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

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 3m
New death toll of #Sewol ferry ship from @mbcnews ; 3 #Korea

I don't know much about shipwrecks I have to say, but a reef would mean shallow water and a grounding? Initially I thought the photos looked like it had grounded but is it usual in a grounding for the ship to totally flip over in calm seas and submerge? Shouldn't it be sitting on the shallow reef? Its all a bit odd.

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Hegelian Dialectic. Sorry for typo.

Problem / Reaction / Solution.

Eyes Open on this one. And thanks OP for posting info.

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 1m
Live scene of Paengmok Port in S.#Korea. Military personals are distributing a towel to #Sewol Ferry survivors

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Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 17s
Another breaking from Yonhapnews TV, a one student from Ansan Danwon High school student found dead. #Sewol #Korea

This does NOT sound good.

This was copied from MSN.com:


Passenger Kim Seong-mok, speaking from a nearby island after his rescue, told YTN that he was "certain" people were trapped inside the ship as water quickly filled up inside and the severe tilt of the ferry kept them from reaching the exits. Some people yelled at those who couldn't get out, urging them to break windows.

Kim said that after having breakfast he felt the ferry tilt and then heard it crash into something. He said the ferry operator made an announcement asking that passengers wait and not move from their places. Kim said he didn't hear any announcement telling passengers to escape.

The water temperature in the area was about 12 degrees Celsius, cold enough to cause signs of hypothermia after about 90 minutes or 2 hours, according to an emergency official who spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules

Hiya Jux! I had been following another thread on this and just now saw your pinned thread. Haven't been on the main page in a while clearly.

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 1m
Now 2pm here in #Seoul, rescue operation of #Sewol ferry ship is still on-going. 3 people dead, 368 rescued, 107 are missing.

and when the "rescued" number goes up two more, then lands on 370


WOW.

seems like a slew of bad news.. conflicting reports of all kids being rescued and now this I really hope those people aren't trapped..

Terrible way to go : (

Lets pray for a miracle.

Remember the "Poseidon Adventure". There were several that made it out alive even after submerging.

that's right

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · now
Injured #Sewol Ferry ship survivor describes the causes of incident to reporters via @dubugii #Korea

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april 15 1902.

TITANIC SANK.

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Joseph Kim ‏@josungkim · 3m
According to one of the student survivor's account, they had to forcefully open windows/doors to get out #Sewol

I recalled that date earlier.




My heart goes out to these families. My daughter just concluded teaching English as a second language for the last three years in South Korea. Therefore I have prayed for this nations' safety from North Korea for the past three years.

I really hope that North Korea did not play a part in the demise of this ship through an underwater mine or something else. There is so much tension between these two nations.. it scares me.

I do pray for the best for these teenagers and teachers.

FYI I am going to bed, but not without saying more special prayers for these passengers and the families waiting on the shore to hear the status of their loved ones.

if foul play was involved I wonder what kind of response will be given

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 34s
One of injured people of #Sewol is 6-year-old girl. She is now on a treatment at local hospital I hope this girl get better soon. #Korea

Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho ·
Current #Sewol ferry situation right now. Almost capsized. #Korea

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Jaehwan Cho 조재환 ‏@hohocho · 30s
Yonhap gained the photo from #Sewol ferry passenger which shows the ship is tilting.

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almost capsized the ferry did capsized the last photos I saw was picture of it keel up.

Gregor Peter ‏@L0gg0l · 4h
Passenger ship off South Korea has almost sunk via @hohocho #SEWOL #ROK #Jinda [link to ] pic.twitter.com/LTphaxSWhZ