All sports events must have mandatory medical personnel on standby.
However, Idol Sports Championship turned a blind eye to that rule. It was as if broadcasting companies think they were above the law.
Since they were amateurs, not professional athletes, and the event was primarily for broadcast purposes rather than a professional tournament, they were inadequately prepared. As a result, a much bigger accident occurred, one that was beyond their ability to handle.
Who is really at fault?
Was it the fault of the athletes for not being careful enough to prevent accidents from happening? Or was it the fault of the production team for recklessly continuing the game without properly deploying medical staff? Or was it
my fault
for letting the same thing happen again, despite having experienced it once before?
I kept asking myself these questions, but the situation was too urgent to find an answer to them.
The murmuring grew louder and louder, causing the stadium to become noisy.
And people kept coming in, as if something worth watching had happened.
“…The ambulance.”
“I’ve called them. I’ll keep communicating with 119.”
I surrounded Do Yuda with the members to shield him from people’s cameras and made sure that an ambulance had been called first. Thankfully, I found out that as soon as the accident happened, Woo Kangwon had borrowed a senior’s phone, and since then, Lee Danbi had been communicating with the paramedics.
As soon as I heard that, I knelt down on the spot and began administering first aid.
While everyone else was panicking and unable to do anything, I couldn’t afford to lose focus as well.
The production team, who had been neglecting the situation without any clear action, finally reacted when they saw me administering first aid. They started yelling at the crowd, trying to control the chaos.
First aid should be learned and practiced thoroughly in advance, otherwise, when an accident happened, you might be paralyzed by the fear of doing something wrong and making the situation worse. That was probably the reason they didn’t step in.
I was actually relieved that I was able to handle it all myself. Even if those inexperienced people had tried to handle the situation from the beginning, I wouldn’t have felt reassured.
“Kiryang-hyung, go get a hard, flat object. If you can’t find any, a newspaper will do.”
“Lee Hwayoung, tell the manager to contact Do Yuda’s parents.”
I have no idea what was going through my mind.
It felt like I was somehow possessed by something.
In fact, I couldn’t hear the sounds around me clearly, so I didn’t even remember what the members had answered. I just moved my hands according to the order of
First Aid For Sports Injuries
that I had looked up until I was sick of it.
Fortunately, my teammates followed my instructions well, even in the midst of the chaos.
I lifted Do Yuda’s leg above heart level to avoid damaging other tissues and immobilized his ankle with a splint. Since we didn’t have a proper first aid kit, I had no choice but to roll up newspapers and tie them with clothes. The compress was a flimsy towel wrapped around ice cubes that Woo Kangwon had run to the convenience store to buy on my instructions. It wasn’t ideal, but it was better than nothing.
“It’s okay. Just hold on a little longer. You will be okay…..”
Every time I even slightly touched his leg, Do Yuda would groan and push my arm, but I forcefully pinned his hand down and continued the first aid. I kept saying it was okay and I was sorry, but my words probably didn’t reach the guy who was writhing in pain and struggling for breath.
In the meantime, Do Yuda’s leg started to swell up, turning dark purple, looking like something other than a human leg. I felt as though I was torturing the child.
Do Yuda was taken to the nearest emergency room in an ambulance that arrived shortly afterward. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain every time the ambulance jolted.
In his attempt to endure the pain, his nails dug into the palm of his hand, leaving crescent-shaped red marks on his flesh. I couldn’t bear to watch it, so I made him grip my hand instead.
“Since both a fracture and dislocation occurred simultaneously, surgery is absolutely necessary. It’s in a location where nerves pass through, so we must reduce the dislocation as soon as possible. However, the injured area is too swollen right now, so surgery can’t be performed immediately until the swelling goes down….”
The doctor who checked Do Yuda’s condition said that the surgery should be carried out as soon as the swelling goes down. Since it was a compound fracture, recovery to the point where he could put weight on his foot would take longer than with a simple fracture. It was very likely that there was ligament damage as well.
When the manager asked when he would be able to resume activities, the doctor sighed and then responded.
“The key to rehabilitation is not to rush. While I can give you a general idea of when he might be able to resume activities, I can’t guarantee when his condition might suddenly worsen. There will also be aftereffects.”
When I heard that, a million things went through my mind.
The hand that Do Yuda had gripped so hard, as if it were a rope, felt numb.
“Seungbeom-ah, what about Yuda? Where is he?!”
It was even worse when Do Yuda’s parents, having received a call from the manager, rushed to the hospital and asked me that. Before we appeared on Survive IDOL, Do Yuda’s parents had asked me to “
Please take good care of Yuda
“, but I couldn’t keep that promise.
