Empty desks and a calendar marking days off after Christmas sit in a South Korean office in Muan, where five colleagues once planned a holiday to Thailand which ended in tragedy on Sunday (Dec 29) when their return Jeju Air flight crashed.
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00:00Empty desks and a calendar marking days off after Christmas serve as solemn reminders
00:08in an office where five colleagues had once eagerly planned a holiday to Thailand.
00:14Their trip ended in tragedy on Sunday when their Jeju Air return flight crashed.
00:20The five women who traveled to Bangkok to celebrate their promotions were among the
00:24179 lives lost in the devastating crash of Flight 7C2216 at Muan International Airport,
00:33marking South Korea's deadliest aviation disaster.
00:37Still in shock at the loss of their co-workers and friends, colleagues wearing black ribbons
00:41wept at their desks in the public education office on Tuesday.
00:46An altar had been set up in the office, allowing colleagues and neighbors to pay their respects.
00:51Lee Kwee-soon, a school chef, recounted the last time she held hands with one of the victims.
01:13Another colleague, Lee Dae-kyun, an official at the Jeollanam-do Office of Education, described
01:19the loss of his colleague as surreal.
01:32Reuters is not naming the victims at the request of colleagues who asked for privacy.
01:38The five women were longtime friends who had been eagerly anticipating their much-deserved
01:42getaway, said their grieving colleagues.
01:50Lee said he had gone to the airport with other colleagues to support the bereaved families,
02:15providing meals and charging stations for phones as they camped out, awaiting updates
02:20on their loved ones.
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