Itaewon Tragedy Documentary, Crush Released October 17

JAKARTA - The documentary series that highlighted the Itaewon tragedy in South Korea, which claimed the lives of dozens of young people last year, will premiere on Paramount + Original on October 17.

"Centralized on an intriguing story over what happened on Halloween night celebrations that turned into a nightmare," the series's official statement said, as reported by Korea Naver and quoted by VOI, Friday, October 6.

Crushakan presents a story told in detail, starting from the night of Halloween celebrations to turning into a disaster. Where figures like American students living in South Korea, two US troops who are off duty to fashion executives.

In addition, there will also be stories seen from the point of view of the survivors, namely a Korean illustrator who was buried among so many people at the time of the incident that made him now have to be partially paralyzed.

The film itself is produced by Jeff Zimbalist and Stu Screeniberg who are United States students who live in Korea as well as witnesses to the incident.

The announcement regarding this news raises pros and cons in the midst of netizens in South Korea.

Some regret the screening of this film because it is related to hundreds of lives that have been lost, but some are waiting for the release of this film because they did not expect that this film would be shown.