South
Korean Coast Guard Video Shows Ferry Captain Fleeing Ship
The
South Korean Coast Guard on Monday released footage from the early stages of its effort to save the
Ferry Sewol, and the
Video confirms just how quickly the
Captain abandoned ship.
About half a minute into the
Video (below),*Lee Joon-seok climbs into the arms of orange-clad rescue workers whose boats had pulled alongside the tilting ferry. He left behind a
Ship of 469 others, only
174 of whom are confirmed alive after the
Ferry began to sink on April 16. A**ther 188 passengers—many of whom were students at a high school to the
South of Seoul—are dead and 114 others are missing.
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