The Beirut blast 'created a wave that rushed towards us, like in the movies'

[@weekdaycycling]

I'm deeply sorry for those firemen who lost their lives in an attempt to put out the fire without realizing what was contained inside the pier cargo.

[@AR-iu9jv]

Well they wouldn't have known anything about it and certainly didn't feel any pain whatsoever

[@matthewcullen1298]

@@AR-iu9jv it's very sad but at least they had that.

[@jamespletcher6679]

UN go g big

[@kornpops1261]

Yea I guess it's a way to go out. Blast for sure rendered evrybody unconscious and deceased. R.I.P.

[@tanksaawk]

And all because of corrupt politicians... Gj humanity

[@MrDlt123]

I still think about this from time to time. I feel so sad for the people who lost their lives. Many of them had no idea they were even in danger.

[@Mmm_ka]

Same stuff in OKC killed 168 people. They all came from different backgrounds and had different lives... yet in a place like Oklahoma City, everyone was connected in one way or another. It was truly tragic. One of the youngest victims, Bailey, just had her first birthday the day before. (Refer to viral picture of firefighter holding baby- that was Bailey, she was deceased by that point). Nothings been the same since April 19, 1995.

[@atomatman3104]

THIS IS COMING.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

No doubt, you don't expect this when sitting in your house.

[@cinedelasestrellas]

@@Mmm_ka The OKC explosion was somewhat similar, but a big difference is that in OKC, that was a bomb set off intentionally by a domestic terrorist (Timothy McVeigh). The Beirut blast was an accident caused by negligence by the improper storiage of large amounts of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. An explosion more similar to Beirut happened in the United States in 1947 when a large ship filled with 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer caught fire at port in Texas City, Texas and eventually exploded.

[@mycroft16]

There's no way anyone in the buildings or on the streets around could possibly have had a clue what was stored in the warehouse. I'd have been filming the fire too. I'm kind of amazed more people didn't die. That blast was unbelievable. A completely avoidable tragedy.

[@Mmm_ka]

Considering the damage ammonium nitrate can do and the fact that is used in home made bombs, it needs to be more regulated or else banned. There’s been so many “accidents” with this chemical, to the point that it shouldn’t been considered accidental. Hope that makes sense.

[@Gfysimpletons]

@@Mmm_ka that was no accident….! That was a stock pile!

[@tomgucwa7319]

Many knew. Harbor master ,cops , smart guys in the docks , neighbors...a sad mess

[@deadshot4245]

@Aluzky yep never stand in front of glass for anything generally.

[@beepIL]

@@Mmm_ka It was a Hezbollah stockpile, This half assed terror organization basically runs Lebanon, their government and army are just pawns

[@gustavoheberle6265]

My condolences for all Lebanese families who suffered from this explosion. I pray for God that the responsible for this tragedy will have pay for good. Justice will prevail. Greetings from Brazil.

[@hmsdemolition8588]

Lots of my fellow Lebanese died on that day. May GOD rest their soul

[@tar_am]

May they Rest in Peace. God bless Lebanon and its people.

[@hmsdemolition8588]

@Pro Tengu amen

[@hmsdemolition8588]

@@tar_am yes GOD please don't forget us .

[@YelpBullhorn]

Awful catastrophe. But what was the final death toll? Because this story soon fell off our news channels where I live.

[@hmsdemolition8588]

@@YelpBullhorn no 1 knows for she , the are saying between 239 ~ 350 deaths , on the streets of beirut people are saying 4 to 5 hundred dead ,, 1 too many 😌 thats ok my ancestors ( phonicians ) been around for 6,000+ years, I am sure we ( Christians lebanese ) will survive tragedy too.

[@seanbarker9272]

That guy's injured the perfect amount for badass scars, hopefully he has no nerve damage

[@TSZatoichi]

Yeah that first guy is lucky in more ways than one.

[@imamangoo8632]

Or skin cancer too cuz explosion always cause cancer and also can damage your genes and will follow the genre of yours

[@wt-fw9gx]

@@imamangoo8632 explosions don't cause skin cancer the radiation does

[@umaichirou846]

@@imamangoo8632 that's not an atomic bomb man, no radiation here

[@AFoxGuy]

@@wt-fw9gx this explosion isn’t a nuke it doesn’t have radioation.

