Hot TikToker escaped Itaewon thanks to his craving for ice cream, mourning his departed Vietnamese friend

There are witnesses in the stampede in Itaewon, South Korea on Halloween night, narrowly escaping from the scythe of death, which can only be explained by one word "luck".

The Halloween night incident in Itaewon, South Korea has caused a stir in Asian and world media. As a result, more than 150 victims did not survive, along with many others injured.

However, there are also young people present at the place where the incident happened but were fortunate to escape the incident thanks to a temporary change of decision. Until the incident happened, they were startled to realize that they were almost in danger.

Specifically, a girl uploaded a clip recording an image with her friend going to the beginning of the alley in Itaewon. From where she stood, it could be seen that it was still quite open, the people around still kept their distance from each other. However, looking out into the distance where the incident happened, the line was already packed.

Her friend said: "Walking to the beginning of the alley, I suddenly said to a Chinese friend, 'Do you want ice cream?' So I went back to the street to buy ice cream." It is known that this girl is also a famous hot TikToker, owning her own channel with more than 3.7 million followers. Dan Viet reported that she was born in 2001, from Thuy Nguyen, Hai Phong. Since 12th grade, female TikToker has gone to Korea to study and now she has a stable job with good income.

More importantly, the owner of the clip shared that a Vietnamese female student named T. who died in the incident was her friend. The two knew each other, but the night of the incident did not go together. Referring to her friend, the girl expressed her grief: "You were not as lucky as me. It was shocking to receive the news in the morning." - The owner of the clip shares it in the comments section.

Previously, Zing News wrote, a Vietnamese international student in Seoul named AT also "turned the car" to eat pho but did not go to Itaewon as planned. Instead, AT moved to Hongdae and only half an hour later she started hearing about the incident in Itaewon.

Although she was not in the crowd, the young girl was still very scared. She said to herself, "It's as if pho helped me. From now on, I won't go to Itaewon and limit going to such crowded places."

Regarding the incident on Halloween night in Itaewon, Vietnam News Agency reported that many memorial activities took place throughout Korea. People came to lay wreaths and bow their heads in silence for the victims who did not survive the incident. This is the first Halloween event to be held in Seoul in the past three years after South Korea lifted restrictive measures due to Covid-19. However, the consequences that it leaves will make many people difficult to forget.

Currently, Korea is still in the process of investigating to determine the cause of the incident. Many people have also sent their words of encouragement to the unfortunate families whose children have passed away.

On October 31, investigators in South Korea began looking into more than 50 private and public cameras across the area where the stampede occurred. This is part of a special investigation into the cause of the incident. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the same day directed a thorough investigation, while the authorities said they were focusing on the scenario that led to the stampede, and looking into who was responsible for inciting the crowd to jostle. , according to Reuters news agency.

As you know, on the night of October 29, thousands of people (mostly teenagers dressed up for Halloween) gathered on the narrow streets of Itaewon district, the center of Seoul's capital, South Korea.

According to eyewitnesses, the chaos began when the crowd pulled into a narrow, steep alley, even though it was already full.

According to unconfirmed accounts of some eyewitnesses, the crowd at the top of the alley was shouting and jostling, and this was the beginning of the jostling and stamping that led to the tragedy.

Investigators have not yet confirmed any official information regarding the cause of the scuffle and chaos. However, the social media community spread a popular content about "celebrity shows up" in Itaewon.

Accordingly, the crowd deliberately jostled and aggressive just because they wanted to rush to meet the "celebrity" mentioned above. However, many people on Twitter denied this information.

Another conspiracy theory emerged related to the above information, claiming the police were responsible for the incident, and even saying that the government intentionally let loose rumors to avoid public backlash.

In fact, this is the key point of particular interest to the Korean media in the Itaewon story, related to the question: Is this tragedy a preventable scenario?

The Korea Herald quoted some people as saying that the police should have been more present in Itaewon.

The issue of police is concerned because it has been suggested that crowds of police were deployed to Gwanghwamun to take care of security, due to several demonstrations taking place.

However, Interior Minister Lee Sang Min stressed that the tragedy could not be prevented by deploying more police.

At a government report on October 30, Mr. Lee acknowledged that there was a police push into Gwanghwamun, but asserted that "large gatherings do not pose a particular concern", and the size of the crowds. compared to previous years is not a problem.

According to Korean media, it is currently difficult to trace who is responsible for the tragedy, because the crowd that came to Itaewon just recently was a group of people going out voluntarily, there was no specific event. organisers, so there's also no "organizer" to blame.

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