'Gyeonggi Fire Department Blood Donation King' Fire Lieutenant Gong Byung-sam Donates 119 Blood Donation Certificates

Fire Lieutenant Gong Byung-sam of Bucheon Fire Station is taking a photo after donating his blood donation certificate.

Gyeonggi Fire Department's 'Blood Donation King,' Fire Lieutenant Gong Byeongsam (49) of Bucheon Fire Station, donated 119 blood donation certificates to the Korea Leukemia Children's Foundation.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 1st that Fire Lieutenant Gong Byeongsam visited the Korea Leukemia Children's Foundation on the 27th of last month and handed over 119 blood donation certificates he had collected through blood donations, asking them to be used for children fighting illnesses.

Lieutenant Gong did not stop there and promised to donate 119 won every day for life.

Participating in blood donation about once every two weeks, Lieutenant Gong received the 30-time blood donation merit 'Silver Medal' in 2007, followed by the 'Gold Medal' in 2008 after reaching 50 donations within a year. In June 2020, he achieved 100 blood donations and was awarded the 'Honor Medal' for blood donation merit. His blood donation efforts continue to this day, reaching 169 donations.

Lieutenant Gong is from a family of national merit recipients. His great-grandfather, independence activist Gong Chilbo (1884?1939), was a doctor who led the March 1st Movement in the Osan area during the Japanese colonial period and died in 1939 after enduring severe torture by the Japanese.

His grandfather, Gong Jintaek, is a national merit recipient wounded in the Korean War, and his father, Gong Namsik, is a national merit recipient wounded in the Vietnam War.

Lieutenant Gong said, "I donated blood donation certificates to support children fighting illnesses," and promised, "I will continue to work tirelessly toward achieving 500 blood donations."

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