Buildings, damaged by an explosion at the Beirut port, stand in Karantina, Lebanon, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Claudette Halabi cried out from beneath the rubble of her house for an hour before she died. The neighbours couldn't save her.
"We kept hearing the screams. I heard her voice. But we couldn't do anything. It still hurts," said Johnny Khawand, near the remains of her Beirut building. The thundering blast at the port last week had crushed its three floors.
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