'I miss you, Dad': Firefighter killed in blaze leaves behind 6-year-old daughter
A six-year-old daughter’s letter to her father, a firefighter killed while battling a factory blaze in Bucheon on Friday, has offered a glimpse into the grief of the family he has left behind. “You passed away yesterday, but I miss you so much,” the daughter wrote in a letter, shared on social media Sunday by Rep. Song Young-gil of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea. “And I know you loved me…
A six-year-old's heartfelt letter to her late firefighter father, killed in a factory blaze in Bucheon, sheds light on the anguish of the family he will never see again. "You passed away yesterday, but I miss you so much," the young girl wrote, expressing her deep sorrow. "And I know you loved me the most." Accompanying the letter, shared by Rep. Song Young-gil, was a drawing of a fire engine.
The heartfelt message read, "Dad, I miss you. Let's make sure we meet again someday. I'll probably be grown up by then. I love you, Dad. I miss you."
The firefighter, Kim Jin-seok, was on the cusp of concluding a grueling 24-hour shift, with a scheduled end time of 9 a.m. on Friday when an emergency call arrived at 8:38 a.m. Kim, already fatigued, responded promptly to the call, joining three colleagues as the first responders at the scene. Kim and his team entered the factory's third floor, where a rapidly spreading inferno had trapped them. Alas, Kim succumbed to cardiac arrest shortly after being found about five meters deeper inside the burning building.
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