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