Rescue workers had given up hope of finding anyone alive after 24 hours of digging.
It belonged to young girl aged 12 years called Diana Omar. Her entire family had been buried under a building near the Beirut port, after the largest man-made explosions in history which killed at least 145 people and injured more than 5,000.
Diana’s stunning appearance offered a rare moment of joy amid these dark days. Her father Ahmad, who was injured in the blast, had been desperately scouring the hospitals and morgues of Beirut, speaking to firemen, security forces and other officials in the search for his daughter.
The rest of the family had been confirmed dead. But Diana had not been found. In desperation, Ahmad returned to the site for one last time on Wednesday night. Where he found the rescue worker trying to coax a girl out from under mounds of earth, masonry, metal and wood.
After the girl was resuced she was severely injured to the throat and was taken to the hospital where later it was found out that it was Diana Omar.
But whatever caused the explosion, the human cost is immense, and dozens of people are still missing. Unlike Diana, many other searches for survivors did not end so happily.