suffocating. some who fell down, apparently crushed under a growing pile of people. official causes of death not confirmed. but reporting dozens suffered cardiac arrest. i saw the people like going to the left side. but i saw the person actually getting to the opposite side. so, actually the person in the middle, they got jammed and they they have like no way to communicate and they like they cannot breathe. the fire chief calls this a presumed stampede. the investigation is ongoing. social media videos shows emergency crews struggling, pulling injured and unconscious victims from the narrow alleyways, still jammed with hundreds if not thousands of people. south korea s president holding an emergency cabinet meeting, the tragic incident now being treated as a national disaster.
at first, someone pushed from the back. then from here. it was, like, quite a few times, then i realised something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. gasps. ..and that s what they re doing, like taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides. and more people fell, and i lost my friend. and i turn around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. for others, there s no information.
pushed from the back. then from here. it was, like, quite a few times, then i realised something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. 0thers describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving cpr for 30 minutes. and his friend was trying to stop him, but he was still doing it. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides. and more people fell, and i lost my friend.
..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving cpr for 30 minutes. and his friend was trying to stop him, but he was still doing it. translation: | wasi pushed from behind. i got scared and tried to move to the - side, but i couldn t. i was stuck there for two hours. i felt like i was going to die. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides, and more people fell, and i lost my friend.
of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. ..until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. this is where most people died. most people died here. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. at first, someone pushed from the back, then from here. it was, like, quite a few times, then i realised something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving