Family of the victims of the victims of the heavy rain in Seoul: I lost three relatives overnight, and just renovated the semi -basement room before the rainstorm

This week, the South Korean capital circle encountered a rare heavy rain. According to overseas network reports, as of 6 am on the 11th local time, heavy rain in the South Korean capital area had killed 11 people, 8 people were missing, 18 were injured, and 548 households were affected by 982 people. In the heavy rain disaster in the 80 years, the basement and semi -basement residential areas that are mainly low -income groups are particularly serious.

On the evening of the 8th local time, a family of three in Xinlin Cave, Guanyue District, Seoul drowned in a semi -basement, including a pair of middle -aged sisters and a 13 -year -old girl. The old -age elderly people in their families are spared due to hospitalization examinations, but they are taken away by heavy rain overnight. For the elderly, "everything is like lies."

↑ Half -basement residential staircase stairwell room

The emergency hotline is almost "paralyzed"

The two neighbors tried to rescue the fruitless, and the house was quickly filled with water

"Grandma should walk more in the hospital, eat well, and pay attention to the body." According to reports, at 4:40 pm local time on the 8th, the 72 -year -old man received a greeting text message from his granddaughter in the hospital. She replied: "You are really intimate, thank you." This is the last time the old man talks to his granddaughter. Within 4 hours, floods caused by heavy rainfall pour into the half basement where the two daughters and granddaughter are located.

At about 8:37 pm that day, the little daughter in the family called and said, "Mom, the flood (open) the porch door closed, but because the water pressure could not be opened." Later, the little daughter suddenly lost contact. Near 9 pm, the younger daughter called her friends twice to ask for help, saying: "119 (first aid call) why not answer it." Due to the unstable signal, the second call of the two was interrupted, and the friend would never never have since then again. Can call each other's phone.

It is reported that due to the rare heavy rainfall, the emergency hotline that night received more than 500 electricity for help at the same time, which was almost paralyzed. According to the nearby neighbor's description, the little daughter trapped at home slammed the house and called the neighbor for help. Seeing that the emergency phone call could not be turned on, the two neighbors tried to break the window glass to rescue the family, but they could not drill the anti -theft steel fence outside the window. One of the neighbors said: "The house was quickly filled with water, and we couldn't do it about it."

Near the early morning, the police and firefighters who arrived at the scene finally started rescue work. At that time, the semi -basement had been completely drowned. Due to the continuous rainstorm, the on -site drainage work encountered a lot of trouble. When rescuers finally drew the stagnant water, the family of three died. According to the Korean SBS news report, the person in charge of the fire department explained that the continued heavy rainfall form a huge puddle around the house and cause the water pipe below Essence

Just renovated the room a month ago

Old man: I didn't expect such a thing to happen

It is reported that when he learned that all his family was killed, the old man cried all day in the bed, and repeatedly said that he lost two daughters and young granddaughter in the night. "Everything is like a lie" Essence The old man even blamed herself that the young daughter who should have stayed in the company had a leave because she was hospitalized on the same day.

According to the elderly, their family finally saved enough money 7 years ago and bought this semi -basement with 3 rooms. "When I moved, I did not expect such a thing to have a dream." The old man said that the younger daughter was the "top beam pillar" at home. She had to make money to support her family with full -time jobs, but also to help take care of her sister with Tang's syndrome. One month before the heavy rain struck, the younger daughter renovated the room at home, and added a new bed and desk to the family.

↑ A month ago when the rainstorm hit, the younger daughter added a new bed and desk to her family.

It is reported that the experience of this family of three highlights the dilemma of low -income people in Korean cities, as well as the current housing crisis and increasingly worseless issues. It is reported that another 50 -year -old woman also drowned in a semi -basement. South Korean sociological researcher Zhang Zhenfan (transliteration) pointed out that despite the risk of flooding in the semi -basement family, blindly canceling these houses will force low -income residents to move into smaller rooms.

"In order to improve the living environment, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the semi -basement family." Zhang Zhenfan added. The survey of residents published in June 2020 in the Ministry of Land and Transport of South Korea showed that there were more than 260,000 families living in the basement, semi -basement, and house towers. In the same year, after the high box office and evaluation of the Korean film "Parasitic", the Ministry of Land and Transportation of the South Korea planned to investigate the living environment of semi -underground families, but later this plan was put on hold due to the spread of the new crown epidemic.

Red Star News reporter Hu Yiling

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