He solely remembers one factor in regards to the day.
Actor Lee Dong Gun just lately opened up in regards to the tragic incident of shedding his brother in a knife assault in Australia.
On the current episode of SBS‘s My Little Previous Boy that aired on December 3, Lee Dong Gun was proven celebrating his late brother’s birthday along with his mom.
It’s identified that Lee Dong Gun’s youthful brother handed away 15 years in the past on the age of 20 attributable to a tragic incident.
Lee Dong Gun opened up about what he felt through the traumatic time and revealed that his mourning interval was quick as a result of he was involved for his dad and mom.
After I take into consideration that day, the one factor I bear in mind is that this. I couldn’t afford to be unhappy. I used to be unhappy for precisely 5 seconds. After breaking down for 5 seconds, I appeared for my mother. ‘How is Mother proper now?’ ‘How is Dad?’ It continued like this after that.
— Lee Dong Gun
He additional shared that he tried to make sure his dad and mom had been okay earlier than letting the fact hit him.
After I went to Australia, I continued forwards and backwards from my mom to my father till the funeral. Actually, I didn’t really feel it was significantly tough. After confirming that my dad and mom had been okay, it began hitting me.
— Lee Dong Gun
Lee Dong Gun additionally shared particulars that, on the time, he needed his brother to be cremated in Australia fairly than bringing the physique to Korea.
After we acquired the telephone name, we acquired on a flight to Australia in simply three hours. I requested to convey him again comfortably. If the method took too lengthy, we might see his physique change, and I needed to go away him as a lovely and angelic determine, so I requested to cremate him in Australia after which convey him again to Korea.
— Lee Dong Gun
In conclusion, the actor added that he carried his brother’s ashes on his flight again to Korea.
I carried [his ashes] in my arms on the aircraft. Fortunately, the seat subsequent to me was empty, and once I briefly put him down, I used to be informed I had to purchase the seat, so I informed them I understood. So, I carried him again in my arms, and it had a big which means for me.
— Lee Dong Gun
In 2008, Lee Dong Gun’s 21-year-old youthful brother tragically misplaced his life in Sydney, Australia, the place he was finding out on the time. He and one other Korean individual had been stabbed by two males close to the Sydney World Tower for merely them.
Lee Dong Gun was identified to care deeply for his youthful siblings, with whom he had an age hole. An acquaintance said in 2008 that Lee Dong Gun was “devastated by the shock as if the sky had fallen.” The homicide was even captured on CCTV, including to the shock of the general public.