Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missing.

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  • KrazyKitsune
    FFR Player
    • Dec 2010
    • 602
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    Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missing.

    The South Korean passenger ferry 'Sewol' carrying hundreds of high school students on a field trip to Jeju Island suddenly sank and nearly three hundred passengers are currently missing. According to survivors, the students were reportedly ordered to stay put instead of trying to escape as the ship tilted onto its side violently. 6 passengers are confirmed to be dead and about 179 were rescued. As of now, the boat is completely submerged. Originally, officials reported to parents that every student had been successfully rescued, but it was soon revealed that there had been a counting error, and the number rescued was quickly revised to around 174 passengers.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/wo...hpw&rref=world
    http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=2478332

    South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27045512
    Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea, officials say.
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    • KrazyKitsune
      FFR Player
      • Dec 2010
      • 602
      #2
      Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

      Posted in the wrong forum, oops.

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        • Devilchilly
          D7 Elite Keymasher
          • Feb 2013
          • 305
          #3
          Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

          Titanic666.



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            • KrazyKitsune
              FFR Player
              • Dec 2010
              • 602
              #4
              Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

              3 more confirmed deaths. Divers are attempting to search the submerged ship for survivors.

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                • leonid
                  I am leonid
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  FFR Music Producer
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 8080
                  #5
                  Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                  The ship's captain was the very first to escape



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                    • Staiain
                      Can't handle my ÆØÅ
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 4545
                      #6
                      Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                      Originally posted by Devilchilly
                      Titanic666.
                      failed attempt on being funny.




                      Really tragic, especially with all the school children :\






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                        • Izzy
                          Snek
                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 9195
                          #7
                          Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                          This is horrible. It is pretty awful to imagine this situation. As the articles describe you can pretty much assume that most of everyone is dead.

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                            • kjwkjw
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                              FFR Simfile Author
                              • Sep 2007
                              • 2585
                              #8
                              Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                              It's heartbreaking to read the text messages to and from some of the students involved and their families, and horrifying to think how big this is...

                              Each and every life counts, and I really hope there are more survivors that are rescued. Thoughts go out to those who lost their friends and family as well.


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                                • Cavernio
                                  sunshine and rainbows
                                  • Feb 2006
                                  • 1987
                                  #9
                                  Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                  Ordered to stay in their rooms as the ship listed...

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                                    • dAnceguy117
                                      new hand moves = dab
                                      FFR Simfile Author
                                      • Dec 2002
                                      • 10097
                                      #10
                                      Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                      painful to even think about.

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                                        • FoJaR
                                          The Worst
                                          • Nov 2005
                                          • 2816
                                          #11
                                          Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

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                                            • Yulanik
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                                              • May 2013
                                              • 297
                                              #12
                                              Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                              That so called "captain" practically doomed the kids. How can the captain get rescued first, yet not even bother to send out a distress call?? What BS, I totally blame this guy's decision making for this tragedy. Hit a fricking reef in foggy conditions then tried to cover his own ass, then tells everyone to basically wait and die in their cabins as he gets airlifted by a helicopter, ugh. Really sad, the majority of them are just high schoolers. The weather conditions also made it so that it prevented them from being rescued in a timely manner. Horrific situation for sure.

                                              Btw, I read somewhere this morning that the death toll is well past 20 now, they found a group of bodies jammed between an "external structure". Not many can survive like this after such a long time, hope they can still make some rescues.

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                                                • KrazyKitsune
                                                  FFR Player
                                                  • Dec 2010
                                                  • 602
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                                  The current confirmed death count is 25.

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                                                    • FoJaR
                                                      The Worst
                                                      • Nov 2005
                                                      • 2816
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                                      that's terrible, dumb captain

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                                                        • VisD
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                                                          • Jun 2007
                                                          • 1196
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Passenger ferry sinks off the coast of South Korea. At least 6 dead and 290 missi

                                                          Originally posted by Devilchilly
                                                          Titanic666.
                                                          jeez you'd think that if you were going to try and find some humour in a tragedy you'd actually be good at it

                                                          you'd be wrong


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