Chen Tzu-yü and Chen Chu-jui say they do not live with hatred
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/11
By: Te’Qin Windham, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Survivors of the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosion speak about
Survivors of the Kaohsiung gas explosion (Photo courtesy of Central News Agency)
life after the explosion, and say they “do not live with hatred.”
In 2014, the Kaohsiung gas explosion caused 32 deaths and injured another 321 people. Today the Kaohsiung District Court found 12 city officials and company managers guilty of negligence, and each was sentenced to 4 years in jail.
Nearly four years after the gas explosion, Chen Tzu-yü (陳姿予), who is wheel-chair bound and paralyzed from the waist down due to the accident, is currently training for the 2018 Tokyo marathon, ready to compete in the 42 kilometer race. Her and a fellow survivor, Chen Chu-jui (陳楚睿), appeared at a press conference in Kaohsiung City on May 7 and both said that they will no longer live with hatred.
In 2014, a large gas explosion occurred at 11:50 p.m. on the night of July 31, in Kaohsiung. The media and government referred to the incident by various names: “Kaohsiung Petroleum Explosion Incident,” “Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Incident,” “7-31 Gas Explosion Incident,” and the “August 1 Gas Explosion Incident,” among others.
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