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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Memorial service held in Tokyo for 2 train heroes

TOKYO, Japan - A joint memorial service is held in Tokyo on Jan. 26 for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student (L) and, Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old Japanese photographer (R) who were killed by an oncoming train a year ago when they attempted to rescue a man who had fallen off the platform of a Tokyo train station. About 400 citizens and Japanese government officials, including Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attended the ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the accident, which occurred on the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Monument commemorating 2 rescuers in accident unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Yoon Chan (2nd from L) carries flowers to be laid before a monument unveiled April 15 in commemoration of her son Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama, who died trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen onto train tracks from a station platform in Tokyo.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Parents of train accident victims talk over phone

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Song Dae (L) and Shin Yoon Chan (R), the parents of a South Korean student who was run over and killed by a train in Tokyo, talk to Chizuko Sekine, mother of Shiro Sekine, a photographer from Yokohama who died in the same accident, in Tokyo on Jan. 30. The student, Lee Su Hyon, and Sekine were killed Jan. 26 while trying to rescue a drunk Japanese man who had fallen onto the tracks.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Monument commemorating 2 rescuers in accident unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Yoon Chan (2nd from L) carries flowers to be laid before a monument unveiled April 15 in commemoration of her son Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama, who died trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen onto train tracks from a station platform in Tokyo.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.