A huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a night life area of the South Korean capital on Saturday night, crushing people to death.
"The United States stands ready to provide the Republic of Korea with any support it needs." The crowd appears in good spirits and calm at first, but then a commotion begins and people start being pushed and pressed into one another. Many of the party-goers were wearing masks and Halloween costumes. It was the first Halloween event in Seoul in three years after the country lifted COVID restrictions and social distancing. "People were layered on top of others like a tomb. But the number exploded soon after, outnumbering first responders at the scene," Mr Lee said.
South Korean officials say at least 26 foreign nationals were among the more than 150 people killed in the incident in Seoul's Itaewon district.
"Jill and I are devastated to learn that at least two Americans are among so many who lost their lives in Seoul. "We will be there for those in our community who knew and loved Anne. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Philip Goldberg said in a statement. Embassy in Seoul is working with local authorities and providing consular assistance to any U.S. And people started screaming, and the crowd poured in toward our club," he said. Gieske was a junior nursing student from Northern Kentucky who was studying in South Korea as part of an education abroad program. The outlet quotes Lee saying that the crush did not seem to be "an incident that could have been prevented by deploying more police or fire officers." There was nobody to help me," he said. "But even after we did that, there were people collapsed at the entrance, and some passed out," he added. Park Kang-hyun, 26, traveled to Seoul from Gwangju city, in the country's southeast, in search of two missing friends. The friend who survived said "there were just too many people. Many were attempting to gather in a narrow alley filled with bars and restaurants, according to local media.
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More than 150 people were crushed to death, trapped in a narrow Seoul alley for more than an hour. Here's what we know about how the tragedy unfolded.
After the Astroworld crowd surge in Houston claimed the lives of 10 concert attendees, G. “As people struggle to get up, arms and legs get twisted together. It was completely out of control," he said. The death toll rose substantially over the following hours and days with a total of 135 people, including children and two police officers, passing away due to injuries sustained in the crush. Hundreds rushed for the exits to avoid the gas, resulting in a crush that trampled or suffocated 34 to death almost instantly. An Australian man in Seoul has told the ABC that a friend of his died, and said another Australian is in intensive care with another dual citizen is in a stable condition. Keith Still, a visiting professor of crowd science at the University of Suffolk in England, said it takes only 30 seconds before you lose consciousness, and around about six minutes before "compressive or restrictive asphyxia" sets in. Before this, the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korea's history was at a pop concert in 2005, where 11 people were killed and around 60 others were injured. A woman in her 20s, surnamed Park, told Yonhap that she and others were standing along the side of the alley while others caught in the middle of the alley had no escape. Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on rows of people lying in the streets after the crush. The survivor, who gave their surname as Kim, said they were trapped for about an hour and a half before being rescued, as some people shouted “help me!” and others were short of breath, according to the Seoul-based Hankyoreh newspaper. Witness Moon Ju-young said there were clear signs of trouble in the alleys before the incident.
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Walk, not run, and stick to the footpath; we don’t want kids walking all over the road – that’s a road safety issue. “Consider Trick’or’Treating with friends and go out in groups because there’s safety in numbers. “Be accompanied by a trusted, responsible adult at all times.
South Korean police are investigating what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul last weekend.
Many people also laid chrysanthemums, bottles of the Korean liquor soju, candles and snacks near an Itaewon subway station, with a host of condolence messages posted on the wall and elsewhere. The government opened temporary memorials Monday in Seoul and other major cities in South Korea. Nearly two-thirds of the dead — 98 — were women. The police statement said police-provided security for a president has long been handled by two special police units and that the units have nothing to do with the Yongsan police station, whose jurisdiction includes Itaewon. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency didn’t immediately publicize the details of its probe. Officers are analyzing footage taken by security cameras in the area at the time of the crush and related video clips posted on social media.