Videos posted online show the streets of Seoul throughout the night when a fatal crowd crush occurred during Halloween festivities. An analysis of more than 350 videos and photos found that a critical delay in emergency response likely led to more deaths.
Videos filmed between 11:02 p.m. and 11:23 p.m. on Oct. 29 show how rescue efforts by emergency personnel progressed following the crowd collapse in Itaewon. at 10:56 p.m. “The number of cardiac arrests is sharply rising.”
Two videos filmed at the same location on Halloween weekend show how police presence differed in Itaewon between 2021 and 2022. Police agencies in South Korea have robust training for crowd control and monitoring, given the frequency of demonstrations that draw tens of thousands of protesters and the nation’s history with military dictatorship, said Kim, the crowd expert at Sejong University.
police training experts in South Korea, lower-level officials have no incentive to prepare for potentially volatile events when laws or regulations don’t require it, or to suggest prevention plans not mandated in security manuals.
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