Korean man leaps across broken 52nd-ground skybridge of Bangkok rental to safe family at some stage in quake, Asia Details

A Korean man jumped across a broken skybridge on the 52nd ground of his Bangkok rental in quest of his family when tremors from a Myanmar earthquake struck.

Bowyuri, a Thai online personality and entrepreneur, took to social media and shared about her husband’s plucky act on Saturday (March 29).

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A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on Friday (March 28), sending tremors to Bangkok, Thailand. At the time, Bowyuri’s husband, Kwon Younger-jun, turn into at the gym on the 52nd ground of their rental Park Foundation Thonglor whereas Bowyuri and their daughter were at home.

The gym turn into located on the 30th ground of a neighbouring block, in accordance to Bowyuri.

The blocks were connected by a sky bridge, which perceived to be broken from the tremors, in accordance to several videos online.

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Kwon turn into captured on video working and leaping across the broken sky bridge to safe his family in the neighbouring block.

He later stumbled on out that his family had evacuated the constructing, and he therefore made his device the entire kind down to safe them, in accordance to Bowyuri.

“At the time, I was just worried about my child, I had to go and take care of my wife and child,”Kwon acknowledged when talking to Thairath TV.

Bowyuri also shared that Kwon sustained minor scratches on his palms and soreness from the incident.

“It’s very dangerous. When I saw the clip, I was shocked like everyone else,” she added, whereas praising her husband for his plucky act.

Kwon and his family have temporarily moved to are living with Bowyuri’s of us following the incident.

Foundation Property, the developer of Park Foundation Thonglor, issued a commentary on March 31 referring to the security of the rental on Sunday, announcing that the “structural integrity of the skybridges remains strong and unaffected”.

Over 2,000 folks in Myanmar and 19 folks in Thailand have misplaced their lives as a results of the giant earthquake final Friday, Reuters reported.

Rescue efforts are ongoing, with relief teams sent from neighbouring international locations reminiscent of Singapore, Malaysia, China and Thailand.

An 80-strong employees from the Singapore Civil Defence Force turn into deployed on March 29 to assist in rescue efforts.

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dana.leong@asiaone.com