Korean broadcaster recalls how daughter, then 3, was run over by truck & how he put hand in mouth to remove blood clot

South Korean broadcaster and announcer Choi Seon Gyu recently revealed that he nearly lost his daughter to an accident in 1992, when a truck ran over her twice.

However, he managed to save her by putting his hand in her mouth to remove a blood clot, after which her breathing returned.

The Chosun Daily reported that Choi, 67, shared his experience during an appearance on CGN's YouTube channel.

1992 accident

Choi could recall exactly when the accident occurred on a Saturday, Sep. 26, 1992 at 9:50am.

The former announcer had just finished a live broadcast from 10am to 12pm that day when a junior announcer ran to him crying.

She then handed him a note that said his daughter was in critical condition at a Gangnam hospital's emergency room due to a traffic accident.

His daughter was three years old at the time, said Choi, adding that she was the first girl born in his family in over 30 years.

Pronounced dead

The accident occurred when a moving truck that was reversing in an alley ran over his daughter with its rear wheel, according to The Chosun Daily.

Then, thinking something was stuck, the truck ran over her again.

As a result, Choi's daughter coughed up a lot of blood and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Choi said: "My wife pulled her out from under the car and placed her in the emergency room before contacting me."

Long drive

After receiving the news, Choi set out for the hospital on what was supposed to be a 10-minute drive with no traffic.

However, he was stuck on that route for an hour due to subway construction.

"As a father, I could do nothing," said Choi, adding that being trapped on that route was the "scariest moment" of his life.

He cried in the car for that hour, begging for his daughter to be saved and his life to be taken instead.

Haunted by the trauma, Choi could not pass by that route for 10 years.

Chestnut-sized blood clot

Following this, Choi arrived at the hospital to find his daughter covered in a white cloth, Maeil Business Newspaper reported, adding that medical staff felt his daughter's chances of survival were low.

"It was devastating," said Choi, who cried and held her alone for over an hour.

However, after holding her for an hour with no response, Choi recalled that she became warm and started moving slightly.

The Chosun Daily reported that Choi then called medical staff, asking them to save her as she was not dead, but he reportedly did not receive any help.

Soon, his daughter gagged, and he instinctively put his finger in her mouth to remove a blood clot the size of a chestnut.

"Her breathing returned from then on," he said.

Recovery

This began two years of hospital life for his daughter before she was discharged aged five.

In spite of this accident, Choi's daughter recovered and majored in vocal music before she later became a flight attendant for a Canadian airline.

She currently works as a ground crew member and recently got married before welcoming a son.

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