Beirut Blast: Syrian man helps pigeon who lost one eye in explosion; video will make your day
Beirut explosions have jolted the city and people are still reeling from the aftermath of the massive warehouse blasts. Around4,000 people were injured while the death toll reached 150.
Social media has been flooded with various perturbing videos that showed the destruction around the area where the explosions occurred. Amidst all such horrifying video, a positive and emotional video has surfaced the Internet in which a man can be seen helping an injured pigeon.
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The man was identified as Abdel Salam, who is Syrian and helped the pigeon by giving it some water.
As per the viral video, Salam filled the water in the bottle cap and then gave it to the bird who lost an eye owing to the blast.
The heartwarming video was shared by a Twitter user named Vivian Yee, who is the Middle East correspondent for The New York Times.
The video shared with a caption: “Just went back to my shattered Beirut neighbourhood for the first time since the explosion. One of the first people I saw was a Syrian man named Abdel Salam, who was ever so gently pouring water in the cap for this one-eyed injured pigeon to drink.”
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Just went back to my shattered Beirut neighborhood for the first time since the explosion. One of the first people I saw was this Syrian man, Abdel Salam, who was ever-so-gently pouring water into a bottle cap for this one-eyed injured pigeon to drink. pic.twitter.com/JUFJj6nEJC
— Vivian Yee (@VivianHYee) August 6, 2020
The video has gone viral on social media and netizens extolled his virtues towards an injured bird.
Check out some selected reactions:
Allah save ,every type of creatures on earth from such type of explosions.
— Saeed Ahmad Gujjar 423B/TDA Layyah (@SaeedAh74755254) August 7, 2020
Humanity should become a real human being to realize pain, sorrow & difficulty of humanity and living things.
Heart touching❤️
— RamBhakt Naraaz Ahmed ࿗ (@boyzpledwell) August 7, 2020
In a musIim locality where i lived last year, the person next door used to take care of his goat very much. Feed her on time, wash her daily. Even kept her warm.
But suddenly one day i saw stream of blood flowing on the road from his house.
Never saw her again.
Reminds me of this. Humanity shines in the midst of the worst times. Pray for Beirut.https://t.co/HikRgEn2uH
— Charlotte 🖐️🏠 (@ccchre) August 7, 2020
This act of kindness is what I needed to see today ❤️
— Algheed (@Algheed) August 7, 2020
The video of Vivian’s garnered over 209k views, 8.8k likes, and 1.7k retweets on Twitter.
First published: 8 August 2020, 9:50 IST