Elissa Puente arrived at Seoul International Park around noon last Thursday with her daughter, expecting to spend the day enjoying a family-friendly World Cup festival.
Puente and her daughter traveled from Burbank and spent the first several hours visiting vendors, watching performances and soaking in the festival atmosphere surrounding the highly anticipated Mexico vs. South Korea World Cup watch party.
But people continued pouring into the narrow viewing area along Irolo Street during the final hour before the match, and despite repeated announcements urging fans to be respectful and keep walkways clear, people around her began pushing. Puente said she was stepped on twice…