[ K trendy NEWS Reporter Jun-sik Park ] The US State Department announced on the 30th that two Americans were killed and three were injured in the massacre in Itaewon, Seoul, on the 30th. One of the dead was confirmed to be the nephew of a congressman, raising questions about why the festival turned into a disaster.
One of the American victims was Anne-Marie Gisque, the nephew of a congressman.
Two Americans were killed in the accident, Kisuke and Steven Blessi. Blessi was also studying in Korea as an exchange student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
The U.S. State Department repeatedly expressed its condolences over the Itaewon disaster at a regular briefing today.
So far, two Americans have been killed and at least three people have been injured.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death that occurred as a crowd gathered in Seoul last Saturday," State Department spokeswoman Ned Price said. said.
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"Our family is our niece, Anne," said Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup from Ohio on the 31st (local time), after American Anne-Marie Gisuke, an American who died in the Itaewon disaster, was identified as the nephew of the U.S. Congressman. "I am grieving the death of Marie Gisuke," he said. "He was a gift from God to our family, and we loved him very much."
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MBC reported that the Washington Post and other American media reported that Anne-Marie, who came to Korea as an exchange student, suffered a bowel movement the day after her twentieth birthday.
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Another victim, 20-year-old Stephen Blessi, an exchange student, said in an interview with The New York Times that his father was "shocked like a hundred million stabs".
The U.S. media is raising questions every day, saying, "Why did the festival turn into a disaster?" The New York Times reported in today's article, "They have deployed police forces in areas where protests are taking place." The report pointed out, "The situation in Itaewon without the police has become fatal."
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In addition, the Washington Post said, "American students who took on their first challenge in Korea have died," and focused on the news of the Itaewon accident on four pages, including the front page headline. He criticized that it was only about cracking down on narcotics, and that the authorities were putting their hands on management.
Meanwhile, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Central Script) reported that the number of victims of the Itaewon disaster in the Itaewon accident response status report as of 11 am on the 1st increased by one from the previous count, bringing the total to 156. The number of serious injuries was reduced by one to 29, and the number of minor injuries was 122, bringing the total number of injuries to 151.
The added victim is a 20-year-old Korean woman who was seriously injured. Her condition deteriorated and she died at 8:49 a.m. that day.
Of the 151 injured, 111 recovered and returned home, while 40 were hospitalized. So far, 55 men and 101 women have been killed in the Itaewon accident.
By age group, 104 people were in their 20s, followed by 31 in their 30s, 12 in their teens, 8 in their 40s, and 1 in their 50s. Of these, 26 foreign victims were from 14 countries, including Iran, China and Russia.
Currently, the central government is operating 59 joint incense burners in local governments across the country,” he said.
In this 'Itaewon disaster', there were many deaths among young people of 'flowering age'. There were 11 people in their teens, 103 people in their 20s, and 30 people in their 30s.
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