Seoul crowd crush a year on: What has changed since the Itaewon Halloween disaster?
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A year after one of South Korea's deadliest disasters, investigations have been launched and charges have been laid, but what improvements have been made to prevent another stampede?
  • gandarf @startrek.websiteEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    Reading about people getting crushed like that last year generated a new fear for me. At 40yrs old I thought I was passed that phase! Now if I am tucked in to tight or myself dogs are on either side of myself legs in bed, or otherwise unable to move a part of my body I start to panic. It’s a strange, new, shitty feeling.

    • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      Because they were not forced but just happened. It wasn’t an actual organized festival. No one forced anyone anywhere. It was ultimately lack of danger awareness and preparations that honestly could’ve been better but was not something to be expected that led to this disaster…

      • miseducator@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        The problem was that it wasn’t organized. It was just the first Halloween in Itaewon since COVID and the police didn’t plan for there to be such a big turnout. The annual foreign food festival was held a few weeks before Halloween, and the district office closed down the main streets to hold it. They should’ve did the same for Halloween, but hindsight is 50/50 or whatever.