[@10ON10]

Every country's administration need to have more stringent measures for civilian safety rather than warming up their pockets and waiting for such a tragedy to happen... RIP to those who died...

[@flynnlivescmd]

Theres no profit in that so itll never happen. Have you never looked at any history?

[@bbface21]

The government would have but Hezbollah goons controlled the material and no one dared touched it.

[@sid2112]

Most first world nations do. Step one, don't let terrorists store explosives. Step two, see step one.

[@takumi2023]

Those guys have it easier than those struggling to survive today from the government barely providing any support. I apologize for my word choice but this is how I feel. Rest in peace to those who has lost their life in the eexplosion.

[@AmanUllah-qs8tb]

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[@lilydoherty6566]

The fact that those who were hurt are still enough happy is unbelievable, it’s so sad

[@adw6894]

What you expect? Crying their eyeballs out?

[@GodSlayerIblis]

I don't like happy terrorists

[@MrPhotodoc]

So sorry for those who died. Respect from America.

[@titi710]

as a peruvian, you do not represent me

[@aartizz6300]

@@titi710 what is wrong with you?

[@animalmother1982]

@@titi710 And who cares about peru? xd

[@freebird7284]

@@titi710 answered unasked question

[@leroyjenkins1380]

Into the flow is just a d bag that has nothing else to do but make rude comments

[@rajileshp2300]

This is really scary. My prayers and thoughts are with the people of lebanon.

[@colonelJ77]

Lol

[@harvardarchaeologydept3799]

Murderous white peoples yes. Really scary.

[@GodSlayerIblis]

correction : The terrorists of Lebanon.

[@Hiristis]

I am from Cyprus and i live in the city of Limassol. We felt the shock wave until here,the windows was shaken and it felt like a small earthquake.

[@GodSlayerIblis]

Sad to hear you made it.

[@Hiristis]

@@GodSlayerIblis oH YEAh?Glad to disappointed you

[@DodderingOldMan]

Wow, I'd wondered what happened to the guy filming that first one. I'm very glad (and kind of surprised) to learn he was basically okay.

[@UwU-ok2jr]

Of course he's ok, he's the cameraman

[@USMCCGAGNG]

“Calmly filming”? Did you watch your film?

[@MahendraSingh-iy3yb]

Shittt 😂😂😂😂

[@davidjoe3368]

Even when you see it, you almost still cannot believe it! Every time I see that explosion, it just amazes me how dramatic and large it is!

[@matthewstorer8236]

What blows my mind after seeing how large this explosion was is the fact that the Halifax explosion was 3x larger than this. Crazy to think about.

[@twentyonegrams8617]

Sending much love and heartache from the US to Beruit. 😢❤️

[@GodSlayerIblis]

You love terrorists?

[@Oogwaylaugh]

It Happened because he was filming it vertically.

[@dan-3268]

OMG that's what caused the explosion 😵

[@Aryan-ck9lv]

Bruh

[@jdssurf]

lmfao sometimes you just gotta go there

[@mikesnitro]

The women in that part of the world have such a natural beauty.

[@rl2699]

You're absolutely correct. Imad's wife is really hot and from what I can see with the "rear view" so is the lady walking at 1:35.

[@FMZ101]

@@rl2699 At 1:35 I mistake her face mask for a beard there. Hard to unsee.

[@notabiologist7162]

Thank God his eyes weren’t damaged.

[@GMartinez_LA]

My prayers are with the people of Lebanon

[@newyorkstatestormchasers]

@Walter white always someone that posts a comment like yours...

[@brucedickinson12]

Prayers do nothing

[@tonypaella]

​@@brucedickinson12this

[@miromori3362]

"I was calmy filming ..."! Better would be "I was trying to shake my hands as much as possible"

[@DieFlabbergast]

*calmly

[@petermeyer6873]

the guy on the bike just kept going whilst the filmer was jumping down

[@roxydog5940]

I watched live, 3 railcars of propane bleve. Nov 1979. Mississauga, Ontario Canada. You never forget the energy release in 2 seconds.

