginable-aftermath\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T17:20:00","slug":"man-who-shot-video-of-beirut-blast-describes-unimaginable-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-who-shot-video-of-beirut-blast-describes-unimaginable-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"#Man who shot video of Beirut blast describes \u2018unimaginable\u2019 aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Man who shot video of Beirut blast describes \u2018unimaginable\u2019 aftermath<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The man who shot the infamous video of the horrific explosion that rocked Beirut said he was afraid he was about to die after the blast, whose shockwave shattered his coffee mug as he was flung from his balcony into the apartment, according to a report.<\/p>\n

Abdallah Rashidi, 26, a former UK university student, began recording the fire at a warehouse in the Lebanese capital\u2019s port moments before the cataclysmic explosion sent a giant mushroom cloud skyward, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see the blast slowly app<\/a>roaching you, you think you\u2019re dead,\u201d said Rashidi, who was drinking coffee on his balcony in the Sodeco neighborhood several miles from the epicenter, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople didn\u2019t believe the video actually happened when I sent it. It looks like it\u2019s from a movie really, it\u2019s completely unimaginable. Part of me is still in denial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rashidi said he even saw a group of doomed firefighters who responded to the fire right before the epic explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis huge force just came out of the fire. It was slowly expanding and I just froze. In my head I was just thinking, \u2018It\u2019s going to hit me,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cYou could see buildings getting pulled apart and crumbling. Thoughts flashing through my mind \u2013 \u2018Will it hit me? Will I die?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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After being blown several feet into his home, Rashidi said he wasn\u2019t sure if he was dreaming or had died.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was this white flash, and I heard people screaming,\u201d said Rashidi, who shared the terrifying video with friends on WhatsApp<\/a> before it made its way online, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n

Despite his immediate fears, neither he nor his napping father Fouad, 54, were injured, the outlet reported, but they fled amid fears the block would collapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought the apartment block could crumble, we were acting on instinct,\u201d recalled Rashidi, who drove to his family home south of the ravaged city.<\/p>\n

\u2018We thought it was the start of a war with the rumors. I blanked out some of my memory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He returned the following to a scene of post-apocalyptic devastation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you see on TV is nothing compared to what you see in person,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can see body parts everywhere, cars on their roofs with people dead inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing all the body parts on the ground was so overwhelming. You could see people looking for their families and just seeing body parts scattered everywhere,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Rashidi studied for his master\u2019s degree in English and linguistics at Coventry University and later worked as an English lecturer at the school\u2019s new campus in New Cairo, Egypt, the Daily mail reported.<\/p>\n

He moved back to Beirut at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and is now completing the thesis for his degree.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to share awareness, I want people to donate, I want people to help in whatever way they can,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Lebanese people have really suffered enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in the middle of an economic crisis, there was political corruption going on,\u201d Rashidi added. \u201cBeirut has been destroyed and built again seven times, this looks like it will be the eighth.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, Lebanese prime Minister Hassan Diab stepped down amid widespread unrest over the blast, which killed more than 200 people and injured about 6,000, and declared the resignation of the government.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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