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1972 Photo Contest, News, Singles, 2nd prize
Photographer

Kim Dong-Joon & Lee Young Woo

Shinmun Daily

25 December, 1971

A man jumps out of the burning Tae Yun Kak hotel. The mattress didn't cushion his fall, and he died on impact. The fire broke out at 10 a.m. in the 22-story hotel that would kill 163 people and injure 65.

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Kim Dong-Joon & Lee Young Woo

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