On a sunny afternoon in October, Lee Insook walked onto a grassy field in
the middle of Seoul, sat down, and began to scream. < She was holding a homemade placard that read, "I'm very sorry, guys," and her loud sobs were directed at a massive stage draped in flowers, which served as a public altar honoring the numerous young souls lost in the Itaewon crush on Saturday night. She was one of the thousands of Seoulites who flocked to the City Hall altar on Monday as the capital grappled with grief and outrage over the calamity, the biggest to hit the country since the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014, which claimed the lives of more than 300 people.
the middle of Seoul, sat down, and began to scream. < She was holding a homemade placard that read, "I'm very sorry, guys," and her loud sobs were directed at a massive stage draped in flowers, which served as a public altar honoring the numerous young souls lost in the Itaewon crush on Saturday night. She was one of the thousands of Seoulites who flocked to the City Hall altar on Monday as the capital grappled with grief and outrage over the calamity, the biggest to hit the country since the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014, which claimed the lives of more than 300 people.
