Safetydan
Well-Known Member
Really sad and crazy the Halloween incident in Seoul. I went to that area for Halloween before COVID and my girlfriend then was terrified of that happening because of how crowded and crazy it was. I kind of laughed at her about it. We were planning to be there for Halloween this year, but we got COVID in the USA and had to delay everything a couple weeks otherwise I definitely would have been there that night. It was one of the most fun nights I've had out anywhere.
Oh yeah. I've been to Itaewon multiple times (not during Halloween) and I'm familiar with the alleyway where the crush happened. It's so crazy, total mismanagement of a crowd the authorities knew was going to be huge beforehand. I've been in some really dense crowds in Korea before and I don't blame the people in the crowd on an individual level. Koreans are justifiably desensitized to dense crowds. It was obviously bad but from their perspective, in other areas around the crush-point, it was no worse than rush hour on the subway. Terrible tragedy.