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| In this black box video recorded on Nov. 12, 2022, a woman in her 20s sits on the railing at the northern part of Seogang Bridge over Han River. Screenshot from Han Moon-chul's YouTube |
By Lee Hae-rin
An anonymous citizen driver and pedestrian have saved the life of a woman who attempted to commit suicide while sitting at the railing of a bridge over the Han River.
On Saturday, a YouTube video was uploaded on a channel named "Han Moon-chul TV," showing a black box video recorded around 1 p.m. on Nov. 12, 2022 at the Seogang Bridge over the Han River in Seoul.
The YouTube channel is named after, and run by, Han Moon-chul, a Korean car accident lawyer. Han has 1.65 million subscribers as of Sunday.
Han Moon-chul TV
In the video, a woman is sitting on a handrail at the northern part of the bridge, facing toward the river. The unidentified driver, who provided the black box recording to Han, pulls over into a safety zone on discovering her and slowly approaches.
The driver finds a pedestrian on the opposite side who is also approaching the woman to offer help. The two citizens exchange hand signals while approaching closer to the woman. They call 119 for rescue. As the coast guard's boat arrives under the bridge, they pull her upper body backward and bring her down from the railing.
The police and ambulance arrive at the scene and take care of the rescued woman, and the two citizens depart the scene.
According to the driver, the rescued woman was aged in her early 20s and was crying when they approached to offer help. Her hands were stiff and cold, suggesting that she sat over the bridge for a while.
The reason for the attempted suicide is unknown.
As of Sunday, over 80,000 have watched the video. Some commented, "This brings tears to my eyes. I hope the woman gets back to her feet again and keep on living." Another wrote, "Many people just say they are busy and look away (from people in need of help). But it's great that they stopped by, watched over carefully and saved someone's life."
