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After Beirut explosion, helpers tend to shock and trauma

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 5:03 AM

When a massive explosion ripped through Beirut this month, Yorgo Younes scurried to flee his building. He saw children crying and adults screaming as they scrambled for safety, one running barefoot over jagged pieces of glass in a state of shock and fear.

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