2023-10-29 11:02:22
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For those of you who became bereaved without even knowing what happened, and who spent a full year like that, today is bound to be special.
The mother, who had even prepared the ancestral rite table for her child, had to shed tears once more.
Reporter Je Eun-hyo was with a bereaved family’s day.
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Even now, my son’s visit is closed.
It is said that he was afraid of the silence of the unoccupied room and might not open it.
Just the cold night air brings back the fear of that day.
[박영수/고 이남훈 씨 어머니]
″The feeling of looking for a child in the early morning… Without realizing it, that came to mind last night.″
After tossing and turning without being able to sleep all night, I woke up on the morning of October 29th.
The wooden burial ground where Nam Hoon is sleeping.
My son’s friends stood by his side.
″The photos have faded a lot now.″
A mother pours water on her son’s tombstone and wipes it clean as if caressing it.
This is the feeling that washed over young Namhoon.
A ancestral rite table prepared in front of the child who passed away first.
I pray for his peace and eventually burst into tears.
[박영수/고 이남훈 씨 어머니]
″I came here following meeting a friend… He said he would come back soon. It’s been a year, why haven’t you come? Mom will always be waiting for you, so when she misses you, she can come anytime and sleep well. ″
We leave Jangji and head to Seoul.
Bereaved families in the same situation appear outside the car window.
It was a support that comforted us as we fought together.
[박영수/고 이남훈 씨 어머니]
″You asked for a year on the road? Still, there was no one who would answer… I participated in a sit-in protest, walked three steps and one bow, walked, and went to the National Assembly to fight… ″
Arrived in Itaewon.
How has it changed in the meantime?
My steps automatically become faster and I don’t know where to put my hands.
After a year, I came across the alley that I had never been able to visit once more.
I am still speechless.
[박영수/고 이남훈 씨 어머니]
″It looks too narrow, too small. I can’t imagine how there were so many kids in this alley… ″
At the place where her son last stayed, there is nothing the mother can do other than hand him a flower.
I promise to do my best to prevent this from becoming a meaningless sacrifice.
[박영수/고 이남훈 씨 어머니]
″It’s a painful and difficult alley, but I hope that in the future, it will become an alley that can raise awareness regarding the government in this society.″
This is Je Eun-hyo from MBC News.
Video filming: Jeong Yeon-cheol / Video editing: Lee Hye-ji
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