MISSING WORKER FOUND ALIVE IN SEA 30 HRS AFTER TRAGEDY
BEIRUT — A Port of Beirut worker, who went missing after the explosion in the Lebanese capital, has been found alive at sea nearly 30 hours after the blast, local media reported on Thursday.
Amine Al Zahed, whose photo was published on an Instagram page created to locate missing people, was found bloodied in the Mediterranean Sea, according to local media.
Al Zahed was reportedly admitted to the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in Beirut after a rescue team pulled him into their boat, however, several social media posts claim that his family was not able to reach him.
Al Zahed’s condition, and how he managed to survive his ordeal, is currently unknown.
Shortly after the explosion, an Instagram page was set up to try to help locate missing persons in the aftermath of the blast, which shows hundreds of people whose family’s are unaware as to their whereabouts.
One young girl, who was missing, was found alive in Beirut after spending 24 hours under the rubble. As a frantic hunt for missing people continued in the Lebanese capital tonight, footage emerged of rescue workers finding the child lodged between debris.
By torchlight, the crew are seen trying to shift the rubble from around the girl, whose head pokes out from what appears to be the debris from a collapsed building.
Local media report the video was from tonight and that she spent 24 hours buried following yesterday’s massive blast.
Dozens are still unaccounted for in Beirut, which officials have called a ‘disaster city’ following the huge blast at the city’s port after 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate went up in flames. —