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Two-thirds of the victims of the Itaewon disaster were young men in their 20s.

Those in their 20s who witnessed the Sewol ferry disaster and the Itaewon disaster earlier say that society has not changed at all.



Reporter Park Ye-rin on the sidewalk.



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incense altar was installed in the middle of the university campus to commemorate the dead in Itaewon.



Stop walking, burn incense, and meditate.



[Lee Seok-hyun / Korea University student: I was shocked that so many people died unexpectedly, and I did it with a heart to commemorate them.]



The mourners who visited the incense house paid chrysanthemum flowers, sweets, and alcohol to pay tribute to the deceased.



Another university campus with an incense burner.



A tribute message is glued to one side.



[Park Ji-won / Chung-Ang University student: It hurts more because we are the same age, and it is so sad that the tomorrow that I could have attended classes in the same school was gone…

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Following the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014, another large-scale disaster encountered in eight years.



[Student of Chung-Ang University: We suffered the Sewol ferry disaster in our teens and the Itaewon disaster in our twenties, but I remember that it was less than 10 years ago, but it is so tragic that he lost his fame in such a absurd accident and gave sorrow to everyone around him…

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Of the 156 people killed in this disaster, a total of 104 people in their 20s died.



There are many people who suffer from trauma in the face of the death of their peers who have experienced it again.



Moreover, this time, the shock was even greater as photos and videos of the rescue situation spread quickly through SNS.



[Junyoung Oh / Student at Chung-Ang University: I was exposed to such things about related videos and photos, and it was a little scary, sad, but left a lot of afterimages…

It was a terrifying feeling.]



What I really want to say to the victims of the disaster is that it is not your fault.



[Byeon Jeong-yoon / Chung-Ang University student: I honestly can't sympathize with people who say 'why did you go to such a place', and I want to tell them that it's not their fault...

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(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)