Dahe Daily·Yu Video Reporter Du Qianwen
Wang Di and his friends, who escaped from death, called the place where the incident happened last night was "Death Slope". He said that this was the first time he truly felt the "fear of death".
On the evening of October 29, a large-scale stampede occurred in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. So far, the accident has killed 151 people and injured 82 people. Among them, four Chinese citizens were killed in a stampede accident in South Korea, and two Chinese citizens were slightly injured.
Luoyang young man Wang Di, who just went to Korea to study this year, saw Dahe telling reporters in detail about the horror experience of last night.
Holding his feet for 15 seconds, he could barely stand firm with the drag of Russian girls
Standing on the higher part of the "Death Slope", Wang Di and his friends realized something was wrong here: unlike the lively and cheerful scenes in previous festivals, at this time, their ears were filled with people's screams and noises in various languages; the people walking up were squeezed by the downward people and could not move; a group of people at the bottom of the slope were still pushing and yelling at each other, and they desperately pushed the people in front of them with their hands in the narrow space.
Wang Di and his fours came to Itaewon Bar Street happily, intending to celebrate Halloween. But shortly after arriving, their friend was forced to squeeze down by the downward crowd while uphill. Wang Di spent this "unforgettable" Halloween night in panic about his friends being squeezed away and losing contact, and was squeezed by the crowd and unable to breathe.
"When I was squeezed up, I originally wanted to jump to a slightly higher place in front, but the moment I jumped up, I was put in mid-air." At that time, Wang Di bent one leg and knees, trying to reach the heights in front of me with all his legs. The other leg was stretched straight, trying to make his toes touch the ground, but what he didn't expect was that the moment he stepped forward, the crowd next to him quickly seized this "survival space". Wang Di, who was 1.82 meters tall, was lifted up by people on both sides, and his feet were hung in the air for at least 15 seconds.
"Later, the Russian lady in front gave me one-third of her body and grabbed me, so that I could step one foot high." Wang Di said that he was really desperate when hanging in the air. At that time, as long as there was a little external force next to me, he could easily knock him down. Wang Di's friend who was squeezed down the slope was also lucky to stay away from the claws of "Death" thanks to the British boy next to him who used his palms to protect him.
The people on the slope wanted to escape, and the people outside the slope squeezed into it
One side was a human wall that could not move in, and the other side was a cold cement wall. Wang Di, who was squeezed in the corner, could hardly breathe. The panicked crowd screamed and called for help, but the communication there was paralyzed and people could not get in touch with the outside world.
In this bustling bar street, people in the bar are drinking and talking; people outside the bar scream and cannot breathe.
Wang Di said that when he was squeezed and collapsed, two or three policemen came to the top of the slope. They blew whistles and shouted loudly to ask people to retreat, saying that there was a trampling in front, but the results were minimal.
The screams of the crowd and the cheerful background music of the street bars overshadowed the warning issued by the police. The people on the slope tried their best to escape from this suffocating place; the people outside the slope wanted to squeeze in and get together for the fun of Halloween.
"I was really desperate at that time. I couldn't move when I was squeezed into the corner of the wall. I felt that I couldn't live without this place. But later a foreign guy next to me jumped up and climbed onto the wall. Thanks to him, we had room to move out." Wang Di said that the " Spider-Man " flexibly stepped on the raised area of the wall, which gave the people around me a room to move, allowing him to squeeze out the corner of the wall and slowly move out of the fatal place.
Wang Di was trapped in Itaewon "Death Slope" at 21:56 local time, and left the place of death at 23:23.
There are people lying on the ground and scattered Halloween headdresses
Fortunately, Wang Di and his friends squeezed out in time, and their health was fine, but the Korean boy standing next to Wang Di tried his best but could not protect his girlfriend.
When the Korean boy's girlfriend was almost fainting, her legs were covered with wounds, and one of her shoes was stepped off, and she was gasping for breath.
This Korean boy anxiously held his girlfriend to find a rescue team, but was told: "We are going to the front to rescue more critically ill patients. You carry your girlfriend forward and look for other rescue teams ."
Wang Di and his friends were lucky. Less than two minutes after they escaped from the slope, a large-scale stampede began to occur on the "death slope". People squeezed together layer by layer like "stacked arhats", and the people buried below no longer struggled and breathed.
Wang Di said that on the way out, he saw many people lying motionless on the ground. After confirming that they were not breathing, Korean rescuers would cover them with a piece of clothing or cloth, and then continue to go forward to rescue others.
The once bustling and noisy bar street is now full of scattered shoes, hats and headdresses for celebrating Halloween.
Wang Di said that he will always remember the scene after escaping: Korean firefighters held tools in their hands, squeezed out the crowd, and rushed forward to rescue, following them a group of Korean boys who had just finished drinking. The boys didn't know what was going on ahead, but just imitated the movements of the last firefighter, sang cheerful songs, and ran forward together with dancing hands and feet. (Photo provided by the interviewee, Wang Di is a pseudonym at the request of the interviewee)
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Source: Dahe Daily·Yu Video Editor: You Xiaopeng
