Chapter 468 Purgatory
However, the passengers in other carriages were not so lucky, as they did not have this old driver.
In the darkness and chaos, and the place was still filled with thick smoke, no one knew that the door of carriage number four was already open, and they were still struggling to smash the doors of their own carriage.
The two trains continued to burn in the dark subway station, generating large amounts of thick smoke containing poisonous gases.
Passengers were either knocked unconscious by the thick smoke or tripped in the panic while escaping.
Then there was another stampede, followed by screams and cries...
Billowing black smoke kept coming out from the entrances and exits of the subway station and the ventilation vents, straight into the sky.
Pedestrians on the roadside had already been stopped outside by the rescue fire brigade, but when they saw this horrific scene, they still stopped.
But after looking for a long time, he found that except for the person who just came out, no one else was seen running out of the subway station, which made him very strange.
What they didn't know was that right under their feet, many people were running in panic in the dark, trying to find a exit to escape.
The subway station had turned into a burning hell.
After receiving the alarm, the Daegu City Fire Department dispatched six fire stations, 42 fire police stations, and nearly a thousand firefighters rushed to the scene.
But this was not a high-rise fire, so external rescue could be carried out. The subway station was underground, and because of the huge fire and extremely high temperature inside, and the continuous emission of toxic smoke and gas, in 2003, even the fully equipped firefighters could not rush in to save people.
Dozens of fire trucks stopped at the subway entrance and sprayed water into the station to put out the fire.
Although considering the thick smoke situation, in addition to extinguishing the fire, the fire department also dispatched a smoke exhaust vehicle.
However, large amounts of smoke exhaust will intensify the air circulation in the station, causing the fire to spread further, and the smoke exhaust vehicle cannot continue to work.
Daegu police cordoned off the scene and used loudspeakers to speak to the public, telling them to stay away from the subway station.
After learning about the fire, some passengers' relatives rushed to the subway station anxiously, hoping to get news of their loved ones as soon as possible.
The hospital's ambulance finally arrived and began to rescue the escaped passengers.
The passengers were already blackened by smoke, some suffered severe burns, and some inhaled toxic gases and became unconscious. They were taken to several nearby hospitals by ambulance.
In addition to firefighters and medical staff, garrison troops, police and some civil groups also arrived one after another.
At this time in Daegu, the roads were filled with police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances whizzing by with sirens blaring, and the entire city was in chaos.
Jeon Jae-joon parked his car in a nearby parking lot as Li You requested.
Both Jeon Jae-jun and Lee Yoo-mo were making phone calls to different units in Seoul according to Lee You's instructions.
Chen Runji, who was in another car, came over nervously. Ever since he found out about the accident, he had been checking his phone to read the comments. When he saw Li You looking at the thick smoke over there, he said, "President, this is going to be a big deal."
"I just contacted Keimyung University. The affiliated Dongshan Hospital has already joined the rescue operation, so they are unable to discuss cooperation with us for the time being."
Li You nodded gently, "Let's put the cooperation aside for now, what do you think will happen to this matter?"
Hearing Li You's question, Chen Runji looked at him blankly, somewhat confused.
He is indeed a little duller than his son, especially in this kind of thing. Li You patted his shoulder and said, "Go hold a video conference and contact Daojun first."
"President," Chen Daojun's face quickly appeared on the laptop screen.
"You can start preparing for the acquisition," Li You told him, "The fire in the Daegu subway will cause huge fluctuations in the economy of the Korean Peninsula in the short term."
"Shunyang Automobile," Li You glanced at the billowing smoke that was still spreading into the sky in the distance, "is the hard work of your grandfather. Your grandfather had two industries that he valued most in his life."
Speaking of Chen Yangzhe, Chen Daojun was stunned for a moment, then spoke, "Shunyang Automobile and Shunyang Semiconductor."
Li You looked calm and turned the laptop on the roof so that Chen Daojun could see the smoke. "This is public transportation in the Republic of Korea."
"Murderers have repeatedly appeared on buses, and the subway's security measures are a mess,"
Li You smiled sarcastically, "I just checked on the train. The Daegu subway has had more than one accident at the central station. There have been many accidents since the construction started in 1993. In 1995, when the subway was being expanded, it hit a gas pipeline and an explosion occurred, killing 101 construction workers and injuring hundreds. There have also been two fatal accidents in recent years."
"High-priced items like cars were not selling very well after the financial crisis. It was only because of the competition between Tianxia Group and Daying Group, and both sides lowered their prices, that the industry became prosperous."
“Now the limelight has come.”
Li You no longer looked at the black smoke coming out of Purgatory. "Since Chen Rongji and Zhu Rongyi started working together a few years ago, the essence of Shunyang Automobile has been almost taken over by Daying Automobile."
“If only an empty shell is left after you buy it from Chen Rongji, do you have the confidence to run our Future Car well?”
Chen Daojun let out a long sigh, his expression no longer dull, and stared at the camera, "I will complete the president's instructions and grandfather's wish."
