On Saturday, 156 people were crushed in a crowd in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood. As the numbers of dead rose over the weekend, government officials responded poorly or not at all.
The crowd was half mourners, half journalists, standing over a rectangular pile of white flowers, notes, and sundry tributes to the too-young dead: cup ramen, cigarettes, soju bottles. The victims were primarily Korean but also Uzbek and Sri Lankan. The mourners wore college-letterman jackets; teen-age couples held hands and cried as they set down sprays of chrysanthemum. There were queer kids in club clothes and businessmen in dark suits, just off their commute.
Late Saturday night, a hundred and fifty-six celebrants were crushed to death, mostly in one popular Itaewon alley. What happened? That narrow passage, a few steps from the Itaewon subway station, is open on both ends. But, as hundreds of revellers crammed in, on their way to or from the subway or a party at the nearby Hamilton Hotel, no police officers or guards were there to direct traffic. More and more people glommed onto the crowd from either end, pushing and shoving toward the center.
Rob had indeed gone out on Saturday, dancing, drinking, and walking with friends just a block away from the alley where theoccurred. He didn’t know what had happened until later that night, when the sirens became constant and friends from other countries began to send him worried text messages.
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