The 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Seongsu Bridge will be held... The "Memorial Tower" didn't happen before. [Anchor Report]

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A full 30 years ago, an accident that made people doubt the eyes of the citizens occurred on the Seongsu Bridge in Seoul.

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[Oct. 21, 1994 YTN Report: 32 people have been killed and 17 injured in the collapse of the Seongsu Bridge this morning. The accident occurred during rush hour, when many cars were crowded, causing great damage.

It was a tragedy in which about 50 citizens who went on their way to work and school were killed or injured due to an absurd accident in which the bridge of the Han River in Seoul was cut off.

In particular, poor construction was blamed for the collapse of the Seongsu Bridge in just 15 years after it was completed in 1979, and it caused public anger at the time.

Today, 30 years later, a joint memorial service was held to remember the accident and to honor the souls of the victims,
At the meeting, the representative of the bereaved families of the victims appealed for the Republic of Korea to get out of safety insensitivity as soon as possible, saying that even after the Seongsu Bridge disaster, the collapse of Sampoong Department Store, the Daegu subway disaster, and the Ferry Sewol disaster continued.

[Kim Hak-yoon / Former chairman of the bereaved families of the Seongsu Bridge disaster: Now, the only hope of our bereaved families is that such a tragic accident will never happen again in this land of Korea. Here, it is a place of history and education, and I hope once again that the same accident as the Seongsu Bridge will never happen again in the face of the noble sacrifice of the 32 people at the memorial tower at the northern end of Seongsu Bridge, which is unforgettable..]

The memorial tower of Seongsu Bridge where the memorial service was held.

It was built in 1997, three years after the accident, and because it is located at the intersection at the northern end of Seongsu Bridge, there have been calls for relocation to a place where more citizens can see it due to its lack of accessibility.

There have been related discussions recently, but it is reported that the relocation of the memorial tower failed due to conflicting opinions between Seongdong-gu and the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

The collapse of the Seongsu Bridge, which was stigmatized as an underdeveloped country-type accident.

It should be remembered in many people's minds so that they can raise the alarm about the insensitivity to safety that still exists 30 years later.