A guest who tried to select a theater company in Chuncheon… “If you value life”
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(Chuncheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Tae-hyeon = “As usual, a customer got into a taxi, and it felt strange. We didn’t have much conversation, but I thought we should watch it.”
The story of a taxi driver who saved a precious life standing on the threshold of death with a little interest was known belatedly.
According to Yonhap News coverage on the 15th, around 1:00 am on the 8th, Park In-gyeong (64), who has been working as a taxi driver for 20 years in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, picked up a passenger in her 50s who asked, “Please go to the Soyanggang Maiden Statue.”
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Feeling strange going to a tourist attraction with a skywalk at dawn, Park asked the passenger, “Why are you going there at this time?”
The passenger hurriedly got out of the taxi after briefly replying, “I’m going to get some fresh air.”
The passenger who stumbled and fell as soon as he got out of the taxi struggled to get up and lean on the stairs near his destination.
In the mind of ‘just in case’, Mr. Park stopped 10 to 20 meters away from the passenger and watched him for a long time.
Then, after seeing the passenger heading towards the railing of the statue of a virgin, Mr. Park suspected an extreme choice and immediately reported it to 112.
“I think the guest at the statue of the virgin made a bad choice. Please send the cops quickly.”
The firefighters, who arrived at the scene first at the request of the police for a joint response, approached the passengers standing in danger and began to persuade them.
The passenger finally burst into tears and followed the firefighters to the ambulance.
This is not the first time Park has shown warm interest to a neighbor facing difficulties.
“Once, there was a customer who asked me to go to Soyang Dam, and he, too, tried to make an extreme choice. I thought ‘no’, so I stopped driving that day and had a drink with the customer and listened to them. I persuaded them to live even though it was difficult. I remember calling and returning home together.”
Although he saved his life with his warm interest in his neighbors even in the harsh and breathless daily life, he confessed that he was more worried that they would make an extreme choice again than he thought he had “saved” the passengers.
“Those who think of death once can do it again. That’s what I’m worried about. It’s hard for everyone to live sometimes. Still, you have to live. I hope everyone values their lives.”
※ If you have troubles that are hard to talk about, such as depression, or if you have family or acquaintances who are experiencing these difficulties, you can call the suicide prevention hotline ☎1577-0199, the phone of hope ☎129, the phone of life ☎1588-9191, the youth phone ☎1388, etc. Consultation is available.
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