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u/MadRockthethird 19h ago
How exactly did he save them?
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u/sigmaindependence 18h ago edited 16h ago
TL;DR: He sought his family, not saved. “Korean man leaps across Bangkok condo’s damaged sky bridge during quake to seek family” (the straits time). “He was exercising on the 52nd floor of one of three blocks at the Park Origin condominium in Thonglor when the earthquake struck,” “His wife and their daughter were in their residence on the 30th floor in a neighbouring block. All three buildings in the condominium complex are connected by sky bridges, which appeared to have been damaged by the quake with debris falling to the ground,” “As the buildings swayed visibly, Mr Kwon leaped across a falling sky bridge to get to the other building to look for his family,” “After he realised that they had already evacuated the block, he walked down more than 40 floors to reunite with his wife and one-year-old daughter outside the building.”
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u/Sithmaggot 17h ago
That’s a hell of a workout!
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u/ReddBroccoli 11h ago
I'd love to see his fitness tracker for that day.
"You have reached your cardio goal!"
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u/GMHGeorge 16h ago
How do you evacuate a 1 year old 40 floors in the time of an earthquake? An earthquake last like a minute?
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u/Kasstato 15h ago
Well they probably already started evacuating by the time he'd made it to where they were, mayhe they werent outside yet but made it outside before him
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u/MothyThatLuvsLamps 8h ago
An earthquake may only last a minute, but the damage it leaves will cause a butterfly effect of damages that lasts much longer.
As an example, If a car crashes into a bridge, its over in a second, but sometime later the bridge may collapse due to damage caused by the car crash.
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u/UmberRipple 19h ago
Nothing was going to shake his love for this family
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u/artevelde8 19h ago
He risked his own life to see his family, who he would not be able to "save" anyway as there is no way to save someone during an earthquake apart from getting yourself to safety.
Instead he got himself in even more danger, which means he's lucky that he didn't put his family through having to mourn his death.
There is no way I would want my family to risk their life to get me into safety knowing that there is not much they can do anyway.
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u/flooferonascooter 14h ago
These are valid comments but people think differently in stressful situations. During an earthquake his first instinct was to be with his wife and child. I'm sure many people would do the same and not think about the potential consequences you mentioned.
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u/EndlessSummer00 12h ago
I almost ran through a plate glass window during an earthquake because my kid was at a summer camp by my work and I was getting to him hell or high water. I grew up in CA, earthquakes are not scary, but my brain shut off and my instincts were to GET THERE.
Luckily I was in an office with others who were like “use the door” but I also get this guys instinct to do that. Not smart nor advisable but very very human.
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u/flooferonascooter 9h ago
I read somewhere that the part of brain which is responsible for smart and rational thinking shuts off to some degree in a situation that is perceived as a threat, and another part called amygdala takes over which decides whether to flight, flight or freeze, and this part makes its decisions from conscious and unconscious memories of the past, along with the memories of your ancestors you inherited in your DNA.
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u/EndlessSummer00 3h ago
Ooh I LOVE that!! Memories of your ancestors through DNA and the instincts therein.
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u/SandiegoJack 3h ago
Best way to u derstand your brain is the further from the brain stem it is, the longer it takes to impact your thought process.
What we call “will power” is actually just centers of the brain dedicated to inhibiting the activation of certain brain sections long enough for things like our pre-frontal cortex to be able to weigh in.
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u/Appropriate-Rub3534 19h ago
Yea. All the news is making it a big deal for his dumbass actions.
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u/laurawolffs 19h ago
he probably got scared to be apart from them during the earthquake. was dumb? absolutely, but he did it out of love
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u/probablyonshrooms 14h ago edited 13h ago
I remember seeing the video of this guy jumping the gap the day it happened
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u/ChrisMag999 3h ago
Video interview with Kwon Young-jun, the guy in the caption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCsG7bSFaV0
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u/shadesof3 11h ago
What a crazy thing to have seen. Was like a movie scene. If I remember correctly his family was already evacuated from the building he jumped to but he had no clue at the time. Regardless, dude gave his all to get to his family.
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u/KnightArtorias1 4h ago
Sounds like a bit of an idiot to be honest. He didn't save them, he changed nothing. All he did was risk his own life unnecessarily and risk putting his family through the pain of his death
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u/Psychological-East83 19h ago
“Saving” might be the wrong word. But wanting to be with your loved ones, in the instance of a life and death situation, says a lot for his love of his family and how far he’d go to be with them.