[Sportschosun Jung Yu-na] YouTuber Park Wi deleted and apologized for releasing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of a KTX-Sancheon fall accident, but the controversy has shown little sign of dying down. This time, a railway employee who identified himself as an active train driver defended the worker on duty at the time and again demanded an apology from Park Wi.
On the 22nd, a post appeared on Park Wi's YouTube channel, Weracle, from a railway employee who introduced himself as a train driver. However, it has not been confirmed whether the writer is actually a railway worker.
The writer said, "I am not station staff, but I am a train driver, so either way I am a railway employee." He added, "Station staff or social service workers simply use the wheelchair lift supplied to the station."
He went on to say, "Social service workers communicate with the train driver by radio to minimize unnecessary movement for passengers in wheelchairs." He added, "They also try to align the door position as closely as possible with the wheelchair passenger's location, and while boarding, they often hold the lift with their feet to prevent it from floating up."
He argued that this accident was also not a deliberate act by the worker, but an accidental incident that occurred while trying to prevent the lift from rising. The writer criticized Park Wi, saying, "If you want to blame something, blame the unstable equipment," and "Social service workers are people who became social service workers because they have physical pain or other difficulties. Even so, they work diligently without showing complaints. Why target someone working hard on the ground?"
He also took issue with Park Wi's decision to release the CCTV footage from the time of the accident, then delete it and apologize.
The writer demanded, "If you criticized someone who was faithfully doing their job and then received backlash, you should apologize properly and formally." He continued, "The way you seem to be trying to brush this off makes me question whether the image Park Wi has shown all this time was not hypocrisy."
Earlier, Park Wi fell forward on the 14th while getting off a KTX-Sancheon train after his wheelchair wheel caught on the foot of a social service worker who was securing the ramp.
Park Wi released CCTV footage of the incident on YouTube and said, in effect, that he was extremely angry that the worker had placed his foot on the ramp.
However, criticism followed over his decision to release CCTV footage showing the social service worker helping him and apologizing at the time of the accident. As the backlash grew, Park Wi deleted the video and apologized, saying, "I did not consider the worker's position."
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This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.
