Itaewon Stampede Scene (“Yomiuri Shimbun”)
Overseas Network, November 29According to the November 29 news of South Korea’s “Central Daily” and Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun”, a month has passed since the stampede in Itaewon, South Korea, and the alley where the accident occurred was deregulated two weeks ago. Many people came here to mourn the victims, there are many post-it notes with good wishes written on the walls on both sides of the alley, and chrysanthemums are piled up on the walls.
A shoe shop owner who has been standing in the alley where the accident took place for 11 years said the voices of young people calling for help still ring in his ears. The shop owner recalled that at 10 o’clock that evening, three women entered the shop one after another, their shoes were gone, and their legs were covered in bruises. While the shop owner was treating them, there was constant shouting outside the shop. Outside the glass door of the shop people could be seen crowded together and nobody could move.
The shopkeeper wanted to open the door to let people in, but no matter how hard he tried, the door couldn’t be opened. He tried to yell at the people who were getting on, but it was getting worse and worse. “I saw these young people screaming for help with my own eyes, but I couldn’t save them. I felt so guilty.” Said the shop owner with tears in his eyes. After the accident, he slept in the shop every day, praying for the victims.
“Yomiuri Shimbun” said that before the accident, Itaewon was very lively every night, and young people and foreigners often came to shop, but now many bars and other entertainment and dining places around the accident site are still closed. it was. (Wang Shanning, overseas network)
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