Israa Seblani was posing for her wedding video when the camera captured the instant a deadly blast tore through the city.
Israa Seblani’s long white veil trailed behind her. She gazed downward as the camera captured her smile and panned to her train, draped around her feet in a lacy circle. She was just hours away from her wedding ceremony.
Then came a deafening boom that knocked her to the ground and shattered the day in an instant.
As Dr. Seblani, 29, posed for her wedding video, an explosion tore through the city — leaving at least 145 dead, thousands injured and dozens more missing — devastating much of central Beirut and blowing windows from their frames for miles.
“One thing came into my mind: Now you are going to die,” Dr. Seblani said in an interview on Thursday.
The camera captured the instant that the massive blast rattled the Saifi neighborhood, less than a mile from the epicenter, and the panicked moments that followed as Dr. Seblani and the groom, Ahmad Sbeih, scrambled for safety.
This video of a beautiful bride in Lebanon shows how the happiest day of her life turned into the scariest.
Israa al Seblani lives in Troy, Michigan & came to Beirut three weeks ago to get married.
I talked with her this morning.
We will have her story on @wxyzdetroit today. pic.twitter.com/qCUSbpkbNX
— Syma Chowdhry (@SymaChowdhry) August 6, 2020
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