The night before Halloween, a stampede accident occurred in Itaewon, South Korea, and staged a series of tragedies on earth, which made people frightened and people all over the world shuddered.
Due to epidemic prevention and control, the Halloween event in South Korea has been stopped for two years. Finally, it has been opened this year. People who love to join in the fun are very excited.
100,000 people from 14 countries gathered. In one of the 18-square-meter alleys, more than 300 people were trampled and stacked nearly 7 layers like stacked arhats. 156 people died, and more than 100 others were injured, and some were currently undergoing treatment.
This is one of the worst disasters in South Korea's history, with the first senior official apology appeared in the South Korean government. The South Korean president delivered a televised speech, announcing national condolences.
According to the " Washington Post ", this Itaewon accident is the ninth largest stampede in the 21st century. Many people who attended the scene said that this was the closest they had to die.
01 National sadness
October 29th at around 6 pm, the long-awaited people began to enter Itaewon . At around 8 pm, the crowds kept coming in filled the streets and began to appear crowded, but people were very excited and were already immersed in various favorite anime characters, taking photos, dancing on the road, and cosplaying.
9 points, the crowd soared, and a large number of people flocked toward like sea water, unstoppable.
0:30, the crowd was like dense ant , and there was congestion and push, and there was no gap. It seemed like hundreds of people were pressing on their bodies. Some people felt suffocated, and the people next to them were squeezed to faint, but they could not get out of the crowd. 0:40, the person walking in front fell down in the crowd, and the people around him fell down, as if a man was stacked, and the scene instantly lost control. The location of the
accident occurred was a slope in the narrow alley. Falling on the slope, according to witnesses, the crowd at that time "like domino ", fell one after another, and people fell on the person who had fallen. The pressure on the bottom layer gradually increased, and finally accumulated 6 or 7 layers.
A large number of rescue forces rushed over, and the crowding continued for a while.
Many people are heavily pressed into the human layer. For a moment, screams and crying were wailing in the air, but the music on the scene was so loud that people behind could not hear the shouts and calls for help in front.
People's faces are blue, their noses and mouths are bleeding, and some people are no longer able to move. The smell of tears, sweat, blood and vomit in the air spread.
What is terrifying is that the people behind are increasing and are still entering continuously, constantly squeezing...
This prosperous block, which has been built for 52 years, is like a prank of demons dancing around, and it has become a terrible death scene in the blink of an eye.
Although various rescues arrived quickly, many people could not wait for rescue and died on the spot. It is heartbreaking that many people are not trampled to death, but are suffocated and killed by their chests.
It is reported that due to the lack of awareness of preventing large-scale events and response plans, it was expected that more than 100,000 people would come to Itaewon on the night of the 29th before the event.
However, they did not expect that a large-scale casualties would occur due to crowds. Only 137 police officers were arranged at that time. There is no specific organizer for the Itaewon Halloween event. The police do not have targeted strategies for how to deal with and deal with similar activities. After the incident, the South Korean police have invested 475 people in a special investigation. At present, 44 witnesses have been investigated and analyzed at the scene of the accident.
South Korean police will investigate all the merchants locked in the store in the stampede accident. At present, no criminal suspects can be found that can be investigated. The
gymnasium has opened a 24-hour lost and found room, with dense shoes, clothes, a large number of glasses, Bluetooth headsets, , handbags, ID cards and mobile phones all over the floor.
From these lost items, you can see how crazy the young people who came to the party at that time were and how out of control the scene was.
The impermanence of fate always makes people sigh. I once thought I could dominate everything, but at a certain moment, when impermanence arrives, I am caught off guard and fate is blind.
02 The joy of the whole nation
Shakespeare once said: "In the troubles of fate, it is easiest to see a person's integrity." Itaewon, a few hours before the accident, there was also a phenomenon of people being crowded in the same alley. The difference is that a warm scene occurred in the crowd.
is in a dilemma of congestion, a person who is directing the evacuation appears. A woman stood up from the crowd like a flag. She stood up on the stairs of the hotel on the left, shouting to maintain order:
"The front is blocked, let the back go down first! Please pass on the message." Because there was a loud voice of a woman guiding her in the crowd, the bustling alleys were quiet for a moment. Then, the crowd next to her shouted together: "Go down! Go down!"
The person who was about to squeeze forward heard the sound and began to turn back, and the crowd slowly moved.
A Korean citizen personally experienced the scene and was still scared. Afterwards, he posted a video on the Internet and wrote: "Thanks to a lady, I was able to go home safely, thank you."
Because there was such a clear-headed and wise person in the crowd, he avoided a disaster.
is not prepared to fight against fate, and fate sometimes sways. If such a person appeared in the same alley before the disaster occurred later, it might not have led to a tragedy.
Beethoven once told us: "I want to strangle the throat of fate and never let fate overwhelm."
takes the overall situation into consideration and passes on goodwill. Disseminate information in a timely manner and act as a guide in times of difficulties. This is the most effective way to solve the problem of avoiding trampling events.
03 Ant Wisdom
When there is a crowding, if humans can think of the wisdom of ants, when encountering difficulties, people can convey information in a timely manner, and perhaps disasters can be spared.
We know that the most animals on the earth are ants. When sweets appear, a group of ants will soon swarm. When congestion occurs, the ants can evacuate in an instant, which is very fast.
researchers observed that if an ant just came back from a crowded road and met another companion who was about to go, the ant would promptly notify the companion of the road and sometimes would actively guide the companion onto the spacious road.
Scientists have also made a complex computer model to simulate the different lengths and widths of ant road network. It turns out that even if changing routes may take more time, the ants can still move food quickly and efficiently.
With the transmission of companion information, every ant knows the situation of the road. Even when it reaches the primeval forest, millions of ants can be orderly and move along the transportation route.
Summary
Unfortunately, when humans encounter disasters, their instinct is panic. This panic makes their minds swell, they can't think, and there is no solution strategy.
Don’t despair even when you are in a difficult situation, as life passwords often leak out in the dark. Just like a woman shouting in the crowd to maintain order, sometimes she is brave enough to make a move. What if it is achieved?
Fate always favors the warriors. Sometimes, your shouting is the shouting and protection of life. In times of crisis, more positive energy information can be spread among the crowd. Small actions save a living life.
May the disasters in the world be eliminated and people are happy and peaceful.
