DAEGU (South Korea ): Park Chang-shik charged down the smoke-clogged subway stairs in the hope of finding survivors. Instead, he found a scene of death: bodies of victims choked as they fled for safety and the ash-white bones of those who perished in the flames.
Park, a 45-year-old firefighter, was one of thousands of rescue workers on hand yesterday battling a subway train blaze set by an arsonist and fighting smoke and heat to pull those still alive from danger.
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