"That officer could have been a person with a disability... That was truly reckless." Parent of an autistic child delivers sharp critique amid Park Wi controversy [Star Issue]

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While YouTuber Park Wi faced intense backlash after releasing CCTV footage showing his fall on the KTX, a parent raising a child with autism offered a pointed comment.

On the 21st, Park Wi posted an article titled "Reason for Releasing CCTV Footage" on his YouTube channel 'Wi Miracle'.

Through this post, Park Wi shared CCTV footage showing himself being knocked off balance by the foot of a public service worker while disembarking from the KTX.

Park Wi stated, "The public service worker did not intend to cause harm, but I was angered simply because they placed their foot on the ramp." He added, "Of course, that person apologized politely to me, but I could not immediately accept it."

However, after releasing the video, Park Wi faced severe backlash. Most netizens criticized him as having overreacted by publishing CCTV footage and publicly condemning a public service worker, despite the worker's polite apology at the scene. In response, Park Wi apologized, stating, "I failed to consider the position of the worker who did their best to assist me at the scene when the incident occurred and apologized sincerely," and subsequently deleted the post.

Among them, a fan identified as A, who revealed they have been subscribed to the 'Wi Miracle' channel since it had 60,000–70,000 subscribers, wrote a lengthy comment saying, "I participated in UNICEF Wi Miracle Work two years ago with my children," affirming their long-standing support for Park Wi.

A pointedly told Park Wi, "This incident seems to have been handled very recklessly. I watched the CCTV footage from beginning to end. I am raising a 10-year-old autistic boy myself. Among public service workers and social service personnel, there are many individuals with disabilities who, like my child, have high intelligence but were not officially recognized as disabled and graduated from special education classes, leaving them in welfare blind spots. That person might be an ordinary worker, or they might not be."

Continuing, A expressed regret over Park Wi's actions: "In about 10 years, I will send my child to the military. Although the government does not recognize my child as disabled, he attends a special education class and struggles with communication, yet he may be assigned as a social service worker in the military. For someone, this CCTV footage could become another wound—a form of further discrimination. That was truly reckless."

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