HDC Hyundai Development Co., Ltd. CEO Byung-gyu Yoo (right) meets and talks with the family of a missing person near the site of the collapse of the exterior wall of Hyundai I-Park in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, around 1:40 am on the 12th. Reporter Park Jun-gyu
“If both the mayor of Gwangju and the mayor of Seo-gu had their family disappeared,
I won’t let it go like this.”
The missing person’s family
On the 12th, at the site of the collapse of the outer wall of a high-rise residential and commercial complex in Seo-gu, Gwangju, the families of the missing people who stayed up all night with their eyes open from the day before the accident complained of painful feelings. The search and rescue operation of the missing person, which had been halted at around 8 p.m. the previous day due to the risk of further collapse, resumed around 11:20 a.m. on the same day, and the family requested immediate rescue from the authorities.
As a result of the Hankook Ilbo coverage, the six missing workers were all identified as Koreans. These included 56-year-old Mo Kim and Mo in charge of firefighting equipment, and Mo Seol in their late 50s in charge of silicone work. At the construction site, it is estimated that the six missing persons were working on windows and doors on the 28th and 31st floors, where the outer wall collapsed. As a result of tracking the location of their cell phones the day before, five people got a signal near the accident site and one near the nearby Ssangchon Station.
Before resuming rescue operations, the families of the missing people met at the site of the accident this morning expressed their anger at the authorities’ delay in work. A, the younger brother of the missing Kim, said, “Last night, I turned on the lights in the apartment (where the accident occurred) and told me to send a signal that ‘we are saving’, but it was not accepted at all.”He believed that the firefighters would start the rescue early in the morning, but they are still conducting a safety diagnosis.“It’s frustrating,” said Park Hyeon-woo, 34, the nephew of the missing person’s Seol.
Among the families of the missing There are voices complaining regarding HDC Hyundai Industrial Development, an apartment builder. continued B said to Yoo Byung-gyu, president of HDC Hyundai Development Company, who found the tent where the families of the missing people were staying at regarding 1:40 am on the same day, “Why don’t the missing people do anything when the weather is below freezing? shouted out In response to strong protests from his family, President Yoo finally bowed his head, saying, “I’m sorry.”
On the followingnoon of the 12th, at the site of the collapse of a new apartment building in Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, fire department officials look at the accident status board before searching for the missing person. At regarding 3:46 pm the previous day, the exterior wall of the new apartment collapsed, leaving six people who were working on it. News 1
The fire department conducted a safety examination for regarding three hours on the same day and resumed the search for the missing at 11:20 a.m. Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop said at an on-site briefing held at around 12 noon, “As a result of safety diagnosis by experts, we have concluded that there is no problem for the rescue team to enter[the accident scene].” We are conducting a safety check.”
It was also pointed out that the construction company was unreasonably proceeding with the construction in order to meet the occupancy date in November of this year. Field worker C said, “The overall construction site was in an atmosphere of being chased.” He continued, “Even though the concrete did not harden due to the cold weather, we continued pouring and installed struts.” At a field briefing on the same day, Professor Choi Myung-ki of Korea Industrial Field Professor said, “It takes two or three weeks for concrete to secure safety, but in this case, there is a possibility that it was raised one floor a week in order not to exceed the construction period.”
Park Jun-gyu reporter ssangkkal@hankookilbo.com
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