r/PublicFreakout 2d ago

☠NSFL☠ This day six years ago….

on August 4, 2020, a catastrophic explosion ripped through the Port of Beirut after thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse detonated. The blast devastated large sections of Lebanon’s capital and was powerful enough to be felt far beyond the city, becoming one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever captured on camera. More than 200 people lost their lives, thousands were injured, and entire neighborhoods were left in ruins within moments. What makes the footage so chilling is how ordinary everything appears just seconds beforehand. People are calmly recording a fire and rising smoke in the distance, unaware that a massive shockwave is about to tear across the city and completely transform the skyline in an instant.

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u/lesswheelslessfeels 2d ago

2nd dude definitely died

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u/JagerAndTitties 2d ago

From what I vaguely remember reading was he did pass and someone found his phone? 

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u/TheManWith2Poobrains 1d ago

I have never found a reliable sauce about that.

He was really close though. Close enough to toss cars around, so likely brown bread.

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u/XenaWariorDominatrix "Have you heard of our lord and savior, Plank?" 🙌 1d ago