Ferry sunk Off South Korea.. 273+ FATALITIES. RoK FEARS RESCUE DISASTER

what just like when I posted ferry updates on la times thread? haha

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Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 19m
Tonight, Coast Guard to shoot more than 790 light Bombs to light up the #Sewol rescue effort. #PrayForSouthKorea

Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 17m
A South Korean journalist: "This is crazy [regarding number changes]."

more info I presume coming on this

Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 27m
UPDATE: SBS says that rescue efforts have been underway for the past hour

Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 2m
SBS just announced the number change as well

Lol, yup just like that!

its a astral attack

Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 32s
UPDATE: Death count up to 30 #Sewol Keep them in your thoughts

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 48s
Now 80 hours past #Sewol disaster - water temp is above 13c. Rescue efforts still on-going but no news of survivors yet.

Daniel Schearf ‏@DanielSSchearf · 1m
Mom at #Jindo stadium cries out as #ROK Coast Guard describe clothes on body of girl recovered today near ferry. 32 dead. #PrayForSouthKorea

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Chico Harlan ‏@chicoharlan · 17m
MT @JChengWSJ: N. Korea calls S. Korea a "society where parents are unable to let their children go on study tours with easy mind." #ferry

That poor woman.

NK needs a tactical ass kick for that statement

CNN Breaking News ‏@cnnbrk · 7m
Death toll of capsized South Korean ferry now stands at 32. More than 270 people are missing. [link to cnn.it]

You're just as bad as me with the whole sleep thing

lol i am.. im notorious for it

Sam Kim 김혜성 ‏@ghimhehsuhng · 22s
“Announcements to stay on the vessel were issued because rescue boats hadn’t yet arrived,” captain told reporters [link to bloom.bg]

Pope Francis ‏@Pontifex · 1h
Please join me in praying for the victims of the ferry disaster in Korea and their families

They interviewed one of our navy officers on CNN yesterday. He said the USA will not be part of the recovery/diving team. I was surprised. At least that what he knew at the time.

Last Edited by nutmeg on 04/19/2014 08:09 AM

Sounds like me! I was always fearful when my kids went away. They are grown, and I still want them to call me, especially if they're on the road...as if I could protect them.

Once my older daughter wasn't feeling well, but the girl scout leader said if she didn't go camping with them that weekend, she would fall behind the others in the group and not get her badges. So, I took her and my younger daughter to the campsite and we slept in cabin bunk beds. My younger one loved it!

One grieving Korean mother said that her daughter didn't want to go on the trip, but she encouraged her to join her classmates. That's why she now feels so guilty. I know exactly why she would feel that way. How very sad.

Last Edited by nutmeg on 04/19/2014 08:33 AM

I saw him being interviewed yesterday. He said if the passengers jumped overboard with life jackets on, the swift currents would have taken them away. Besides, the water was too cold, so he counted on rescue boats to quickly help them. I doubt if he anticipated that ship would tip over as fast as it did and sink!

Last Edited by nutmeg on 04/19/2014 10:14 AM

I do not believe that the swift currents would have been "taken them away". They could have swam to the exposed land in the background of some pictures.

The ship's location was 20km (12 miles) off the island of Byungpoong. The weather was bad, the currents were swift, the water was 50 degrees or colder. I think survival is 30 minutes in water that cold.

This might give you an idea of how the rescue efforts have been hampered by the weather! No way could the passengers have survived in the water!
[link to www.veooz.com]

Last Edited by nutmeg on 04/19/2014 11:41 AM

Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 17m
#Sewol Numbers (24:30): 174 rescued, 36 dead and 266 missing

I stand corrected then. I just recall seeing an aerial picture showing several small land masses less than a half a mile away. By seeing those land masses, it seemed that there could have been a reef or something near by that they swerved quickly to avoid.

the cold.. that's all it
takes



Last Edited by Jux11 on 04/19/2014 12:45 PM

Done.

Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912.
korean ferry sinks 15 April 2014.