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G-Dragon credited with saving camera director from stage fall
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G-Dragon credited with saving camera director from stage fall

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Singer G-Dragon is credited with saving a camera director from falling off a stage during a concert.
  • Video footage shows G-Dragon gesturing for the director to move closer and then positioning himself behind the director at the stage's edge.
  • The camera director's wife expressed gratitude, stating G-Dragon prevented her husband from falling about 2 meters.

Singer G-Dragon has been lauded for his quick thinking and protective actions during a concert, preventing a camera director from falling off the stage. The incident, which occurred during a Big Bang 20th-anniversary concert tour stop, was captured on video and shared across online communities.

The footage shows G-Dragon noticing the camera director getting too close to the edge of the stage while filming. He is seen gesturing for the director to move back. When the director continued to film near the precarious edge, G-Dragon moved to stand behind him, effectively acting as a safety barrier.

Fans praised G-Dragon's actions, with comments describing him as a "bodyguard" protecting the director. The camera director's wife later shared her gratitude in a comment online, explaining that her husband had told her about the incident. She stated that the stage was about 2 meters high and that the part of the performance involved the camera moving closer to the edge.

"My husband told me that G-Dragon saved him that day," she wrote. "The stage is about 2 meters high, and that part of the performance kept moving closer to the edge. If it weren't for G-Dragon, he would have fallen off the stage." She expressed her shock and deep gratitude for G-Dragon's intervention.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.