[@darrenstevenson8119]

reporter goes flying dude on the bike stays on his bike... How TF he manage that... Scary scenes

[@shadowbanned5164]

Very lucky he still has his eyes I would probably have been doing the same thing in his position.

[@noorazmi2329]

no you wouldn't. you know why?

[@aartizz6300]

@@noorazmi2329 stop it, ok? This is no time for you to wait around in hopes that someone to respond to your little game. Show some respect. Men, women and children have died and you are in the comment section waiting to troll and crack jokes or throw out insults. Have some dignity and stop your foolishness.

[@juliorivera8837]

Glad they're okay, but he should have listen to his wife. At any rate, my deepest condolences to every family that loss a loved one to this tragedy.

[@GodSlayerIblis]

You love terrorists?

[@dallasyap3064]

Sorry to those that suffered from the explosion. I wonder how's the condition of Beirut now.

[@helenfotopoulou5125]

Videos like these make me grateful my windows face the direction opposite of the local port. I never thought about this before, but I can only imagine what an explosion like that would do to the town I live in.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Explosions can occur anywhere there is a warehouse or factory. They don't happen only in port areas.

[@gibbethoskins8621]

Should have listened to his wife to come inside

[@bigmouthspanglish]

Good sacrifice for good footage 😊

[@ploppyploppy]

Wow how tough is that cyclist at 1:25?! Heading into the blast while lampposts are blown to the ground.

[@tomcline5631]

Imad was one lucky guy!!!! Got a neat collection of scars,but at least he's alive,and got some amazing video! Bless him and his family,and all the folks down there!

I hope everyone has recovered okay. Love from America.

[@strivingtoo7669]

The moment of the explosion is so scary even from behind our phones.

[@adw6894]

this could have been prevented. The authorities had known about the chemicals stored for a very long time. But as per usual in Beirut, the responsibilities were being bounced around

[@jamesfrost7465]

I still cant get over the sound of that explosion. Those poor souls.

[@jasonritchie6827]

amazingly the guy stayed on his bike !!!!

[@nomchowski8297]

If you see a shock wave coming towards you : yell incoming from the top of your lungs and then lay flat on your stomach with your hands covering your head. You might save yourself and a few army vets.

[@anthonyreis3533]

Thanks for the tips and for the service. I know we don't live in the same country but you may have saved my life with this comment someday.

[@ryancappo]

And keep the camera steady and pointed at the blast. ;)

[@DieFlabbergast]

*lie flat (unless you are a female bird, like a hen)

[@craftpaint1644]

If you can't get behind anything, I've heard that you should point your feet towards the blast and your head away while covering your eyes with thumbs over ears.

[@stargazer7644]

You might want to cover your ears

[@pepesylvia848]

Lebanon is so beautiful. Even behind disaster.

[@mencken8]

All this time later, still no sensible explanation why this much explosive was stored in a dense urban environment.

[@janeilnold5863]

Never will be. This should have never happened. No matter how safe you think your facility is, if you are dealing with something that's extremely explosive, it needs to be far away from the population. This was a disaster just waiting to happen.

[@danmyers9372]

Doubt we will ever know the truth about what was really stored in the warehouses.

[@mencken8]

@@danmyers9372 That’s as may be. I am assuming that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate was involved, and that much is well able to produce the destruction caused in the blast, cf. the Texas City explosion of 1945. To ask the question of why an enormous quantity of explosive material was kept stored in a dense urban area for six years does not require positing mysteries. Ammonium nitrate is quite sufficient.

[@bobcharles9461]

Maybe it was some overdue karma for the 1983 barracks bombing.

[@logansrun763]

@@bobcharles9461 Maybe they should've never been there in the first place. The U.S. ya know. At any rate. Dinner's about to be served to America.

[@dannygeuens8570]

People from beirut i wish you all the best and the People who died in the disaster or now in heaven they rest in peace

[@RegularFootisChris]

Can you imagine if this Happened in your Town? 🖤Blessed in Texas..💯🙏

[@stargazer7644]

They weren’t blessed in West, Texas where this exact same thing happened April 17, 2013.

