Thegovernmentwilldesignatetheperiodfromtodayuntiltheaccidentisbroughtundercontrolas a periodofnationalmourningandwillplacetoppriorityinadministrativeaffairsinrecoveryandfollowupmeasures.
Just 50 m fromexitnumberoneoftheTaiwanstationisthealleywaybehindmewherethetragedytookplacethousandsofpeoplewerecrushedtogether, sometryingtogetuptothetopofthealleywheremanyofthenightclubsandbarsarelow, Sometryingtomovedown, therewas a crushofpeoplesomewherepushedunderneaththatcrowdasmorepeoplepushedforwardanditseemsthattheysuffocatedandsufferedheartfailuretothelatestdeathtollbeing 150 again, stillseveral, perhapsmorethan a dozeninseriousconditionisjustterrible.
AndyouwouldseeagainthousandsofpeoplecrushedtogetherinMyeongdong, thepopularshoppingdistrictjusteightdaysago, I wasat a demonstrationinwhichthousandsofpeopleagainwerecrushedtogether.