The Disappearance of a Hero: What Happened to the Itaewon Rescuer?

Yang Ji-hye | 2026.04.29

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Reported trauma after the Itaewon disaster
Left home on the 20th; family has lost contact

서울 Police have been searching for A, a man in his 30s, who has been missing for eight days.

On the 28th, Seoul's Guro Police Station said A’s family filed a missing-person report on the 25th and officers are conducting a search. He left his home on the 20th of this month and has had no contact with his family since.

A assisted in rescuing victims during the Oct. 29, 2022 Itaewon disaster and has since reported post-traumatic symptoms and depression.

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