Newscasts - Empty desks mark five colleagues killed in South Korea plane crash

JejuAir Co

31/12/2024 12:41

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Description: Five vacant seats and a calendar marking days off after Christmas
sit in an office where co-workers in South Korea once planned a holiday to
Thailand. It was a holiday that ended in tragedy. Alice Rizzo reports.
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Video Transcript:

These empty desks in a South Korean office sit next to a calendar marking days
off after Christmas. The five female colleagues who worked here had flown to
Bangkok to celebrate their promotions. But their holiday ended tragically when
their return Jeju Air flight crashed on Sunday at the Muan International
Airport. Still in shock at the loss of their co-workers and friends,
colleagues wearing black ribbons cried at their desks. White chrysanthemums
were placed on the desk in mourning. At the public education office, officials
set up an altar where colleagues and neighbors can come to pay their
condolences. Bowing in tears, Lee Kwi-sun, a school chef, vividly remembered
her last moment of holding hands with one of the victims.

I still can't believe it's real until now. She was promoted recently, and all
of a sudden, this happened. I still can't believe it. I miss her smile.

Lee Dae-keun, who worked in the same department as another victim, said they
had been looking forward to their long-awaited trip.

Whenever one sees flowers on that empty desk, sadness rushes in.

At the request of colleagues who asked for privacy, Reuters is not naming the
victims. They were among 179 people killed in South Korea's deadliest air
disaster