Blesi loved “dancing, drinking, having fun,” his best friend said. “Every time he met someone new, he had a big impact on them.”
The 20-year-old from Atlanta was studying at the city’s Hangyang University, as part of a US study abroad program. He had planned to meet up with several people from the course on Saturday in the Itaewon district of Seoul, to celebrate Halloween with thousands of other young revelers.
She had been with Blesi earlier in the evening, although it’s not clear if they were together when they died. It felt ‘like dying’ Earlier in the evening, the young partygoers had thought the overpacked streets in the Itaewon district of Seoul were part of the fun of the Halloween experience. “At the beginning we thought it was funny,” said Anne-Lou Chevalier, a 22-year-old French exchange student who survived the crowd crush. “We heard Halloween in Itaewon was amazing.
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