Lebanon Chat

I was chatting earlier to a friend, who lives a few minutes away from where today's explosion took place in Lebanon... and needless to say.. he is in shock. Here's part of the conversation:

M: i'm trying my best with the kids
A: i understand ;(

M: u know, the explosion took place at my wife's favorite swimming pool
A: oh my god

M: she always goes there with the kids
A: that must be a terrible ordeal
sorry to hear u are so close

M: the thoughts

A: it is easy for us sitting in the comfort of our living rooms so far away to feel bad.. but for u it must be a real horror

M: just painful

A: i understand

A: a young girl was screaming "mommy mommy" while she was carried away with body covered in blood
i could only imagine it could have been...
sorry to bother you with these thoughts

A: not at all dear .. u should get them out
i just dont understand why this is happening all over again
i was in lebanon a few summers ago and it was paradise
and now it's BOOM again
it is just so scary
one of my cousins, who is actually still studying there, was in her apartment when the hariri assassination took place
and her windows were broken
her parents and all the family were horrified
what's happening in lebanon touches us all

M: hariri's explosion actually shook beirut as a whole

A: i have friends who went to boarding school there - they are old - before the civil war
and when they talk . u know where their heart is

M: i can imagine

A: again, i am sorry this is happening
the politicians should really grow up

M: thanks
really appreciate

A: u take care and try and relax
as the lebanese say: the bomb doesnt strike the same place twice ... sa7?

M: yup