“When I first attempted CPR there were two victims lying on the pavement. But the number exploded soon after, outnumbering first responders at the scene.”
The nightmare occurred in the capital’s chic Itaewon neighborhood, where as many as 100,000 people reportedly came to party for the first Halloween since the easing of pandemic safety precautions.
“When I first attempted CPR there were two victims lying on the pavement. But the number exploded soon after, outnumbering first responders at the scene,” he said, according to Agence France Presse. Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said that the bodies were being sent to hospitals or a gym, where family members could identify them and that most of the dead and injured are in their teens or 20s.
The National Fire Agency said in a statement that all of Seoul’s available emergency workers have been mobilized.an anonymous police source stating that a celebrity sighting may have triggered a sudden rush toward a bar.