Former anchor and broadcaster Baek Ji-yeon recounted a harrowing accident that nearly threatened her life.
On the 27th, Baek Ji-yeon uploaded a video titled "What one sentence gives the strongest comfort when you're having a hard time" to her YouTube channel "Now Baek Ji-yeon."
In the video, Baek Ji-yeon opened up, saying, "A truly absurd thing happened recently. It was something I experienced because of a foolish mistake I made."
Baek Ji-yeon said that after trimming chicken she tried to sterilize the scissors she had used by putting them in boiling water, and a big problem occurred. She recalled, "I was on the phone, forgot the alarm and fell asleep, and in the meantime the plastic on the scissor handles completely melted. A pungent smell seeped into my nose, then there was a strong chemical smell. I basically inhaled all that toxic gas."
She went on to describe the tense moments, saying, "I felt like I couldn't breathe and I was going to die, so I opened the window and ran outside, but my chest was tight and the headache was severe. My whole body ached."
Baek Ji-yeon said she rushed to the emergency room on the advice of a close doctor. "Physical discomfort was hard, but the self-blame—'Why did I make such a mistake?'—was greater. I worried I might have sustained fatal damage to my lungs," she said. Fortunately, the attending doctor reassured her, "You're fine," and she said that one sentence was a great comfort.
Baek Ji-yeon added, "Those words were like an angel. I thought I should sometimes say that to myself, too."
Meanwhile, Baek Ji-yeon set a new milestone at the broadcaster as the first female anchor of MBC Newsdesk in 1988, and she was the youngest and longest-serving anchor. After declaring she would go freelance, she continued her career as a writer and actress, and recently she has been sharing candid, human moments with fans through her YouTube channel.
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