US and KATUSA Soldiers Save Life of Korean Man

Here is something you won’t read anytime soon in the Korean newspaper:

It is belatedly known that a KATUSA and a USFK soldier saved a drunken man who fell down to a railroad track.

It was found later that they were PVT Yoon-min Baek, a KATUSA soldier (25 years old, EUSA 18th Medcom support unit), and SGT Eric Ziegenmeyer of the same unit.

They were returning to Yongsan Garrison after participating in an education program. Suddenly, they witnessed the scene of a male in his fifties accidentally fell down to the railroad track at the KTX Seoul platform 7 p.m. June 11th. Without knowledge of when the next KTX runs into, they with 5 other colleagues rushed in to the track and drew him up to the platform.

Even after they drew him up to the platform, this male already fainted seemingly by the shock he had when he fell down. They decided to apply emergency measures quickly or he might lose his life.

You can read the rest here, along with another story in the Stars and Stripes here.

These two soldiers risked their own lives to save this man’s life which is highly commendable and unfortunately very few people in the Korean public will even hear about it. However, the next drunk GI Crime incident is sure to make headlines.