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Upon hearing the news that a local supermarket is closing, local residents line up to help. The sad story of a store owner whose wife is battling terminal cancer and has to take care of their young children is known, and the warmth of the neighbors is the greatest strength.
By Park Jae-hyung, staff reporter.
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The residents who come out of the neighborhood store holding a beautiful item, each leave a word of support.
[A lot of good things will happen, sir. Your wife will be healthy.] On the
24th, an acquaintance posted the story of the store owner to a local cafe.
"My aunt is in the hospital with terminal breast cancer, and the business is shutting down because of her children who were left alone at home."
[Son Byung-chul/President of the store: I was spending a lot of time with my wife and children, so I had to take care of myself a little more
.
“Our goal was to sell as many items as possible that could not be returned before the business closed, because we need money to pay the companies that supplied the goods. As the
unfortunate story became known, neighbors began to quarrel at the mart.
[Jeong Mi-young / Yongin City] Ki Heung-gu: There is a heartbreaking story… I didn’t even look at it in detail. I came here because I wanted to go first. I’ll have to buy everything I need here.]
Photos and encouraging texts of items piled up in a pile saying they bought it at the store came up one after another.
wish came true.
Instead of running out of items and the store was empty, the owner's heart was filled with gratitude for his neighbors.
[Son Byung-cheol / Store Manager: I am so grateful, and it is difficult to explain in any other words…
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(Video coverage: No. 1, Video editing: Jinhwa Choi, CG: Yunjeong Kang)