Nearly 300 people were crushed as crowds surged through a narrow street during a Halloween event in Seoul, South Korea, leaving more than 149 dead.
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Tragedy filled the streets of South Korea’s capital Saturday night when about 300 people were crushed as crowds surged through a narrow Seoul street, leaving more than 149 dead, according to officials’ estimates.
Pedestrians joined hundreds of emergency workers in offering aid as dozens of people lay in the street, many in cardiac arrest. In addition to the fatalities, an estimated 150 more people were injured, officials said.
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My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those gone and all of those injured.
I appreciate your kindness Harley.
@John Edmonson ❤🤗❤🤗❤
@dopenough2smoke 😂 lol
Bruh, thought and prayers aren’t bringing anyone back
@Mario Flores duh and if I could I would. But here’s for you and everyone that has commented about something about me and others praying for those who are gone and their families who are grieving and for those who are still around. I’m not mad about your comments aka opinions because you have a right to voice them, no matter if I or others agree. But same goes for you and others who are being against those of us praying. Now I have friends from all walks of life, religious beliefs or lack of, gender,sensuality, etc..I don’t look down on those. But if any of you that are against us praying, why get mad at our comments or our belief. It’s not like I or others are telling you to pray, or who to believe in. Because it’s not my place to, so makes me wonder why so upset over something some don’t believe in. If you don’t good on you, it’s your right. But I will always pray for who I want. Have a wonderful week ahead.
May God bless all those that suffered🙏🏼
@K Locke How does God knowing what’s going to happen to me 20 years later mean I dont have free will? I have a free will whether I do A or B. But God knows which I will choose to do. I still had the free will to choose. Nobody points a gun at me to make me choose B instead of A.
@Clay You dont know that he doesnt care.
@Clay “Religion is meant to control the masses”. Christians were persecuted for hundreds of years. The disciples of Jesus excluding John were all martyred in brutal ways including the 1st century christians who were being hunted down left and right. Christianity was not created by powerful people to control the masses like you claim. It was created by eye witnesses of Jesus Christ who simply wanted to let the world know who Jesus is.
@Wavy World It’s not a holy day, and the gods that men create always mirror their more base and brutal personality traits.
@H K First off, you’re lying, something Christians seem to do on a regular basis. I’m making no false assumptions of your superstitions. I’m pointing out that your primitive beliefs are irrational. I’ve already explained how you have no free will, and no matter what, you’re going to go into denial. If the god creates John Smith, and as he does, sees that John will get hit by a drunk and die, the god could change that design so that John doesn’t. If instead, he leaves it be, that future is set for John before he’s even born. No free will. It’s a consequence of having a mythology in which everything is created from nothing at all. The creation can only be what the creator created it to be. You will mindlessly insist that one has free will because you say so. However, that isn’t an argument in support of your beliefs. It’s circular logic. You have no arguments in support of your beliefs.
Damn and we thought Astroworld was bad. This is crazy
Well, Astroworld was still bad
Astroworld was atrocious but this was far worse
I’m comparison this is way worse and this country is suppose to be so safe and good
What caused the sudden stampede? I feel so sorry for the families who lost a loved one. That is so horrible. I honestly don’t understand why anybody would want to pack themselves into a giant crowd of people for any reason.
I heard people packed in from both direction. Their was literally no place to go.
@epicwhat001 ok so…. this happens when people group up for any major event. I don’t know what you are talking about. It doesn’t explain why people will stomp one another
@Emmanuel Zanders I have been on those type of crushes. Having a good time then the crowd starts going one way then another, back . You have no control of where you are going . You yell to stop but it’s not the people near you it’s all around . If you pick up your feet you will be moved wth the crowd . If you get out of breath from crushing you cant regain your breath. You Fall on the ground the crowd cannot control stepping on some one. It’s like a wall closing in on you no control as it get tighter . It is very scary. All you want is a little wiggle room and to get the hell out . If your stuck in the middle it’s very hard to get free
@Hectic Hex like sheep in a heard.
@Emmanuel Zanders We are animals. But mind you, humans do things way worse than any other species of animals could even dream about.
why does anyone hold events like this (where tons of people are crammed into a space JUST large enough for them to fit? Everything MUST go smoothly or this could easily happen at any time. One or more person pushes, rushes, and it sets off a chain reaction. This is obviously a terrible tragedy. RIP to those poor people who did not need to die so tragically.
The event was one thing. Stupid humans is the other.
@hoot1141 it’s not stupid humans per se. I mean yes you get large numbers of young people Keyed up excited likely drinking and partying and then cram them into a tiny space. What could possibly go wrong? This is why concert halls Madison Square garden….have countless exits.
It wasn’t an event or festival. No one hold it and that is the problem. The street is just a iconic place where is well-known for multi-culture and nightlife. Especially it was the first outdoor Halloween party without mask and restrictions so much more people gathered..
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@승ㅁ혲 understood but even so if that is the case and the expectation is to have a large crowd there need to be systems in place. I have been to Halloween parades where the streets are jam packed and impossible to move a foot in any direction. That is just unsafe
So…. Am i the only one that saw “100,000 expected to attend” and knew that alone was a problem? 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ Those families should be looking to sue the event planner , that space looks like it can’t even hold 50,000. Pathetic and unavoidable
@B W you just didn’t read correctly
Maaan no you aren’t my first thought reading the headline is why are people still going out in these times if it isn’t a family event and even those need to be limited due to the toxicity in families now day. I thought immediately wtf are people attending these places
@B W there was an event though, the freaking countries twitter and other groups annouced a celebration…
@Broken Chainsofsatan That is a fair point. In the US trashy people have their kids out at grocery stores and Wal Mart etc at all hours mid week. Then whine people dont know what parents go through… as if kids are supposed to be cranky all day and there is NO solution to getting kids moving in the mornings.
@The Lizard gang violence, robbery, and any other violent crime happens every day in large cities.
Great things come out of large cities, but the worst of humanity comes out of large cities as well.
lmao bruh just dont go into the crowd i honestly dont understand it
Sad but pure stupidity . To be honest who the hell would walk into this
Exactly! Humans are dumb.
It makes absolutely zero sense that people lose all common sense when they start to panic and don’t even think about others
It wasn’t panic. Humans don’t lose sense. This is how the average human is. They’re dumb.
@hoot1141 that’s probably why lifeforms on all others planets stay the heck away or don’t reveal themselves because they don’t want human stupidity to rub off on them
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Very sad. Condolences to family
I live in new Orleans and one Mardi gras when I was in my early twenties, went on bourbon street. There was a point when my feet weren’t touching the ground yet I was traveling down the street. I think it was around the same time the people got trampled at the love parade in Germany. It was crazy. That was about 20 or so years ago and I Never done that again. If a friend comes to town and wants to go down bourbon street Mardi gras day, I go around and meet them on the next intersection. This is a sad situation.
This reminds me of the concert here at the US that was absolutely devastating
This is so sad…so many lives lost.
I can’t believe this !! 😔
This was completely avoidable. I hope that the ones responsible for hosting this event are thoroughly prosecuted, and that there is some justice found for the victim’s families.
Always wonder why they want you to see certain things, and not others
These young people were so happy to party after three years when *COVID-19* restrictions were lifted.
– Thanks China 🇨🇳!