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10/05/80: Beirut

Name: 10/05/80: Beirut
Uploaded: 2008-10-03T07:21:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 33 s
Description: Beirut was once considered the Paris of the Middle East, but when Morley Safer visited the city 28 years ago, he found a city devastated by civil war holding onto the remnants of a better time.

Beirut was once considered the Paris of the Middle East, but when Morley Safer visited the city 28 years ago, he found a city devastated by civil war holding onto the remnants of a better time.