I explained the whole situation to them. Although I wasn’t by his side when it happened, I had heard Lee Danbi’s explanation, so I was able to provide a general description.
Lee Danbi explained that a senior from the same team had aggressively tried to steal the ball during the match, and in response, the opposing team’s play also became more and more rough. And in the midst of that, while chasing the ball at a fast speed, Do Yuda tried to avoid an opposing player who was playing unusually aggressively, but he tripped and fell. As his ankle twisted backward, the person running right behind him stepped on it. It must have been hard to slow down due to the slippery floor and the shoes that weren’t suitable for a futsal match.
“Yuda is lying down right now, after receiving a dose of painkillers.”
Even while recounting the story, I couldn’t stop imagining the sound of bones and muscles being trampled and crushed. Even though I hadn’t directly witnessed the scene. But I realized that Do Yuda’s parents must be experiencing a level of anguish far beyond what I could comprehend, so I tried to explain it as calmly as I could.
A parent’s heart would break even when their child got a simple IV drip. But surgery? It must have felt like the whole world was turning white before their eyes. Because I had Seo Yuseong … No, even if I didn’t have Seo Yuseong, I already considered Prism and Pantheion as people I had to protect, so I understood their feelings better than anyone.
“….I’m sorry.”
Do Yuda’s mother, who was crying while watching her son lying on the bed, hugged me tightly and said, “
Please don’t say such thing
” and “
Thank you for giving him first aid
“.
But I couldn’t show any reaction to that gesture.
I couldn’t forgive myself.
‘If I hadn’t stressed the importance of safety, Do Yuda might not have gotten hurt.’
If he hadn’t overly tensed his muscles out of concern for injury, or if he hadn’t tried to avoid the player running in front of him by being faster than everyone else, the accident might not have happened.
Do Yuda got injured because he listened to me too well.
[(HOT!) DYD injured his ankle]
[(HOT!) ISC Do Yuda injury fancam]
Before I could even regret it, all sorts of stories began circulating in the community.
Rumors about how badly he was injured and how he got injured started to spread like wildfire. Thinking that the exaggerated rumors would make fans anxious, I consulted with Do Yuda’s parents and conveyed to the agency the fact that he would undergo surgery and have a rehabilitation period.
At my request, the agency employees quickly informed fans of the situation and started working like maniacs to prevent photos and videos of the accident from circulating online.
But, as always, people didn’t stop talking so easily.
[What’s with all the different stories? Some say he tripped and fell, while others say he was tackled.]
[I heard he was just exaggerating because he was losing the game. I find it really absurd that they stopped all filming and called 119 for just a sprained ankle.]
[But they said his bone was broken and sticking out?]
└ What the hell? What’s the source?
└ I read it in the ML community
└ This is true, I was there at the scene. DYD tripped during the scuffle and fell. The person behind him couldn’t slow down and ended up stepping on his already twisted ankle.
└ Ugh, just reading it makes me think it must hurt like hell. I hope he recovers quickly.
[Seeing Han Seungbeom, I guess it’s true that people’s character shows in urgent situations. He snapped at his seniors, telling them to get out of the way… Tsk…
;
]
└ Han Seungbeom has always spoken his mind, even to the trainers in SI. But now you’re playing moral police about his character? They weren’t even offering to help, they just loitered around, watching. How many times did they block the way of Woo Kangwon and Lee Danbi, who were following Han Seungbeom’s instructions? They deserve to be cursed at, but he was still speaking like a nobleman to them. People who witnessed how Han Seungbeom’s hands were trembling while doing the first aid would never say things like you do.
[Whoa, then what’s going to happen with Pantheion’s activities? Pantheion’s performances are super intense, right…? It takes months just for the bone to heal, and rehabilitation will take just as long.]
└ I guess they’ll have to compromise now… Either lower the difficulty of the performance, postpone the activities, or left DYD out. Personally, I hope they avoid the last option as much as possible.
└ Ah ㅠㅠ I really liked Pantheion’s performance, it’s such a shame ㅜ He should have been more careful ㅠㅠ
└ They should just left Do Yuda out, what else lol Logically speaking, their contract period is really short, so how can they just wait for him? Dofans are already scheming because they’re afraid their bias will be excluded from activities. I’m annoyed that they’re already starting to play politics…..
└ ??? Fact check
1. I’m completely fine, my bias is the Captain
2. I’m not playing politics; I’m just worried
3. Your life is fucking pathetic for trying to get an injured kid excluded from activities
3. The member you like won’t be happy with you acting like this
The hottest topic among them, ironically, was ‘
Who caused Do Yuda’s injury
?’
