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Bereaved families urge Activision to remove Itaewon disaster footage from Modern Warfare 4
VGC reports South Korean players identified the intro’s CPR scene as footage from the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush.
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VGC reports that South Korean players identified a shot of a paramedic giving CPR in the game’s opening montage as footage from the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, which killed 159 people. VGC, citing South Korean broadcaster SBS, says bereaved families demanded its removal. Activision acknowledged using the footage and said it had not intended to reference or make light of any real tragedy.
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