In the midst of the chaos ‘on the streets, the father ran with the children to find shelter somewhere. When he caught his breath he asked Stephen why he wasn’t scared after the second explosion. The three-year-old replied very calmly: “I didn’t hear the bang, papa, because I was looking at the three angels who were standing in front of us …”

Only in retrospect do more and more stories become known of how people were saved from death on the day of the explosion in Beirut. They were collected and passed on by the national leader of the Uncharted Ministries, Amir Salaam, and other local Christians.

Josef studies at the Christian Alliance Seminary. He was in his room studying at his desk. Seconds before the explosion, he got up and went to the bathroom. Once there, he asked himself: «Why did I come here at all? I don’t even have to go to the bathroom… ” That was when he heard the explosion. When the shaking subsided and he got up again, the bathroom was the only one in the whole apartment that was intact.

Alaa and Hiba were in their home from the pastors’ college where Alaa is studying during the explosion. He was sitting at his desk, his wife was lying on the bed. After the first bang, Alaa instinctively ran to the bed and carried his wife out of the room, standing under the door frame. Then the building was shaken by the second explosion. They were on the fourth floor, wondering if the building could withstand the shock. When they finally opened their eyes, the door frame under which they stood was the only thing left in the room. The bed on which Hiba had recently been lying was littered with broken glass.