[#US congressman's niece killed in Itaewon#: Just past her 20th birthday, the smiling picture in front of the cake exposed] According to South Korea's MBN TV station on November 1, two of the 26 foreign citizens killed in the Itaewon stampede were Americans, one of whom was the niece of a US congressman who died at the age of 20.
The unfortunate young man's name was Anne Marie Giske and the niece of Republican U.S. Representative Brad Winstrup of Ohio. On October 28, the day before she was killed, she had just celebrated her 20th birthday by the Han River in Seoul and was smiling and taking photos in front of a cake.
Anne Giske is a junior nursing student at the University of Kentucky in the United States, who loves Korean culture and came to Seoul to study at Hanyang University as an exchange student. Upon learning the bad news, his parents said: "The loss of their daughter is so tragic and heartbreaking. She is a pearl that everyone loves. ”
According to Yonhap News Agency, as of 11 p.m. on November 1, the Itaewon stampede had killed 156 people and injured 157. By age group, young people in their 20s are the most, at 104. There were 26 foreign victims, including 4 Chinese.
Korean media also reported that on the day of the incident, the number of passengers getting off at Itaewon Station increased more than twice year-on-year, due to the high flow of people, people began to call the police 4 hours before the incident, reminding or asking the police to take control measures in the relevant area, but in 11 police calls, the police only responded 4 times and did not take effective measures. #South Korea stampede 4 hours before the police keep calling the police#Web link
