'LG Hero Award' Presented to Park Wonsuk for 29 Years of Caring for People with Developmental Disabilities

Lee Sang-hyun and Lee Soo-yeon, father and daughter who saved a woman from a random assault, also awarded

LG Welfare Foundation announced on the 26th that it awarded the 'LG Hero Award' to Park Wonsuk (61), who has volunteered for neighbors in need for 29 years, and to the father and son Lee Sanghyun (60) and Lee Suyeon (24), who rescued a woman from a random street assault and helped capture the perpetrator.

Since 1995, Park Wonsuk has been engaged in various volunteer activities for neighbors in difficult circumstances, including meal support at welfare facilities for the disabled and elderly, bathing services for elderly living alone, home visits to families with disabilities, and counseling and physical education guidance for children with disabilities.

Park Wonsuk (right), recipient of the LG Hero Award, volunteering meal service at a welfare facility.
[Photo by LG]

Park is currently involved in various volunteer activities with the Ulsan Metropolitan City Intellectual Developmental Disability Welfare Association and the Saemaeul Women's Association, and serves as the president of two volunteer organizations, the Tteurak Red Cross Volunteer Society and the Yeomyeong Volunteer Group.

Lee Sanghyun and Lee Suyeon witnessed a woman in her 30s being randomly assaulted on the street while traveling by car in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 18th of last month. The perpetrator had knocked the woman down and was strangling her while stabbing her with a syringe, and the woman was fiercely resisting. The two immediately stopped their car and ran to the scene, chasing and catching the fleeing perpetrator. During the struggle, Lee Suyeon, the son, suffered a deep cut on the left side of his face from a knife wielded by the perpetrator.

When the perpetrator tried to escape again, Lee Suyeon, despite bleeding, continued to pursue the perpetrator with Lee Sanghyun and helped the police who arrived at the scene to arrest the suspect.

An LG official stated, "We awarded the Hero Award in the hope that the warm dedication of citizens who have volunteered for neighbors in need for a long time and risked their lives to save precious lives in dangerous situations will spread further in our society."

The LG Hero Award was established in 2015 reflecting the late Chairman Koo Bon-moo's intention that "the company repays social responsibility to heroes who sacrificed themselves for social justice." Since Koo Kwang-mo, Chairman of LG Corporation, took office in 2018, the scope of the award has been expanded to include ordinary citizens who have quietly served and performed good deeds for others over a long period throughout society. To date, a total of 220 people have received the LG Hero Award.

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