Families of Foreign Itaewon Victims Say Footage From Final Moments Shows Police Absence
Families said 1,000 videos showed delayed rescue and weak police deployment as the commission reviewed the crush response.
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Families of foreign Itaewon victims say footage from final moments shows police absence
Families of foreign victims of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush watched second-by-second footage of their loved ones’ final moments and said the recordings showed too few police officers at the scene and a rescue response that came too late. “Yesterday was a difficult day for me. I watched my sister’s final moments, where she walked and how she died,” Damira Sherniyazova, who traveled from Kazakhstan, said during a press conference in Seoul Wednesda…
“I hope I never have to come to Korea again. We aren’t here just to enjoy a vacation, are we? I feel that the truth needs to be revealed soon so that I can properly say goodbye to my daughter and live a stable life.” Susanne Evensen, the mother who lost her daughter Stine Evensen (then 20) in the October 29 Itaewon tragedy, repeatedly wiped away tears on the 28th, one day before the fourth anniversary of the disaster. Stine, a Norwegian national…
Families of foreign victims demand answers, accountability for 2022 Itaewon disaster
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Family members of foreign victims of the deadly 2022 Itaewon crowd crush called for answers and accountability Wednesday as an independent probe into the disaster still remains under way.At a press conference in Seoul, the
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