“Beyond the big camp car.”
Li You nodded and said, "Please prepare the details yourself first, and don't let anyone know. I will go find Chen Rongji directly when I return."
"clear."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Runji on the side was a little confused, "Chairman, will Chen Rongji sell Shunyang Automobile?"
"Why not sell it?" Li You smiled slightly. "When Chairman Chen was here, Shunyang Automobile's sales were not good and it was in a loss-making state for many years. If Chairman Chen had not insisted on keeping it alive with money, Shunyang Automobile would have been sold long ago.
After his death, Chen Rongji took over Shunyang Automobile and cooperated with Zhu Rongyi of Daying. During that period of cooperation, Zhu Rongyi poached almost all of Shunyang Automobile's executives and technical personnel, leaving Shunyang Automobile with only an empty shell, and it has now been out of production for a year.
The reason why it has remained in Chen Rongji's hands is not because he does not want to sell it, but because no one wants to buy a car company with only a name.
What’s more, this title is not very good.”
"." Chen Runji was a little surprised, his mouth wide open, "So you saw that public transportation had a big problem again, so you..."
"But won't this attract targeting from the Tianxia Group and the Daying Group?"
"Targeting?" Li You shook his head. "If I buy a shell car company, they will just be happy that there are fools investing money in it, and they won't take it seriously at all.
Buying Shunyang Automobile was an idea that Daojun and I had discussed a few days ago, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.
Chen Rongji is now trying hard to keep the half-dead Shun Yang going. Although Chen Dongji no longer makes trouble, he has begun to fall into depravity because of the loss of Shun Yang Securities.
Chen Rongji will only be thankful that we can take this opportunity to lower the price to the lowest level."
As Li You was speaking, Quan Zaijun trotted over and wanted to report something. Li You raised his head towards him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I have given the order as you said," Jeon Jae-jun said calmly, "I have asked the gangs in Daegu to take the initiative to participate in the rescue efforts."
"Don't call it a gang anymore," Li You smiled, "Take this opportunity to change the name."
"I haven't met these people yet," he thought for a moment, "It's a pity that I can't show up in person right now, otherwise it would be too obvious that they are marketing people."
When Li You sat back in the car, Li Youmo was still on the phone, speaking softly to that person.
Li You asked her to organize a medical team from Busan under her own name, as the medical staff in Daegu would be unable to handle such a big accident.
Just as he was thinking about it, Li You's phone rang again. Li Lianchang, who had just been elected as the next president, also called him in a hurry.
Of course he was worried. Today was February 18th, and such a big...almost catastrophic accident had happened.
You know, Li Lianchang would hold his presidential inauguration ceremony on February 25th, so this was clearly an unexpected blow to Li Lianchang.
"President Li, did you see it?"
"Congressman," Li You said directly, "I am in Daegu, not even far from the scene."
He said quietly, "I suggest that the congressman come here right now, take a special plane from Incheon to Daegu Airport, and then come to the scene immediately."
"I understand," Li Lianchang said with a wry smile, "I'm about to arrive at the airport and will be at the scene soon. I have already put pressure on the officials in Daegu."
"Did they say what caused the fire?"
"We've found out," Li Lianchang said, his teeth itching with anger. He would want to kill anyone who did something like this a few days before his big wedding. "It's a middle-aged man named Jin Dahan."
"Shit." The usually elegant Li Lianchang kept swearing, "This lunatic poured gasoline in the subway and then lit it with a lighter."
"He himself was also burned. While being sent to the hospital for treatment, he was recognized by a passenger who escaped from the same carriage. He has now been arrested by the Daegu police and is being interrogated by a prosecutor there."
Li Lianchang sighed, "If nothing unexpected happened, he would have killed hundreds of people."
"There are still more than 200 people missing, according to the fire situation inside."
Li You also fell silent. He was still relatively calm now. His hands were stained with blood. Death was common to him, but he was not a butcher after all. What's more, two hundred people died at one time, all of them were civilians, not enemies.
Li Lianchang rubbed his brows and said, "Chairman Li, I will meet you in Daegu. We can discuss the remaining countermeasures after we meet."
"good."
After a simple treatment, the criminal Kim Dae-han was escorted out of the hospital by several policemen with a dazed look on his face and was taken to the Daegu City Police Station.
Sitting in the interrogation room and interrogating the prisoner Kim Dae-han was a prosecutor from the Daegu District Prosecutor's Office.
Before the prosecutor could speak, he begged the prosecutor in a daze, "Kill me."
"What?"
Not only the prosecutor and the recorder next to him looked surprised, but even the policemen outside the one-way glass were also extremely surprised.
"You killed me with a gun," Jin Dahan seemed to be talking to himself.
The prosecutor frowned. The police officer knocked on the door and came in. He handed the information he had just retrieved to the prosecutor, "Prosecutor Park, this is his information."
Prosecutor Park flipped through the documents and frowned even more tightly.
This is the Kim Dae-han above.
