Yoon: "Do Your Best in Rescue and Search Efforts for Missing Persons in Pohang Apartment Underground Parking Lot"

Firefighters and Marines Deploy Large-Capacity Rocket Launchers for Drainage and IBS to Search for Missing Persons
President Yoon: "Please do your best to bring even one person back to their family quickly"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed to "devote all efforts to rescue and search operations" related to the search work in the flooded underground parking lot of an apartment in Pohang, Gyeongbuk.

On the 6th at 11:30 PM, President Yoon made successive phone calls with Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop, Pohang Mayor Lee Kang-deok, Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo, and Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters Chief Lee Young-pal, urging them to devote all efforts to the rescue and search operations for the missing persons, the presidential office spokesperson Lee Jae-myung conveyed in a written briefing on the 7th.

Then, at 12:00 AM on the 7th, President Yoon checked the real-time rescue situation at the National Crisis Management Center of the Yongsan Presidential Office. The local fire headquarters and military command reported, "We are accelerating drainage work by deploying three large-capacity multiple rocket launcher systems in the underground parking lot, which is 4 meters high, and we are conducting search operations by deploying IBS (inflatable boats) at the lowered water level to find even one more missing person."

In response, President Yoon encouraged, "Although it is a difficult condition to navigate through the water currents in the dark, I ask the rescue workers not to lose hope, thinking with the heart of the missing persons' families. I will also deploy all available resources to assist in the rescue and search operations. Please stay strong so that even one person can return to their family as soon as possible."

Regarding the rescue of a missing person from the flooded underground parking lot of an apartment in Pohang around 9 AM the previous day, President Yoon said, "It is a miraculous event. I hope the related agencies such as firefighters and the Marine Corps will do their best in search and rescue by mobilizing all available resources with the thought that the missing person is their own family, despite the difficult search conditions." Additionally, he urged, "The on-site commanders should also thoroughly ensure the safety of the rescue workers."

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