[@bigguns2224]

I still feel bad for first responders and for the other people for going to that sight not knowing it would be there last day

[@Nostradanus86]

Guy on the bikes a true G

[@mountie816]

You are so fortunate to be alive. And thank you for the video. It needs to not be forgotten so it doesn't happen again.

[@TyFree1993]

For some perspective, it was felt in Cyprus, approximately 145 miles away from Beirut

[@louiseeckert1574]

We felt it here in Australia! I’m sorry for all those poor families.

[@Sandwich420]

Cured the seizure he was having when he was holding the camera

[@redramiro]

Happy to hear they are ok. Btw, they are gorgeous people.

[@stephensmith1794]

Adds a new slant to the saying .. I’m as busy as a Beirut bricklayer

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

That puts the explosion at about 500 metres per second. I live a short distance from a refinery and a bonded warehouse where whisky is stored. Local fire service volunteers say if the refinery went on fire they would head to the refinery to put it out. If the bonded warehouses went on fire they would head away from the fire.

[@MrTomtomtest]

If you see a blast like that you got just a few seconds depending on where you are to get away from the windows. I've seen one video, the one on top of a parking garage, where the guy runs back from the edge as soon as he sees the blast. Good reflexes ! This is a lesson everyone should remember as a lot of the injured seem to be from windows.

[@kewlbeans9905]

That's why I use Linux.

[@ahmedegymed5853]

@@kewlbeans9905 Lol,😁

[@ahmedegymed5853]

@@kewlbeans9905 which distro ?

[@kewlbeans9905]

@@ahmedegymed5853 Ya Akhi, Red Hat, Fedora, Gentoo, Centos, Ubuntu, etc. 😁

[@ahmedegymed5853]

@@kewlbeans9905 I am testing with mint and ubuntu,any other suggestions for a beginner ?

[@paulscott750]

I have seen clips of the dead and it's sickening to watch it felt unreal so sad for the families who lost loved ones , let your branch on the olive tree grow stronger

[@Kumar_Kashyap]

What a peaceful community 👏

[@sr_echo]

I can’t imagine how jarring that was for everyone watching Seeing a massive plume followed by essentially a punch

[@billybifocals]

Why do people film in portrait mode...

[@agoodmeme4823]

4 YEARS AGO ALREADY!? Dang… that’s wild… I remember seeing this on the news and everything…

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

RIP to all those who died in the blast.

[@richardjohnson4696]

I loved the old saying "Bombed out Beirut" It is nice that we can use the term again.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Rip to the people lost in this accident. Now what have we learned about storing explosives downtown?

[@ethiopiantestkitchens7384]

Very sad for what happened

[@Pfyzer]

the shockwave it self was insane. standing 3 seconds from it just completely blow you life away

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Beirut (Lebanon, 2020), Tianjin (China, 2015), Bata (Equatorial Guinea, 2021) -- the safest place to store large quantities of explosives is in a city.

[@bassmunk]

From all the shots I've seen of this being in an open area, like the reporter, is by far the safest place to be.

[@billymatthews7346]

The most important fact in that region, has always been to continue to blow everything up....💣💥

[@johnsmith5255]

I saw some footage that was recorded from many miles away. The camera was pointed in the direction of the sun and you could see natural clouds overhead. When the blast wave went off, you could see it parting the clouds over a vast distance. It was if the clouds just vaporized in a widening circle.

[@dankish4208]

I feel like there will be a movie about this in a few years, kinda like the titanic or something, if not a movie probably a documentary of how it happened

[@Th3Siam]

Yea

[@Theartmaker101]

The dude on the bike looked death in the eyes and said... not today, my friend.

[@RedNovaMedia]

What hurts the most is that this could have been prevented. The authorities had known about the chemicals stored for a very long time. But as per usual in Beirut, the responsibilities were being bounced around, instead of being tackled head on… and a decision made about storage, removal or refusal to allow goods on Lebanese soil.