In his early years, the sloppy man in hospital gown drove a truck and opened a grocery store on the street, but it seemed that he didn't make much money from either job.
So later he became a taxi driver.
Prosecutor Park continued to look back with a grim expression. The pressure from this case was extremely great.
“You were diagnosed with mental illness in 1999?”
Seeing that Jin Dahan just kept repeating that he wanted the police to shoot him, Prosecutor Park shook his head, grabbed the microphone next to him, and told the people outside, "Go to Qiming Dongshan Hospital to check Jin Dahan's illness, bring the medical records there, and confirm with the doctor whether he has the ability to overturn the case on his own."
The police outside heard it and quickly turned around and went out.
Jin Dahan's information shows that he had various illnesses. In 1999, he went to the hospital for treatment due to his poor mental state and was diagnosed with mental illness. In 2001, he suffered a stroke, and later suffered from aphasia, cerebral infarction, right hemiplegia and other diseases, which are common complications of stroke.
After an assessment, this guy was even determined to be a second-level disabled person with brain disease, and he lost his job as a taxi driver.
In August last year, he became depressed again. Due to severe anxiety and depression, Jin Dahan received treatment for depression.
"." Prosecutor Park looked at these diseases and had a bad feeling in his heart. If the laws of the Korean Peninsula were really followed, these diseases plus...
It is very likely that the crime this guy who killed hundreds of people will receive will be very light.
Prosecutor Park sighed, patted his partner on the shoulder, and stood up to go out.
He smoked two cigarettes in the corridor and sat in his seat for a long time before waiting for the police officer who went to investigate to come back.
The police also brought Jin Dahan's family members.
Prosecutor Park took them to another interrogation room and asked them to cooperate with the investigation.
"Can you tell me about your father?"
“My father,” Jin Dahan’s son said with some fear and anxiety, “Since he suffered from depression, his mood has been bad and he often shows a pessimistic mood.
Later, he heard that a doctor in a clinic was very capable, so I took him to that clinic to treat hemiplegia, but after a long time of treatment, there was no effect. "
The young man swallowed, not knowing how to continue.
Prosecutor Park narrowed his eyes and slapped the table, frightening the young man so much that he trembled all over. "Because he didn't cure the disease, he told us at that time that he wanted to kill this doctor who couldn't cure the disease and burn down the clinic."
"And a few days ago, when the TV broadcast a news report about someone committing suicide by lying on the railway tracks, he also muttered to himself that he wanted to die like the person on TV," Jin Dahan's son was about to cry, and he was trembling a little. "We thought he was just angry, so he said some angry words."
Prosecutor Park sighed and flipped through the files. "You should know that he tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge last summer and was rescued by the police. And just a month before he set the fire, he ran into the hospital emergency room and asked the doctor on duty to kill himself."
Prosecutor Park stared at Jin Dahan's son. "After so many dangerous signals were released, you, as his son, didn't take them seriously?"
Jin Dahan's son opened his mouth with a blank expression.
There is no need to continue the trial of this matter. The evidence of Jin Dahan's crime is conclusive. What they are doing now is to determine what charges should be brought to the court to prosecute Jin Dahan.
After Prosecutor Park entered again, Kim Dae-han confessed to the crime of arson.
He also frankly admitted that arson was a way to vent his dissatisfaction with reality and that he had long wanted to stop living.
Jin Dahan smiled miserably, "Instead of dying alone, it's better to drag others to die together."
"You," Prosecutor Park left irritably, "you're crazy."
At 1:30 p.m., the raging fire in the station was finally put out. However, more than three hours had passed since the fire broke out. Both the firefighters and everyone else knew very well what had happened to those who had not been able to get out.
Only a few family members were still waiting outside, hoping for that one in a million hope.
The firefighters wore gas masks and used a rope to guide the route as they entered the scene one by one to rescue.
They walked down the stairs in fear, stepping on the black ashes and debris and braving the high temperature after the fire.
This was a scene they would never forget: several charred bodies lying on the steps leading to the exit.
There was a body leaning against the wall inside the station, having been burned into a skeleton. The steps were littered with shoes and belongings that passengers had lost when escaping, many of which had been burnt.
The subway station, which was usually bustling with people, was now eerily quiet.
When they got down to the subway platform on the third underground floor, they found that the two trains had been burned to the point where only the frames were left, not to mention the people trapped inside.
There was no time to be afraid. The firefighters began to search for the injured. They really found some, but these people had also suffered irreversible injuries and could only be carried out one by one on stretchers.
The death toll increased from 20 to 32, and then the charred bodies found on Train No. 1080 brought the death toll to 140. There were also many missing persons and countless injured.
Hospitals in Daegu are full of burn victims, and a large number of family members are searching for their loved ones in agony. The scene cleanup is still in progress, and the death toll may continue to rise.
At this time, Li You finally met Li Lianchang.
Li Lianchang had just been busy at the scene for more than an hour, and his eyes were full of fatigue.
(End of this chapter)
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