yeah. soso palace is a beirut landmark perched on a hill overlooking the port it's been home to marry cochran's family for 5 generations. the 3 story structure which dates from the 19th century bore the full brunt of the blast. so we are we are 115 meters in trying to. directly in front of the blast the silo is right in front of us no buildings in front of us there's nothing that took the blast or we did so that's why we got a direct hit and that's why it's banks and was out $23.00 centimeters. so the palace had stood 460 years surviving one and

a half decades of civil war and 2 world wars 1st surely unscathed now its fate lies in the hands of a few volunteers and some talented craftsman. beirut's nobility this old merchant family made their fortune in the ottoman empire over the centuries they've collected treasures from around the world which now need saving. every generation has added something and also in the process has for story so it's been a. evolution of a collection of people that lived in the house over the time almost everything was impacted and it's just. unbelievable. every day in coming to months let's deal find something that i didn't notice it's a new crime that i didn't see that was there her family was also torn apart mary's mother in law lady evil and so cochrane

a legendary figure in beirut society died from injuries she sustained in the explosion and mary 2 was badly hurt. i believe. for the blasts were directly in front of the silo on 50 meters and i lost consciousness or in seconds. i. broke my my elbow and attendance dislocated and i punctured a couple ribs broken as well as cuts from glass. i'm just lucky i didn't have all glass in my face because i open the door to the balcony. roofs must be covered in cultural treasures secured before beirut's rainy season begins. in the right state can see that he's going to be easy going right so then you're. right area 2 i don't like i mean it's not just us i think everybody in beirut feels

like their soul has been severely injured. mean mecca haun is an engineer who's working fervently to save beirut's cultural heritage the banners hanging on badly damaged buildings around to the port i meant to give people hard. to fit into to raise again so. you know here's a theory creaky to connect to to nudge and to to hold so to music and sometimes with a near. miss really a few. people. in this spirit. and certainly we.

would really help you can provide. you can bring in enough things to hold on. to the extent of the devastation is almost in comprehensible. as mean mcelhone isn't alone she has a crisis group which analyzes the damaged. collects donations and coordinates reconstruction efforts. everyone here is working pro bono voluntarily and for free . act the crisis center the group has noted the situation of every single building 8000 of them need restoring as a result of the explosion. from here or the blast. heated. in a very strong way we have more than $100.00 unit in very

critical situation when the rains come the foundations of these 100 buildings could be damaged beyond repair and then trying to run to put on brain visiting. to run as fast as possible that's why we look at the forecast every day to see if we have one thing or 2 there's more and to protect as much as fast as possible. for us me mecca on these buildings are more than just ruins. in your. example of one of the most collapsed building that. they are bringing me. a sense of flying still being didn't go through with a sense of leaving. and say bringing me from the past all the memories of space how the spirits of the sea and inhaled it to the news or

wish to not say is too much to stop and it's all over and it's not enough to try. yasmeen meco on hasn't got around to examining all the buildings yet today she's a company architect michele dougherty at the neighborhood where tiny high x. houses in the world of vision are together they plan to assess the damage and see what they can do about it. emergency actions in order to help the host who want to do winter they can also get only when you enter the hospital you don't look at the people that have a small injury you put them aside and say wait you go to the very. very. endangered ones so what that's what we have got so let's go inside just to see the sham money and also. some gear.

this kind of heritage it's a living home because it is do a house of the grandmother grandfather it's out of the anchor. such a hater jeez it's even the most important thing to keep you can may have no money but if you have your history or your roots you belong to me. tony hajek had just renovated his home there was. nothing at the heart of the lace arriving as we underestimated the damage. it's beyond what we thought our capabilities could handle. hello we have to remove all of this honestly we are looking for the minimum amount of work that can keep a building standing and covered through the rain. it's so easy to take your case

and the. strain on the going to blame leaving but it's more difficult to stay and to face. ok michelle is coming for free and we support them with construction materials but they fuse is short they count each plank each beam that's holding the 1st. one to be added to the metal they have tony we can't blame anyone we're all on the ground. not a lot of just to be clear the mission isn't to rebuild the house on the job we just prevented from collapsing and people standing for that we had deep tourney high accused to be a successful businessman now he's reliant on you. as means help. this is if you wish to move. your money out the bank you. were writing to her.

i will never. know why the government should be doing with your. word. for months lebanon has been might in a deep economic and financial crisis that's because the banks loaned out more money than they actually possessed so customers can no longer withdraw large amounts from their accounts because banks like the cash they can only take out small sums in the national currency the lebanese pound. that also applies to wealthy families like the sussex so in beirut everyone is currently in need of assistance the world bank estimates that the blast cost some $4600000000.00 in damage. you don't have the financial means to be stored its entire house it's going to take millions and tens of millions and we don't have. are not these days the only ray of hope is the

solidarity among the people here but your time it's being volunteered to help we've really seen the worst of the worst of what we have and i've been on which is anything. corrupt political political system and non-government and we've got great lebanese volunteer ng to come and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. a few days later so so palace is hosting one of the 1st events to take place off of the blast a workshop for traumatized children they draw whatever is troubling the images of death and destruction. role of the organizers chose the palace for its heritage. ok so did you see the man get thrown across the square. oh sweetheart you see

how much kids there are blowing. their emotions the sadness and anger inside them i wanted a place authentic i wanted a place it's ahead of the tough lebannon it's. destroyed and this is what this is the purpose of my is an. architecture belongs to everybody. the fact that we can share the space with people inside out what makes it important and what makes it go on living it's nice to have life back in the garden. you know.

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