Beirut explosion victim Isaac Oehlers was fatally struck by glass in his highchair. This is how his parents fought for him
ABCThe parents of an Australian toddler killed by the port explosion in Beirut have spoken publicly for the first time, revealing their desperate attempts to get to hospital after their son was injured while sitting in his highchair. Toddler Isaac Oehlers was struck by glass while sitting in his highchair in an apartment 700 metres from the blast Mother Sarah Copland says a kind stranger stopped on the road amid the chaos and drove them to hospital The Australian family had been trying to leave Lebanon for months leading up to the disaster, due to coronavirus Warning: this story contains a distressing image. Mr Oehlers took Isaac and Ms Copland ran into one of Beirut's busiest thoroughfares — Charles Malek Avenue. "He was like going down the wrong side of the road, gunning it as fast as he could," Ms Copland said. "They loved our little boy like he was family from the get-go," Ms Copland said.
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