Steven Blesi, 20, of Marietta, Ga., was studying abroad in the nation when he was killed in the incident over the course of the end of the week, his dad Steve Blesi confirms to Individuals.

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Officials say at least 153 others, including a second American understudy, died after they were caught in the pound of individuals who were out celebrating Halloween in the Itaewon section of Seoul, according to The New York Times and CNN. The grieving father lets Individuals know that his son had “an adventurous soul” and “might have done anything he wanted in this world.”

“The world’s a darker place without him in it,” says Steve, a resigned IT chief.

Steve previously confirmed his son was one of the casualties of Saturday’s group flood in an interview with The Washington Post. Anne Gieske, a lesser nursing understudy at College of Kentucky, was also studying abroad in Seoul this fall when she was killed in the pulverize, according to a statement from college president Eli Capilouto.

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Steven experienced childhood in Marietta, where his family actually resides, however was a lesser at Kennesaw State College, studying international business.

In a statement shared Sunday, the school said Steven “was one of 11 understudies from KSU in South Korea as part of a concentrate abroad program.”

The remaining 10 understudies have been “accounted for safe,” according to the college.

Steve tells Individuals he was initially “hesitant” to allow his son to concentrate abroad, yet after the Coronavirus pandemic postponed his plans for two years, Steven finally had the chance to go this year.

Before his son left, Steve says he gave him a motivational speech, telling him to “watch out” and “realize how valuable life is.” “I told him, ‘Look Steven, I can’t safeguard you there. I can’t. I can’t come to your aid rapidly,’ ” Steve recalls.

On Saturday, Steve was returning home from shopping for food when his brother informed him of the horrible news from South Korea, he tells Individuals.

Steven’s family “immediately” attempted to contact him via WhatsApp, yet got no response.

After about over two hours, Steve says a cop answered his son’s phone. Later that evening, an official at the U.S. Embassy in South Korea informed the family that Steven had died in the incident.

“I can’t imagine the pain he went through,” Steve tells Individuals. “And in the event that I could imagine his perspective, I’d do it multiple times over.”

He later added, “I can’t embrace him one last time. I can’t kiss my kid. I can’t hear his voice.”

Local officials are facing public criticism following the deadly occasion, according to USA Today, which reports only 137 cops were assigned to Saturday’s occasion.

NBC News reports that in excess of 100,000 individuals were out in the popular nightlife district to appreciate celebrations at the principal large Halloween gathering since the pandemic.

Choi Sukjae, boss spokesperson of the Korean Crisis Medical Association, said pedestrians were assisting crisis responders — who were delayed in reaching casualties because of the group — by performing CPR on those caught in the pulverize, according to USA Today’s report.

In a national address, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called it “a disaster that ought to never happen,” and requested a crisis survey, per NBC News. Steve tells Individuals he has “a huge amount of anger” regarding police’s efforts to control the group and doesn’t have the foggiest idea about how more wasn’t done “to forestall this sort of tragedy” from unfolding.

South Korea’s national police apologized on Monday, according to ABC News.

“It was foreseen that countless individuals would gather there,” said Hong Ki-hyun, head of the National Police Agency’s Public Request Management Bureau.

Police, he added, “didn’t anticipate that large scale casualties” would result from the occasion.