Alley where ‘Itaewon Disaster’ occurred… People who get swept away by crowds
Special edition “Large crowds and chain evangelism are the cause of the disaster”
Crowd density up to 12 people per square meter due to illegal structures
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‘Crowd fluidization’ swept away by large crowds,
This is the beginning of the accident, which the Special Investigation Headquarters revealed 70 days after the disaster occurred.
In addition, it was evaluated that the complacent measures taken by related organizations before and after the disaster had increased anger.
Reporter Lee Jun-yeop reports.
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This is the alley where the accident occurred at 10:10 pm on the day of the Itaewon disaster.
People can’t move as they want, and they are swept here and there.
This is the so-called ‘crowd fluidization’ phenomenon.
Five minutes passed, 10:15:24 at night.
First person to fall, then 4 more falls in 15 seconds.
This is the beginning of the disaster, which was analyzed by the Special Investigation Headquarters through expert advice and over 600 hours of video footage.
It was not someone deliberately pushing, but the large crowd and the chain of falls were seen as one of the main causes of the disaster.
[손제한 / 이태원 사고 특별수사본부장 : 넘어진 사람들 뒤편으로 계속해서 인파가 밀리면서 순차적으로 전도되었고, 군중압력에 의해 158명이 질식 등으로 사망하고 다수의 부상자가 발생하였습니다.]
In addition, with a slope of up to 11 degrees, people constantly flowed into the narrow alleyway to 3.2m.
Illegal structures installed by the Hamilton Hotel further increased the density.
Crowd density reached up to 12 people per square meter to the world food street.
Pressures of up to half a ton per person were applied.
It was analyzed that 158 people died as they were pushed around, fell down and got stuck, leading to suffocation and intra-abdominal bleeding.
This is why crowd management and control were the key to preventing disaster.
[박준영 / 금오공과대학교 교수 : 일방통행으로 바꿨을 경우에는 어떻게 되냐면 동일 환경인데 천명까지 가서도 막힘이 발생하지 않는 것을 확인했습니다.]
However, the conclusion of the special edition is that the responsible institutions did not play their part in complacency.
Both the Yongsan-gu Office and the police failed to respond properly, such as establishing safety measures to prevent accidents, handling reports, and disseminating the situation.
Confusion continued from fire rescue to patient transfer, and Seoul Transportation Corporation ignored the request for non-stop at Itaewon Station, increasing the influx of crowds.
Although the cause of the disaster was analyzed and announced in detail 74 days after the launch of the special edition, it is regrettable that the circumstances of each victim’s death were not revealed.
This is YTN Lee Jun-yeop.
YTN Junyeop Lee ([email protected])
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