On the 27th, when a "snow bomb" exploded in Seoul and the metropolitan area, a nearby sports utility vehicle (SUV) club members were dispatched to rescue a car that fell into the waterway.
On the 27th, an article titled "I'm here to save a person" was posted on an online community. Six SUVs were dispatched to rescue the car that fell into the waterway in Janghowon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, and succeeded in rescuing it.
Jang (27), who posted the post, told Yonhap News, "I was going out for a walk with my dog after work when I saw a request for rescue at a Naver cafe," adding, "I went to Jang Ho-won right away because I needed help with a car that fell into a waterway." The Naver cafe he mentioned is a JEEP Wrangler club with 52,000 members.Jang
ran about an hour and a half from his home, Bundang, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do to Janghowon. He said he thought about giving up because there was no snow removal on the national road as he got closer to the accident site, but he didn't give up because he thought the driver of the accident would be waiting in the cold.
When I arrived at the accident site and checked, the waterway where the accident car was missing was deeper and narrower than I thought, so even a tow truck could not rescue it.
In the end, the rescue was successful after tying six Wranglers and accident cars to each other. All six Wrangler drivers were in the same club.Mr.
said that members of the club are active as 'volunteer rescue teams' during heavy snow in winter, and they go to the rescue of the vehicle at no cost when it snows a lot. He explained that when a request for help is posted on the club cafe, members of the club around them voluntarily go."We don't receive a separate case fee as well as the price of oil," said Mr.
, adding, "We're doing what we can because we can help."
He also said he rescued two vehicles on his way to work this morning, after the snow continued, adding, "I will continue to rescue as long as it snows," adding, "Not only me but also other members of our club."
Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.
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