"The she couldn't...come back home forever."

Here's something I stole off the blog of another Pittsburgher, who as a Fullbright Scholar in Jeju received this as one of her students' essays.

When I was young in internet cafe, I read a story which made me feel more sadder about the tragedy in Daegu. Once, there was a high school girl in Daegu. One day her school planned to go travel. For that, she had to buy many things like clothes, shoes and bag as other girls did. She had inflated dream for that travel. So, she told her mother to buy those things for her since her father had passed away and her mother had disease, there was no room for them to buy those things. Although she knew that, she always talked about those to her mother. But she refused. Finally she became upset and she said to her mother, "If I were you, I would buy expensive bag and a beautiful skirt. But you don't. I can't understand you."

After saying that, she just went to school. Because her daughter said that word which hurted her the girl's mother felt sorry about that and worried about her daughter. So, she drew her all money which remained in her count. And go to department store to buy those things. She bought very beautiful clothes which she thought would be suitable to her daughter. And she bought small and cute shoes which can protest her foot against long trip. Although there is a pain by her disease, she overcame that and sended a message to her daughter by her cell-phone.

"My lovely daughter, I'm sorry for my disability that can't buy you expensive and luxurious clothes which you have hoped. I have been very sad about it. But, I bought cute shoes and very lovely T-shirt for you. I hope that you like it. And remember, although I have no ability to satisfy you, you've my best person in the world."

When the girls received that message, she was very happy, but in other side, she was very sorry for her rudeness for her mother. And she decided she would do well to her mother when she arrived. Though it passed an hour since the message arrived, Mother didn't come back home. With heavy worry about her mother, she turned on the TV. In that TV, the news reported that their was a big fire in the subway and there was no way to remove the smoke and fire. Recent people called that accident "Daegu Subway Accident." By that accident, lots of people died and there are even more people who suffer from the trauma of the accident.

Her mother was one of them. She was back to home by subway. Then a crazy man made a fire in the subway and go away, with grasping, the shopping bag for her daughter. She became a victim of the accident. The she couldn't...come back home forever.

After I read that story, I couldn't make my tears stop release. Although I don't know if the story is real, I can feel mother's love from that story. Despite of the giant fire she grasped her gift for her daughter by the lover of her daughter.

I could look back my behavior for my precious person. Furthermore, I became furious about the accident who took that love between the girl and her mother. The man who made a fire made it because of his mental disease. I couldn't believe that one's disease can remove the precious love. This story let me think about so valuable things. It is the memorable story that I have ever read.

Today is the sixth anniversary of that fire, which killed at least 198 people.