Discover the. Subscribe to documentary too. Much of beirut lies in ruins rebuilding the city is a race against time i mean its not just us i think everybody in beirut feels like there has been severely injured on august 4th 2020. Rocked the city months on beiruts Historic Buildings remain unprotected in the rainy season and they could be damaged beyond repair. Soso palace is a beirut landmark perched on a hill overlooking the port its being home to mary cochrans family for 5 generations 3 story structure which dates from the 19th century the full brunt of the blast. So we are were 4 men can shift meters in trying to directly in front of the blast the silo is right in front of us no buildings in front of us theres nothing that took the blast or we did so thats why we got a direct hit and thats why its all 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 crofts men. Beiruts nobility and this old merchant family made their fortune in the Ottoman Empire over the centuries theyve collected treasures from around the world which now need saving. Every generation and added something and also in the process has for story so its been a. Evolution of a collection of people that lived in the house at the time almost everything was affected and its just. Unbelievable. Every day in coming here to months and still find something that i didnt notice its a new crime i didnt see that was there her family was also torn apart marys 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 boss were directly in front of the sign on the 15 acres and i lost consciousness for a 2nd chance i. Broke my. Tendons dislocated and i punctured a couple ribs broken as well as cuts from collapse and. Im just lucky i didnt have all glass in my face because i open the door to the balcony. Roofs must be covered in Cultural Treasures secured before beiruts rainy season begins. In the rain that you can see that hes really pretty easy going right here on the right area got to i dont want to give it up i mean its not just us i think that everybody in beirut feels like their soul has been severely injured. Yes i mean mecca haun is an engineer whos working fervently to save beiruts Cultural Heritage the banners hanging on badly damaged buildings around to the port i meant to give people hope. Since who to raise again so. You know heres a very key to could make to. To nudge and to to hope so too. Sometimes in the. Midst really. Picross. This spirit. And certainly we. See. All the good we believe we can feel by. Didnt bring enough things to hold on. To the extent of the devastation is almost in comprehensible. But yasmeen mcelhone isnt alone she heads a crisis group which analyzes the damage collects donations and coordinates reconstruction efforts. Everyone here is working pro bono voluntarily and for free. At 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 bring the things. To run as fast as possible thats why we look at the forecast every day to see if we have one thing or 2 there is more and to protect as much as fast as possible. For us me meca on these buildings are more than just ruins. In your. Example of one of the collapsed building that. They are bringing me. A sense of flying still being didnt go through the sense of leaving. And they bring me from the past all the memories of space how the spirits of the sea and head to to the news are rich can not say too much to stop and its all over and thats what we have to try. Yasmeen meco on has to go to ground to examining the buildings yet today shes accompanying architects michelle dodi to. The neighborhood where tiny high x. Houses in the middle 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 dont 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 well thats what we have done. So lets go inside just to see the sham money and. Gear. These kind of heritage its a living heritage because it is do a house of the grandmother grandfather its called the concord. Cultural heritage is this even the most important to keep you can may have no money but if you have your history or your roots you belong to. Tony hyatt had just renovated his home there was. Nothing at the heart of the l. A. Surviving as we underestimated the damage. Its 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. So you need to take your case and the. Easiest way i can not going to blame sleeping but its more difficult to stay and to face. Ok you should be michelle is coming to a Free Enterprise that will say we support them with Construction Materials but they fuse is short they count each plug each beam thats holding the 1st. One to be added to the middle there tony we cant blame anyone were all on the ground. Not a lot of just to be clear the mission isnt to rebuild the house and the yard long we just prevented from collapsing and keep it standing for you dont we then have deep attorney hired used to be a successful businessman now hes reliant on years means help happened in a very bad time. This is when i wish him a very. Good money at the bank you. Were writing to help. Our neighbors. You know why the government should be doing it or. Wherever. For months lebanon has been mired in a deep economic and financial crisis thats 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 to sir stocks so in beirut everyone is currently in need of assistance the World Bank Estimates that the blast caused some 4600000000. 00 in damage. You dont have the financial means to be stored this entire house its going to take millions and tens of millions and we dont have those funds. Or not these days the only ray of hope is the solidarity among the people here but your time and spam volunteered to help and weve really seen the worst of the worst of what we have and ive been on which is any fish and. Corrupt political political system and a non government and weve got great lebanese that are volunteering to come and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. A few days later so so callous is hosting one of the 1st events to take place off to the blast a workshop for traumatized children their age or whatever was troubling the images of death and destruction. Roll up the organizer chose the palace for a charity each. Ok so did you see the man get thrown across the square. Oh sweetheart you see how much kids they are knowing. Their deep emotions the sadness and anger inside them i wanted a place authentic i wanted a place its a head of thats off lebannon its. Destroyed and this is what this is the purpose of my its an. Architecture belongs to everybody. The fact that we can share the space with people inside what makes it important and what makes it go on let me its nice to have life back in the garden. Was good enough it was 8 back to what he was. Was. My look you know im not. O. B. E. s new high tech flagship and indeed. The color red hot is now available as a plug in hybrid. Electric motor car and sometimes Climate Friendly furby a fig leaf tested out. Red. On. It looks like a moment. But its really the work of. The 11 year old painter like the great master himself. And donates the money she raises with her painting to a good cause. With Great Success as. Your world makes. 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