Do Yuda still couldn’t stand on his own, so it wasn’t the time to judge who was right and who was wrong. Since there was no malicious intent, it wasn’t a situation where the person who caused the injury could be legally punished, yet people were looking for someone to blame and vent their anger on.
[Whose fault is that?]
└ The most unheard-of kid in Coma-1
└ He couldn’t get even his face on camera with his level of skills, so he stuck to the popular kid like a leech. And now he screwed up and caused an accident. He should have known his f**king place.
[What the hell did EH do? His groupmate was fucking around and breaking someone else’s ankle, and he just watched from the side?]
└ Oh… You’re suddenly bringing the innocent T into this… This is so fking ridiculous.
The person who stepped on Do Yuda’s ankle was the least known member of COMA-1.
He came to the hospital in a hurry, his face pale, along with Taeui. Whenever he saw Do Yuda’s family, Pantheion’s members, or anyone from our company, he trembled and bowed repeatedly.
He looked as if he had lost his mind, burderned by the thought that everyone in the world was cursing him to death and the realization that he had caused such severe injury to someone that the person required surgery.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I really didn’t think this would happen … I tried hard because I wanted to be on camera, even just for a moment, but when I came to my senses…..”
And today, a day after the incident, Do Yuda, the center of this incident, finally underwent surgery after the swelling had gone down a bit.
As soon as I heard that Do Yuda had woken up from anesthesia, I rushed to the hospital room where he was staying.
In the stark white hospital room, wearing a white patient gown and looking down at his phone, Do Yuda spoke without turning to face me.
“…Hyung, don’t wait for me and just proceed with the comeback. I’m okay.”
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Translator’s Corner:
Omg … this arc alone … almost took 20 chapters … MC’s mental health is already beyond saving … but me …. my mental health matters ????
And ugh, I can’t imagine how painful it must have been … imagine sprained your ankle then someone stepped on it …..
Last time I injured my leg … huh, it’s not even two years ago? during the time I did SSS-Cafe (this is why some readers back then were asking me if I have some curses going on, since I kept having accidents. I seriously think my life even more chaotic than the MC), I was stupidly tripped when going down the stairs in the middle of the night, and the pain asdfghjkl I remember just laying still in the floor for like an hour because IT JUST SO PAINFUL MY VISION BLURRED AND MY EARS FELT LIKE RINGING T_T worse, it was happened during holiday season where I was the only one in the house since all the others were returning to their homes … so I couldn’t even shout for help asdfhjkl I think my brain just went blank for a moment that’s why I managed to return to my room … then suffer from the pain after that. I can’t walk at all for two weeks straight … my leg was tingling with pain even when I didn’t move at all ???? the swelling was really horrible too, I was having fun taking pictures of it and posting it with crying emoji asdfghjkl (although I guess I was lucky it was nothing serious, since I didn’t even go to the doctor too at that time) (In my defense, it’s not like I can go to the doctor when I can’t even walk and I have no one to help me…..)
AND I WAS JUST TRIPPED, so can you imagine how it would be if that twisted ankle got stepped too … Do Yuda is stronger than me, I would already faint …. people who said Do Yuda is weak should write an apology letter …
And if you’re curious whether this kind of thing happened in real life … it happened a lot ^_^ To this day, I’m still mad with SBS argh Wendy fell 2.5 meters during a stage rehearsal for their year-end-show because they didn’t set up the stage properly ….. like … 2.5 meters …. 8.2 ft …. and they just got away with it???
Like, the first apology they released was “
As a result, Red Velvet is unable to appear in the live show of 2019 SBS Gayo Daejeon, and we sincerely apologize to fans and viewers. We hope that Red Velvet’s Wendy will have a fast recovery, and SBS will take greater care to ensure safety in the future
.”. LIKE NOT A SINGLE APOLOGY TO THE VICTIM AT ALL, JUST APOLOGY TO FANS AND VIEWERS BECAUSE RV WON’T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT AS SCHEDULE.
So, back then, Red Velvet fandom was whacking them left and right until they finally released another apology saying sorry to Wendy. And mind you … Red Velvet was one of the most popular group during that time, It happened right after they released Psycho too, who topped all the charts. And they’re from, not only big agency, but an agency who’s considered one of the founder of Kpop. But they still treated her like that … so can you imagine how worse it would be for the unpopular idols … and agencies couldn’t even hold the broadcasting companies accountable because all their artists would suffer for it. This is why I said major broadcasting stations are bullies ….. SBS I hope all your dramas flop …. but Good Partner is really good though, I support divorce