Episode 243: Itaewon Halloween Tragedy - 159 Dead & How The Police Tried To Cover It Up
On October 30th, a man walked out of his tiny little shop in Itaewon. He placed a pink blanket in the grim alleyway. He got on his knees in front of a tray of food he had prepared.
Police immediately swarmed him, demanding he leave right away. Nobody was supposed to be in the alley, not after what had happened there.
The man yelled at the police - “don’t you dare touch the food. Don’t touch it. Please you have to let me do this. The kids need to eat one last meal.”
159 young souls had tragically died in that little alleyway. The man had desperately tried to save them.
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