According to survivors of the crowd crush, they were lifted off the ground and heard cries from above and lower as they tried to get help.
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It is harrowing Video and photosWitnesses told the Associated Press that the scene was captured “completely outof control”. BBCAs emergency responders raced to save those who were trapped in the chaos, it was chaotic.
Juliana SantaellaA medical student from Mexico, named Alicia, spoke out about the crowd surge. The Washington PostShe was found in the busy alleyway at 10 p.m. local, when she felt squeezed by the crowd.
According to her, “My feet stopped touching the ground at some point.” “There was an unconscious male on top of my head, which was affecting me breathing.”
She remembered feeling crushed under the mass of people around her, to the point where she could not move her neck after being trapped between people below and beside her.
“I thought, “Okay, I’m going next.” She told The Post that she really believed she was going to die. “I was totally paralyzed. “I couldn’t feel my legs at all.” I couldn’t move my feet.”
A victim’s mother claimed her 19-year old daughter was crushed by crowds for over an hour, and that her boyfriend tried to rescue her. However, the report from Yonhap News Agency.
