A wave of condolences from all over the country... "May you be comfortable in heaven."

[Anchor]
A joint memorial altar is being set up in local governments across the country to commemorate the victims of the Jeju Air plane disaster.

The reporters organized the voices of citizens who honor the souls of the victims and comfort the bereaved families.

[Reporter]
A joint memorial altar at Osan City Hall in Gyeonggi Province.

A civic step has begun to commemorate the victims of the Jeju Air plane accident.

The Osan community was greatly saddened when four citizens who were on a trip to celebrate their grandfather's 80th birthday were identified as victims of the disaster.

[Lee Su-ja / Osan City, Gyeonggi Province: Rest in peace, don't suffer comfortably in heaven.... That's too bad.]

The day after the accident, local governments across the country set up a joint memorial altar and joined the memorial service for the victims.

Citizens who visited the memorial altar with a miserable heart shed tears, saying it didn't feel like it was anyone else's business,

[Bae Jung-mi / Ganseok-dong, Incheon: May the deceased rest in peace. I don't want this to happen again. It's so sad and heartbreaking.]

Together with the child, we commemorated the victims of the disaster and announced how our society can join the sadness.

[Jeong Chanhee / Daejeon Tanbang-dong: My child learned the word mourning at school today, and I came to visit the memorial altar with him to mourn]

[Park Yuri / Busan Amak-dong: You must have had a lot of fun on your trip, but I think your parents will also feel very hurt. I hope the baby and his family will live happily for a long time in the next life.

Many citizens were also concerned about the bereaved families of the victims.

He prayed for the stability of the bereaved family and the rest of the victims, saying, 'It would be hard to express sorrow in words.'

[Kim Jung-heon / Chuncheon, Gangwon Province] How can we express all that? I can't put it into words and I want to pray for my repose even if it's a small heart, and I hope my family can find stability soon....]

Not a few citizens shared their sorrows, saying they were heartbroken to the point that it was hard to fall asleep.

[Kim Seung-shin / Mourning: I couldn't even sleep last night because my heart was breaking. When I think about it now, I still feel so heartbroken....]


The memorial altar will run until the 4th of next month, the national mourning period, amid a series of visits across the country to commemorate the victims of the accident.

YTN Cha Sang-eun.

Reporter: Dae Ji-woong, Jang Myung-ho, Jang Young-han, Na Kyung-hwan, Hong Do-young, Yoon Ji-won