[@GodSlayerIblis]

That's what happens when you spend all your money on supporting terrorists instead of safety

[@aighti]

Beautiful people

[@bidensucks2922]

Shuddap

[@RealGilbertGan]

Hiroshima: Blown up by an atomic bomb. Fukushima Daiichi meltdown: We have a nuclear meltdown that resulted into an explosion at reactor no. 1. Beirut: We call this "Beirushima". Much respect and condolences to the Lebanese people who were affected in this horrific explosion. Greetings from the Philippines. I can't personally imagine seeing that huge explosion and get blown in a few feet away from the blast. It's just insane.

[@yep-sb4uf]

I thought it was blended with Hiroshima. ? Been wrong before tho.

[@RealGilbertGan]

@@yep-sb4uf I was thinking the same thing: It could be both the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and it could also be the nuke meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi as well.

[@mickdove700]

What's being done to prevent these kinds of disasters? This and the Tianjin explosion are horrific!

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

Well... in most countries what is being done is choosing to NOT store hundreds of tons of hugely explosive materials a/ in the one spot or b/ near people.

[@miltonkiller707]

@@alexanderSydneyOz I'm shocked by the level of gullibility on display.

[@karrobba]

..this popped up in my youtube selections... everytime I see or think about this blast..all I think about is that bride taking pictures and all the windows around her broke etc.. rip to all that died and wishing the best to everyone affected!

[@Biketunerfy]

So he was over 500 meters away from the explosion and shrapnel from flying glass because of the blast wave did that to him. It just goes to show how powerful it was because it also evaporated most of the concrete loading dock as well and 3 ships and all of the grain silos. It’s the biggest non- nuclear explosion of recent time.

[@tomschoenke5519]

Just outrun it like the Rock and Arnold do in the movies. Once you know how, it’s not that hard.

[@TTGT-wc3bi]

The blast was massive, and to think a small nuke is a 1000 times more powerful. This blast was calculated to be equal to 3 million pounds of TNT where a small nuke is equal to 3 million tons of TNT, and there are bigger nukes in the range of 9 mega tons.

[@JIMJAMSC]

"I was not expecting it." A huge out of control inferno with ominous white/yellow/black smoke from a port while small explosions are going off. What did you expect popcorn?

[@JoeSmith-zg7in]

I noticed that guy stayed on his bike.

[@jeffstepp-ou8re]

Scary as hell. Who could have known it was going to explode like that. Just terrifying.

[@plupkination]

That was really awful.. I really hope their are prosecutions as a result of the completely careless handling of highly explosive Ammonium Nitrate. The owner of the chemicals, the ones who stored it, and potentially anyone who helped with its shipping should all be looked at. This should never have happened to begin with.

[@NotSure876]

If I lost someone, I’d handle it myself

[@ashvinbalaraman2767]

@Prison Mike Wait till you lose them and then the realisation that they’re gone forever hits. I guarantee your stance will change. Wretched is he who feels the sorrow occasioned by the death of a loved one but fortunate is he who knows to solicit the help of others in dealing with this sadness.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

Calmly filming. No. You were waving the camera around from side to side moments leading up to the explosion, so we saw nothing.

[@julianb1550]

Calmly filming!? That was worse footage than the whole movie Cloverfield

[@neillozey3007]

Prayers from the people effected by the blast. Hope everyone involved is ok

[@Ryan_Christopher]

Objectively impossible for all to be OK. Minimum Safe Distance for such an explosion is 3.5 kilometers at least. Thousands of people lived closer than that.

[@brucedickinson12]

Prayers do nothing

[@ashvinbalaraman2767]

@bruce dickinson 12 It’s the respectful thing to say and it’s the thought that counts. People appreciate that others across the world are expressing their condolences. C’mon, are you really going to have a go at someone who sympathises with the families of this tragedy? What are YOU doing besides being a nuisance to the sensitive discussion?

[@brucedickinson12]

@@ashvinbalaraman2767 yes

[@brucedickinson12]

@@ashvinbalaraman2767 why lie . Saying prayers . Say something that is a real sentiment not a fantasy

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

It's almost as if real life is based on movies.

[@72marshflower15]

Don’t confuse the two or you lose touch with reality..

[@jmchez]

Funny thing is, that movie explosions are enhanced with lots of gasoline to always have huge fireballs, when even the most powerful normal explosions are just shock waves with very little fire.

