Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 15 others injured in helico
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Keir
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Date: July 20, 2008 04:27PM
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hymmm? An act of God?
Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 15 others injured in helicopter crash (July 19, 2008)
SEOUL, South Korea: The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, and 15 others were injured Saturday when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in South Korea, officials said.
Moon, 88, was slightly injured, a hospital official said. Members of Moon's family, including his wife, were also hurt, and one person suffered a serious back injury, fire official Kim Wu-jong said.
The S-92 helicopter was carrying 16 people including 13 church members when it crashed and burst into flames, the transportation ministry said.
Moon and all 15 others were treated at the nearby church-affiliated Cheongshim Hospital in Gapyeong, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Seoul, the ministry said in a statement. Nine received only minor bruises, it said.
Moon received an X-ray exam and his condition was not serious, hospital official Park Sung-kwon said.
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No details of his injury were given, but the church said in a brief statement on its Web site that Moon and the others were "safe."
The transportation ministry said the accident took place as the helicopter made an emergency landing due to bad visibility during heavy rain. The exact cause of the crash was still under investigation, police said.
Church official Kim Dae-yeol said the helicopter was flying to Cheongshim Hospital from southern Seoul. The Gapyeong area has several church-affiliated facilities including a museum and schools.
Moon founded the Seoul-based Unification Church in the 1950s and the conservative Washington Times newspaper in 1982. His church owns hundreds of companies around the world, including the United Press International news agency.
The church's doctrine is a mixture of Christian, Confucian and traditional Korean values, and Moon's followers believe he came into the world to complete the work of Jesus Christ.
In 2004, Moon was the center of a coronation ceremony in Washington, D.C., at which he declared himself the Messiah. He also became widely known for performing mass weddings of followers.
hymmm? An act of God?
Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 15 others injured in helicopter crash (July 19, 2008)
SEOUL, South Korea: The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, and 15 others were injured Saturday when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in South Korea, officials said.
Moon, 88, was slightly injured, a hospital official said. Members of Moon's family, including his wife, were also hurt, and one person suffered a serious back injury, fire official Kim Wu-jong said.
The S-92 helicopter was carrying 16 people including 13 church members when it crashed and burst into flames, the transportation ministry said.
Moon and all 15 others were treated at the nearby church-affiliated Cheongshim Hospital in Gapyeong, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Seoul, the ministry said in a statement. Nine received only minor bruises, it said.
Moon received an X-ray exam and his condition was not serious, hospital official Park Sung-kwon said.
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No details of his injury were given, but the church said in a brief statement on its Web site that Moon and the others were "safe."
The transportation ministry said the accident took place as the helicopter made an emergency landing due to bad visibility during heavy rain. The exact cause of the crash was still under investigation, police said.
Church official Kim Dae-yeol said the helicopter was flying to Cheongshim Hospital from southern Seoul. The Gapyeong area has several church-affiliated facilities including a museum and schools.
Moon founded the Seoul-based Unification Church in the 1950s and the conservative Washington Times newspaper in 1982. His church owns hundreds of companies around the world, including the United Press International news agency.
The church's doctrine is a mixture of Christian, Confucian and traditional Korean values, and Moon's followers believe he came into the world to complete the work of Jesus Christ.
In 2004, Moon was the center of a coronation ceremony in Washington, D.C., at which he declared himself the Messiah. He also became widely known for performing mass weddings of followers.
Re: Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 15 others injured in he
Posted by:
Malcolm Wesley WREST
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Date: July 22, 2008 09:26PM
The ENTIRE week-end was a nightmarish mix of torrential rain and blustery winds of gale force strength across the country...the situation didn't just "flare up" unexpectedly.....you'd be tempting God to fly in these conditions...the arrogance of it, perhaps deserving the nasty end it ultimately met (I still can't understand how Moon walked out it with only minor injuries, when others were seriously injured (and some I believe died)...)
Korea doesn't tax "religious organizations", hence Moons' corporate empire has gone about it's way unscathed by any government scrutiny....
Occasionally you met the members of the Unification Church.....when they are challenged about the issues of rights within the Church (having Moon decide who they married for example)...they laugh it off.....just a little too glibly for my liking though....and those "traditional Korean values"?....like working staff in conditions of near enslavement?
Korea doesn't tax "religious organizations", hence Moons' corporate empire has gone about it's way unscathed by any government scrutiny....
Occasionally you met the members of the Unification Church.....when they are challenged about the issues of rights within the Church (having Moon decide who they married for example)...they laugh it off.....just a little too glibly for my liking though....and those "traditional Korean values"?....like working staff in conditions of near enslavement?
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