Prepared a mortuary for the late Corporal Chae Su-geun… “I can’t send my son like this”
The body of the late Marine Corps corporal Chae Su-geun, who died while searching for missing people at a flood site in Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was recovered last night.
At the Pohang Marine Corps 1st Division, where the mortuary was prepared, the condolences of the bereaved family and acquaintances began this afternoon.
His mother’s tears couldn’t stop in front of her son’s picture.
This is Reporter Bae Hyun-jung.
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The mother who left her only son collapsed again in front of her son’s portrait.
I held the Marine Corps commander’s hand and shed tears for a while, and I also resented the military authorities who only dealt with after work broke out.
[Mother of the late Corporal Chae Su-geun]
“How lovely and delightful they are… Our Su-geun has become like this…” The
only son she got after 10 years of unsuccessful in vitro procedures.
When the cry of his mother who lost her precious son resounded, the funeral became a sea of tears.
[The late Corporal Chae Soo-geun’s neighbor]
“How can her mother live? She’s going so fast.”
Pohang Marine Corps 1st Division Kim Dae-shik.
When the mortuary of the late Corporal Chae Su-geun was prepared안전놀이터, condolences continued to come to honor him.
Corporal Chae, who is 20 years old this year, belongs to the Artillery Battalion of the 1st Division of the Marine Corps.
Acquaintances ran from Jeongeup, Jeonbuk to Binso in one step.
They recalled the deceased, saying that Corporal Chae was the only son who bought beef for his mother’s birthday with the money he earned from a part-time job before enlisting.
[Gong Poong-yong/High School Corporal Chae Su-geun’s neighbor]
“Most of the children take a taxi when they come late, but this kid said, ‘I have to go to the army, I have to exercise’, so I walked for about 30 minutes and came on foot even at late hours…” The Minister of Defense also
said I personally paid my condolences and prayed for the soul of the deceased.
[Lee Jong-seop/Minister of Defense]
“I have said that we will take all necessary measures so that Corporal Chae Su-geun, who devoted himself to our people and the military, can be remembered forever.”
The Ministry of National Defense awarded the late Private First Class Chae Su-geun a corporal.
The funeral ceremony will be held at 9:00 am on the 22nd at the 1st Marine Corps Division, and the remains will be cremated and placed in the National Imsil National Guard.
The late Corporal Chae Su-geun was found 400 meters downstream of the disappearance site around 11:00 last night, 14 hours after the disappearance, and was transported to Pohang Naval Hospital by Marine Corps helicopter while being saluted by comrades.