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>> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5, LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. [SIRENS] COURTIS: THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AFTER A STAMPEDE AT A CROWDED EVENT IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. AT LEAST 151 PEOPLE KILLED. TONIGHT, WE KNOW ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS WAS A STUDENT FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY WHO WAS STUDYING ABROAD. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT 6:00. I’M COURTIS FULLER. WLWT NEWS 5’S MIANA MASSEY JOINS US LIVE FROM FORT MITCHELL WHERE THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL. MIANA, WHAT ELSE HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY? MIANA: AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE CONFIRMED SHE WAS A STUDENT HERE. SHE GRADUATED IN 2021 BEFORE HEADING OFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL HERE AND WAS A PROMINENT MARCHING BAND MEMBER. THIS SUMMER, SHE VOLUNTEERED WITH THE MARCHING TIGERS. THE PRINCIPAL SAYS SHE WAS BELOVED IN THE COMMUNITY. PART OF A LARGE FAMILY ROOTED HERE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SHE WAS STUDYING ABROAD IN SOUTH KOREA THIS SEMESTER AND WAS AMONG THE 151 KILLED AT A HALLOWEEN GATHERING IN SEOUL. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, MANY OF THOSE HURT WERE IN THEIR TEENS OR EARLY >> THE CRUSH OF 20’S. PEOPLE HAPPENED IN THE ALLEYWAY BEHIND ME HERE. IT WAS QUITE CROWDED. THIS WAS THE FIRST HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION SINCE COVID RESTRICTIONS HERE IN SEOUL HAD BEEN LOOSENED. IT’S NOW A POLICE SCENE. MIANA: ACCORDING TO ANNE GIESKE ‘ ’S SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE CELEBRATED HER 20TH BIRTHDAY JUST DAYS AGO. WE SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL MORE AND HE TELLS ME THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE GATHERING HERE TONIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE MARCHING BAND WILL COME TOGETHER IN MEMORY OF ANNE GIESKE. WE ARE ALSO TOLD THAT GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE HERE FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS IF THEY NEED THAT SUPPORT. COURTI

University of Kentucky student among 153 killed in South Korea Halloween crowd surge

An international tragedy has claimed the life of a University of Kentucky student.More than 150 people so far have been confirmed to have died in the crowd surge that happened at a Halloween celebration in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday.Among them was Anne Gieske, a junior in UK’s nursing program.UK President Eli Capilouto informed the campus community via a letter on Sunday afternoon of Gieske’s death in the incident.”We have been in contact with Anne’s family and will provide whatever support we can now and in the days ahead as they cope with this indescribable loss,” said Capilouto.”We will be there for those in our community who knew and loved Anne. We also have nearly 80 students from South Korea at UK, members of our community, who will need our support.”South Korea is mourning the deaths, mostly of people in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after the party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul.

An international tragedy has claimed the life of a University of Kentucky student.

More than 150 people so far have been confirmed to have died in the crowd surge that happened at a Halloween celebration in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday.

Among them was Anne Gieske, a junior in UK’s nursing program.

UK President Eli Capilouto informed the campus community via a letter on Sunday afternoon of Gieske’s death in the incident.

“We have been in contact with Anne’s family and will provide whatever support we can now and in the days ahead as they cope with this indescribable loss,” said Capilouto.
“We will be there for those in our community who knew and loved Anne. We also have nearly 80 students from South Korea at UK, members of our community, who will need our support.”

South Korea is mourning the deaths, mostly of people in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after the party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul.