“Even now, I have nightmares about Dawon, who ran into my mother’s arms with a bright smile, suddenly falling off a cliff. Then I pray for her forgiveness먹튀검증.”
On April 16, at a hotel in Suseong-gu, Daegu, 2-year-old Park Da-won fell through the railing of the emergency stairs and fell 20 meters down to the first basement floor, where she died. A month has passed since then, but the bereaved family is still suffering from nightmares. Dawon-yang’s mother, Kim Eun-yeong (37), who met with <Oh My News> on the 18th, was still unable to escape from the sadness of that day.
“I can still see Dawon’s face, so where can I see him again? No one has ever said a word of regret for our Dawon who fell down the cliff-like stairs… If there was a net, I wouldn’t have gone that far, but the fact that I went to that hotel It’s just frustrating.”
Adults’ insensitivity to safety, Dawon’s two-year-old daughter fell 20m
The family went to Suseong Lake on April 16 and couldn’t find a place to park, so they used a nearby hotel parking lot. This is because I wanted to park my car in a safe place even if I paid a parking fee. The hotel boasts a long tradition in Daegu, with over 100 rooms and even a wedding hall.
A few hours later, on the way back home, Dawon’s father opened the emergency stairway door leading to the parking lot, and Dawon went out onto the stairs. At that moment, Dawon’s body fell through the railing and fell to the first basement floor. The staircase where the accident occurred was a spiral, and the handrail was 29cm wide, wide enough to fit an adult’s body. There were no safety devices such as fall prevention nets in the central aisle of the stairs at intervals nearly three times wider than the current safety standard of 10 cm.
Dawonyang’s mother, Eun-yeong, said, “It was connected to the parking lot through the hotel stairs, so I had to use the stairs inevitably.”
When the accident occurred, Daegu City and eight districts and counties hurriedly conducted a full fact-finding survey on the risk of handrails in multi-use facilities. The hotel side did reinforcement work to narrow the gap between the handrails.
According to the standards for structure and construction methods of indoor architecture established in 2015, handrails installed on stairs and corridors must be 120cm or more, and the interval between handrails must be 10cm or less. The hotel side is in the position that it applied for a building permit two months before the standard was created and was not subject to application.
Eun-young said, “If we were going to reinforce the railings like this, we could have done it in advance.”
Dawon’s parents criticized the hotel staff for not taking any relief measures at the time of the accident and that they had not contacted her even once. Eun-young insisted, “Even when the child fell to the cold floor on the first basement floor and stopped breathing, the hotel staff did not take any safety measures.”
He also resented the hotel, saying, “I was taken to the hospital by the 119 ambulance, and it’s already been a month since the funeral, but I haven’t even said a word, ‘I’m sorry.’
“I hope Dawon just won’t be forgotten…”
A month has passed since the accident, but the police investigation is still ongoing. An official from the Suseong Police Station replied, “We are investigating with all possibilities open.” The police are in the position that if mismanagement is revealed, ‘serious civil disaster’ can be applied under the Severe Disaster Punishment Act. The Suseong-gu Office also advised the hotel to adjust the handrail spacing to 10 cm or less, but the police investigation is ongoing, so they cannot be held responsible.
Eun-yeong said, “I don’t know how to fill the vacancy of the second Dawon because the vacancy is so big right now.” “I hope this accident will be a wake-up call. I hope Dawon won’t just be forgotten after he dies.” I think I saved it,” he said.
The bereaved family revealed Dawon’s real name, saying that they hoped for a society where children can grow up safely after the tragic death of that day.
Regarding this, the hotel explained that it could not secure the contact information of the bereaved family. In a phone call with <Oh My News>, a hotel official explained, “The police did not give us the contact information of the bereaved family because it was personal information.”
Attorney Kim Do-hyun (law firm Doyul) said, “Even if the handrails were installed before the law change, there is a good chance that the safety consideration duty was violated.” there is,” he said.