The story of Sampoong Department Store.
Everyone will remember the collapse of the Sampoong department store.
The one where the building collapsed in one day with hundreds of casualties.
What I'm trying to tell you is about the case.
On the day the Sampoong department store collapsed,
I went to Sampoong department store with my mother and cousin.
I lived in Mido apartment in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, so Sampoong department store is
It was a very close walk away.
So when I come back from shopping at the department store for exercise,
I was going to eat dinner with my father at the restaurant in Sampoong department store and drive back.
Now that I think about it, Sampoong Department Store was a pretty cool place.
Of course, the construction conditions were incredibly bad.
I couldn't tell when I was young.
Down underground, there was a bookstore and a general store, and there was a restaurant street.
Anyway, we were trying to cross the road to get into Sampoong Department Store on foot.
There was a lot of traffic, but I didn't see any taxis until then.
But when I was about to cross the street, a taxi stood in front of three people.
No one raised their hands to call a taxi.
I didn't even make eye contact with the taxi driver.
In the first place, taxi drivers often drive violently.
When pedestrian traffic lights turn blue and people cross the street, they tend to look for other customers.
But the taxi turned blue and crossed to the other side.
They're standing in the way of people, and they're burning us up.
Strangely enough, all three of us don't know what to buy at the Sampoong department store.
Even though you were sharing, you took a taxi without thinking?It's because it's burnt.
In general, if a taxi blocks you in front of a person crossing the street,
You'd be surprised or angry.
We were talking about shopping at the department store.
All of a sudden, everyone got in the taxi.
We ended up at the Galleria Department Store next to the Southern Express Terminal.
I decided to go to the basement and buy jeans first.
The Sampoong department store was very close, so I arrived soon.
I was on the left side, and my mother was in the middle.
On the far right was my cousin.
Arriving at the Galleria department store, opened the right door, and my cousin and mother got off.
And the moment I turned around to close the door after getting off, the taxi was gone.
The taxi itself was quite old, so I closed the door when I got on.
It was very vivid that the sound was quite loud, but in the meantime, the taxi disappeared.
When I looked back, I was in between the car and the door.
I couldn't even close the door.
I didn't hear an engine, but the car just disappeared in that short time.
But at that time, I just went into the department store without thinking much.
Of course, the people at the Galleria department store had no idea about the accident.
I heard on the radio that the Sampoong department store collapsed.
My mother just thought that one of the roof's tops fell off and that someone was hurt.
I was passing by the 4th floor appliance section and the atmosphere was weird.
So I went over there and watched the TV, and the scene of the tragic collapse was being broadcast.
In the corner of the TV, there was a news caption called "Sampung Department Store Collapse."
The pink department store I knew was nowhere to be found.
It was just a devastating ruin, as if it were from a war movie.
Only then did I realize the situation, and I told my mother the truth.
And why do we have so many helicopters flying in the sky?
Why does the sound of ambulance and fire truck keep ringing?
I could see if all traffic to Sampoong Department Store was closed.
The cab saved us. The weird cab saved us.
The weird taxi that disappeared.
What on earth was that taxi?
For your information, my father was supposed to arrive at Sampoong Department Store just before the collapse.
But suddenly, the company started to call me.
And I heard the breaking news of the news radio broadcast that my family always listens to.
He thought he was in a collapsed department store and was devastated.
Fortunately, my family was all safe, but who was the one who called my father?
