제 2 호 Interview with Student who Rescued a Drowning Person
Kicker: SM News
Interview with Student who Rescued a Drowning Person
by Su-jeong Sim, Reporter
SM Herald has interviewed proud Kwon Ji-wook student of Sangmyung University.
Kwon Ji-wook is an English Education Department student who studied language training in California. One day, he rescued a drowning person. As a result, Kwon Ji-wook student was awarded the prize.
The following is an interview with Kwon Ji-wook.
▲ Kwon Ji-wook
Q. What was the situation like at that time?
Kwon Ji-wook: On Saturday, January 19th, 2019 (US local time is dawn on 20th), I went to the weekend tour of Newport Beach’s Whale Watching at school.
While playing in the pool, a friend who lose strength in the depths could not get out of the water. Immediately we have asked for help and called 911. My friend rescued the drowning friend, and I alternated performing CPR directly.
Q. Did you learn CPR separately?
Kwon Ji-wook: Student of education school are required to complete CPR training before they graduate.
When I was in the first semester of the first grade, I completed my CPR training.
Q. Tell me your feeling about being awarded a prize.
Kwon Ji-wook: I'm thankful that I've won an undeserved award compared to what I did.
Q. What do you want to say to Sangmyung University?
Kwon Ji-wook: When I went to the language training program, the dormitory was not heated or was out of order. Also there was no safety life guard working at the swimming pool.
In this respect, I hope the school looks closely before send students to a language training program. Also I hope that the school will be more active to console victims and will provide a manual on how to deal with emergency situations during a language training program.
In the U.S. hospital, police officers came to investigate the accident; it was hard to explain the whole situation in English. We needed someone to help on the spot. There were no officials to help. The school manager could not speak Korean.
