ATEEZ launched a big move after the Itaewon Halloween disaster.
The heartbreak the South Koreans felt after the 2014 Sewol ferry tragedy has been brought back by the Itaewon crowd rush on Oct. 29. The incident became the deadliest disaster in the country, leading to the deaths of 156 people.
The same crowd rush surpassed the 67 casualties recorded in the 1959 Busan Municipal Stadium crowd rush.
As the victims' families are yet to recover from the deadly event, ATEEZ joined the celebrities and musicians who donated a huge amount to aid them.
ATEEZ Donates To Itaewon Crowd Rush's Victims
But fans immediately defended both groups as canceling the shows would have impacted their livelihood. Both groups also paid tributes to the victims of the tragedy, with ATEEZ members wearing a black ribbon on their arms as a sign of mourning.
They said ATEEZ's decision not to cancel the concert saved them from losing millions of dollars. The fact that the group also came from a medium-sized company made it more complicated to cancel the show.
With that, they still support the boy group and thanked them for including the victims in their concert and paying tributes to them.
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Written by Alexandria Kim.