[@norhan_ha]

Update 🌸 today’s Israel attack Tuesday ,July 30,2024 todays My childhood memories place was attacked today by Israel My last visit to Lebanon to my family, when I was 6 years old, I was in the family building in Haret Hreik (the place of the Israeli targeting), and my memories were the sofa was riddled with Israeli bullets, and the entire wall was pierced with Israeli bullets, the entire building, I am so sorry Haret Hreik,🌸🌸

[@TheShrederrific]

I'm a survivor....& watching this documentary makes me sick for how much our cartel leaders don't care about Lebanese people...This small country never knew peace cause of our war lords & religious people...I guess the solution is either a foreign country come & rule us or simply to go into a federalism...How come after 2 years we don't have justice yet....not a single responsible person in jail...Thank you for letting this crime to be documented on your channel...To keep the flame going till justice rise

[@HawkGTboy]

Dude is lucky he didn’t lose an eye.

[@Anorakki]

Or ear

[@IcyBlueii]

when are people around the world going to realize that you hold your phone like a camera (landscape) so that they film everything, not just a portrait view?

[@kj27wolf31]

When it becomes easier or more natural to hold it that way I guess

[@aartizz6300]

Really??? Are you serious??? Men women and children have been killed in a horrific explosion and you are concerned about the way a camera is being held???? Your comment is more pathetic than your knowledge of technology. What cellphone in the entire galaxy has film? It’s a digital recording. Damn y’all are so ignorant!!

[@WhatHaveIMade]

That second clip - poor clueless dude on the bike, trying to power through a blast shock wave. Must have been a food delivery guy.

[@xero0nyte]

For the second explosion i couldnt tell if he was screaming or that was just how loud the explosion was

[@Lazarus1095]

What I hate the most about watching this is that there was no happy ending or resolution to be had afterwards.That blast cut the heart out of the country, and Lebanon has been teetering on the edge of failed-nation status ever since.

[@shufflerp3868]

Evil people when they store that stuff so close to their citizens.

[@minimak9978]

I am so sorry for those oh died

[@Englishsea24]

Incredible that only 200 people died. That was a hell of a blast. It looked like it wiped out the entire city

[@jc1531997]

That is because it happened at 6 pm, during that time most would have finished work and be home, and it would be too early to go to anywhere like a pub or restaurant. So that is why the casualties were relatively low. Had it happened a bit earlier when the port would have been full or a bit later when pubs and restaurants would have been full, the casualty count would have been much much higher.

[@d.t.eklund1148]

Mom always said, "Don't play ball in the house."

[@neilpatrick6764]

Moral of da story don’t film an ammunition warehouse that’s on fire specially behind glass windows or doors

[@ArcherBowman]

What caused that giant explosion? What type of explosion? Munitions? That was unreal!

[@alexandergalitevstudentfvh8696]

fertilizer

[@nomenclature9373]

Ammonium Nitrite blend (fertilizer) having been stored for years to the point it became very unstable. It was initiated by a fire which ignited fireworks stored in the same building. One hot shell landing among the fertilizer and BOOM.

[@scottjenkins4613]

This should be a warning to everyone who records video in vertical mode. His injuries would have been less, and his views would have been much, much more if it was horizontal mode.

[@dragonstone1390]

This is terrifying:(..

[@siriosstar4789]

and now it's feb. 2021 and no one has been brought to justice for this crime .

[@Nangleator22]

At least no one exploited the tragedy to make war on innocent people.

[@siriosstar4789]

@@Nangleator22 that was war on innocent people.

[@LiPo5000]

Their government seized it from a ship, and stored it there! Their Government is responsible!

[@siriosstar4789]

@@LiPo5000 absolutely !

[@adilchoudhury4249]

@@siriosstar4789 How do you charge someone for stupidity and reason why fines were invented I am guessing. What government can and should do is give a reasonable pay out to affected family losing loved ones, loosing job etc and update their blueprint on how to properly manage radioactive material.

[@SuperNiksus]

Big hugs 😥

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Thank God they are ok.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

2 years already i feel old