(4 Aug 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon – 2 August 2025
1. Wide of Beirut port
2. Wide of damaged grain silos at Beirut port
3. Various of volunteers from victim’s families of the Beirut port victims digging
4. Various of a fireman watering newly planted olive trees
5. Close-up of name plaque reading (Arabic): "The Martyr Elias Michele Khozami – Beirut Fire Brigade"
6. Mid of Kayan Tlais looking out at Beirut port
7. Close-up of plaque with name of Kayan’s brother reading (Arabic): "Mohammad Tlais"
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kayan Tlais, brother of Mohammad Tlais, Beirut Blast victim:
“Of course we will get our rights, and we are hopeful because we were optimistic about His Excellency the President, the Prime Minister, and all those who came and were elected. They certainly have the competence, and as far as I’m concerned, they are all the right people in the right positions.”
9. Tilt down on an olive tree, planted in the site of the Beirut port blast
10. Close-up on name plaque reading (Arabic): "Jessica George Bezdjian"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bsalim, Mount Lebanon – 2 August 2025
11. Various of George Bezdjian lighting a candle and offering prayers in front of portraits of his daughter Jessica
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) George Bezdjian, Father of Jessica George Bezdjian, a Beirut Blast victim:
“The world collapsed, it was like an earthquake. I couldn’t even understand what happened. By the end of the day I lost my little daughter, my child. Any father would understand what it means to lose your child.”
13. Various of photos of Jessica
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) George Bezdjian, Father of Jessica George Bezdjian, a Beirut Blast victim:
“I started telling God that living for 60 years is more than enough. If you’re going to take someone from the family, take me and leave her alive. I begged him, but he didn’t reply to me.”
15. Mid of Jessica’s portraits
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) George Bezdjian, Father of Jessica George Bezdjian, a Beirut Blast victim:
“We will reach justice because we are still demanding it. We haven’t forgotten. It’s been five years, but it feels like yesterday. You can’t tell a mother to forget. You can’t tell a father to forget, or a brother to forget. We’re still persevering. We still believe there will be justice, but only if the politicians in Lebanon take their hands off the judiciary system.”
17. Close-up of a pin with Jessica’s picture fastened to George’s t-shirt
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) George Bezdjian, Father of Jessica George Bezdjian, a Beirut Blast victim:
“We will do to them what every father and mother would do if someone killed their children, and if they knew who killed their son or daughter, what would they do? I ask everyone this question. But for sure, absolutely, we will reach the truth. We want justice, and most importantly, we want to reach accountability, no matter who it is. No one is too big to be held responsible.”
19. Various of George talking to his wife while sitting on the balcony of their house
20. Mid of George looking at a ship in the Mediterranean Sea
21. Mid of a ship in the Mediterranean Sea
STORYLINE:
George Bezdjian still remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after the Beirut port explosion five years ago.
He found her at the St. Georges Hospital where she worked as a nurse.
He thought she was working, but found her lying on the floor being treated by her own colleagues before she passed away.
She was one of four medical staff killed at the hospital.
He sat in a corner where he put up portraits of Jessica next to burning incense to honor her.
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