Korean student's ”record of escaping Israel”... 100 missile warnings in 10 minutes
As the situation in the Middle East intensifies due to the armed conflict between Israel and Iran, a Korean student studying in Israel has released a video of his escape, causing a huge buzz.
On the 19th of this month, a university student named A, who revealed that he was studying abroad in Israel, posted a video titled "The World's First War Evacuation Vlog" on his YouTube channel.
The video shows A's process of taking refuge in an air raid shelter in Israel, then deciding to escape and return to South Korea.
According to the report, A heard a siren suddenly ring around 3 a.m. on the 13th (local time) and ran to the scene to escape.
"The sirens sounded from time to time, but this was the first time I'd heard one at this time," said A, adding, "I felt something was wrong."
After that, A received a notice that the flight to Paris that he had booked four months prior and was scheduled to depart on the 16th had been canceled, and several missiles fell from the window of his dormitory.
Furthermore, over 100 missile alarms were heard on his mobile phone within a 10-minute period. Sensing the seriousness of the situation, Mr. A. booked a flight to leave Israel.
However, ticket prices skyrocketed and it was impossible to buy them. Some tickets were reportedly priced at more than 9 million won (about $9,500).
Meanwhile, with support from the Korean Association of Israel and the embassy, Mr. A was able to travel to Yeolda, next to Israel.
Mr. A said, "The siren sounded even while I was packing my things during the day. When the siren sounded, we had to go to the air raid shelter and stay there for at least 10 minutes.
"I can't go," he said. A left the dormitory at 6 a.m. on the day of the evacuation and boarded a bus to Yoluna. A man who was on the bus with A said, "The price of going by boat to the neighboring country of Cyprus is about 2,000 yen.
It was 100,000 won (about US$2,200). It was a way to get there by boat, like a pleasure cruiser, and took more than 30 hours," he said. "Just as I was about to pay, I heard about the evacuation information (from the embassy), and that's why I came here."
After entering Korea, Mr. A stayed overnight at a Korean family member's house and headed to Amman Airport the next day. Fortunately, Mr. A was able to fly to Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia and Doha Airport in Qatar.
After a flight of over 18 hours, including a stopover, they arrived safely in Korea. As of the 24th, the video has been viewed over 1.5 million times and is attracting a lot of attention.
