Aerial firefighters pay respects to colleague who died performing duty

KIM MIN-YOUNG
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Fellow aerial firefighters solemnly pay tribute to the late Lee Young-do, a member of the Korea Forest Service's aerial firefighting unit at a memorial service held in Taebaek, Gangwon, on Jan 6. Lee, 32, died on Jan. 3 after falling from a helicopter while saving an injured person at Mount Seorak. [NEWS1]
Fellow aerial firefighters solemnly pay tribute to the late Lee Young-do, a member of the Korea Forest Service's aerial firefighting unit at a memorial service held in Taebaek, Gangwon, on Jan 6. Lee, 32, died on Jan. 3 after falling from a helicopter while saving an injured person at Mount Seorak.

Fellow aerial firefighters solemnly pay tribute to the late Lee Young-do, a member of the Korea Forest Service's aerial firefighting unit at a memorial service held in Taebaek, Gangwon, on Jan. 6. Lee, 32, died on Jan. 3 after falling from a helicopter while saving an injured person at Mount Seorak. 

BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [kim.minyoung5@joongang.co.kr]

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