
Actress Kwak Sun-young shares a harrowing experience of surviving an elevator fall accident while riding with her young son.
On the episode airing on Thursday, SBS variety program "Master Hang-jun" features actors Heo Sung-tae, Kwak, and Lee Min-ki.
In the broadcast, Kwak recalls a past incident, stating, "The elevator I was in with my young son fell from the 7th floor to the 4th."
She says, "There was a jolt, and then it suddenly dropped sharply before something caught with a crash," adding, "The moment the elevator's floor number changed is still etched in my memory like slow motion."
Kwak reveals that immediately after the accident, she calmly called 119 (emergency services), pressed the emergency bell, and even turned on the music while waiting for rescue.
In response, Jang Hang-jun exclaims, "You're almost at a nurse's level of composure," expressing surprise, while Song Eun-ee marvels, saying, "It sounds like an emergency medical technician's manual."
Kwak explains, "When an accident happens, some people panic, but I am the type who becomes calm."
Meanwhile, Kwak married a non-celebrity man in 2015 and gave birth to a son the following year.
Kwak also appears in the drama "Crash 2" alongside Heo Sung-tae and Lee Min-ki. As the sequel to "Crash," which aired in 2024, the series follows a traffic crime investigation team that has been transformed into a major criminal investigation unit under the National Investigation Headquarters as it solves traffic crime cases across the country.