![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/the-time-to-grieve-is-over-it-is-time-to-be-angry/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127650764_dsc01531.jpg&description=Image source, Song familyImage caption, Mr Song lost his daughter Eun-ji in the Halloween crushAt a crematorium outside Seoul, Song Hu-bong carefully attached a miniature bunch of flowers to the box where his daughter's ashes are displayed."Hey kiddo, your daddy's here now," he said out loud. "Have you been well?"His 24-year-old daughter Eun-ji was one of the last victims of Seoul's deadly crush to be identified. She was among more than 150 mostly young women who were killed when a narrow alleyway became so tightly packed they couldn't breathe.Her family waited 18 agonising hours to receive the news. Doctors told them both her arms had been broken in the crush."The time to grieve is over, now it is time to be angry," Mr Song cried in pain, describing how Eun-ji worked as a travel agent in an upmarket neighbourhood of Seoul, with dreams of travelling the world. She had a playful spirit, like him, he says, which meant the two of them got along very well."The most heartbreaking thing is that they expected this many people, and they didn't do anything. Just a dozen police and this could have been avoided and my daughter wouldn't have died," Mr Song said.Almost three weeks on, it is increasingly clear the crush could have been prevented if authorities had been better prepared and had responded faster. Nearly 130,000 people gathered in the party neighbourhood of Itaewon to celebrate Halloween, but no police were sent specifically to manage the crowd.Image source, NurPhoto/Getty ImagesImage caption, These parents of another victim of the crush visit the alleyway where so many young people lost their livesInvestigators are looking into claims that a police report, which warned of the potential danger, was buried, then deleted.And South Koreans are debating how far the blame should extend amid fear that the wrong people are being targeted.So far no-one has taken responsibility. There have been no high-profile resignations. This is only making people angrier."Someone very hig){kind=link}
At a crematorium outside Seoul, Song Hu-bong carefully attached a miniature bunch of flowers to the box where his daughter’s ashes are displayed.
“Hey kiddo, your daddy’s here now,” he said out loud. “Have you been well?”
His 24-year-old daughter Eun-ji was one of the last victims of Seoul’s deadly crush to be identified. She was among more than 150 mostly young women who were killed when a narrow alleyway became so tightly packed they couldn’t breathe.
Her family waited 18 agonising hours to receive the news. Doctors told them both her arms had been broken in the crush.
“The time to grieve is over, now it is time to be angry,” Mr Song cried in pain, describing how Eun-ji worked as a travel agent in an upmarket neighbourhood of Seoul, with dreams of travelling the world. She had a playful spirit, like him, he says, which meant the two of them got along very well.