#329: The Deadly Korean Bridge Collapse That Killed 32 - Bus Filled With HS Students Fell 100ft Into Han River

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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It takes 2 minutes for a car to drown to the bottom of the river - and having your car sink to the bottom of the Han River was as good as a death sentence. 33 year old, Minjun, woke up in his sinking car. He had no idea how he got here… His car was filling up with water. His only way out was to break the window using nothing but the force of his body. He pushed the glass shards out and closed his eyes before jumping out… He plunged into the cold… Concrete. Minjun looked around. He was on a half-submerged concrete island in the middle of the deadly river. The bridge he had been driving on had collapsed - plunging 66 feet down into the water. He could see people, covered in blood, crawling out of their cars. Screaming for help. Help would come too late. It was up to the 49 people to save each other on the concrete island. By the end 32 would be dead. Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.3	Badibing, bad-boo. A sinking car will be fully submerged within 30 to 120 seconds.
0:35.0	So you have essentially two minutes, if you're lucky, to get out of that submerged car.
0:41.0	And it's going to be terrifying. Every second of it's going to be terrifying.
0:43.0	Every second of it is going to be like life or death.
0:47.0	The minute that your car hits that water,
0:49.0	the front of your car is going to start to nose dive
0:52.0	straight down into the river, the ocean, wherever you may be.
0:55.0	The front of the car is typically heavier, so it starts slowly sinking and bringing in more water.
1:00.0	Now, this is what some professionals have advised you to do if you're in these
1:04.4	types of situations. Roll down the windows as fast as you can. You're about to hit that
1:09.1	water, roll down the window. You're in the water, roll down the window. Because once you're
1:13.6	fully submerged, it's going to be nearly impossible to open your car door and if your
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