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‘Are You OK?’: Audio Captures Father and Son in Beirut Hospital Minutes After Blast

An audio recording taken by Omar Abou Mrad at St. George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, where his son Yuri is a cancer patient, shows the sheer terror of the moment.

[crying] “Yuri, are you OK? Eh? Yuri, are you OK? Eh? [crying] [Arabic speech] Are you OK? Eh? OK. “Fine.” “OK? OK?” “Yes.” [crying] “Yuri, don’t worry about the Papi. OK? OK, please, please, hey! [wailing] Please — [Arabic speech] [wailing] Yuri, don’t worry, Papa. Wait a little bit. [wailing] So wait a bit. Don’t move. Don’t move, Yuri. Don’t move, Papi. Don’t move, Papi, OK?” “I’m not going to move —” “Papi don’t move, wait a bit. Don’t move, Yuri. Yuri, don’t move, OK? Wait a bit. Stop.” “Baba!” [Arabic speech] [banging sounds] “OK, Papa.” “Oh my goodness.” “OK, Papa.” “It’s OK, Yuri, it’s OK.” “I —” [Arabic speech] “Wait, wait — [Arabic speech] [banging] [Arabic speech] I’m coming, Papi.”

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‘Are You OK?’: Audio Captures Father and Son in Beirut Hospital Minutes After Blast

By The New York Times August 12, 2020

An audio recording taken by Omar Abou Mrad at St. George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, where his son Yuri is a cancer patient, shows the sheer terror of the moment.

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