“The Assassination of History”… The owners of “Antique” mourn the artifacts that met their fate in the Beirut explosion.

“I was standing outside the shop, getting ready to close it. The explosion rang out and the storm threw me onto the other sidewalk. I heard the glass exploding, the sound hurt more than I felt when I hit the ground. My soul literally went out when I looked towards the shop, bits of smashed antiques laying outside. “