South Korea ship sinking - 450 on board, April 2014

[Blondie in Spokane]

Pictured: The bridge of the Costa Concordia where Captain Calamity tried to impress his lover as he ploughed ship into reef causing 32 deaths

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tation-tanks-attached-ready-wreck-raised.html

 

[newone]

ferry owner found dead

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28413651

police report that dna from body matches that of the brother

"Police in South Korea have said that a body they found in June is that of the fugitive boss of the operator of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people."

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

http://nypost.com/2014/07/23/south-...und-dead-hid-in-cabin-wall-with-wads-of-cash/

South Korea’s most wanted man, whose heavily decomposed body was found in an orchard last month, had evaded arrest by hiding behind an upstairs wall of a wooden cabin, with suitcases of cash at hand, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

South Korea Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Sewol Ferry Captain

"Lee supplied the cause of the sinking of the Sewol ... he has the heaviest responsibility for the accident," the lead prosecutor in the case, Park Jae-eok, told the court in the south of the country. "We ask that the court sentence him to death." The prosecutors sought life sentences for the other three charged with homicide and prison terms varying from 15 to 30 years for the rest."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...eek-death-penalty-sewol-ferry-captain-n234496

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

South Korea Ferry Survivors Say Classmates Saved Their Lives

"We were waiting and, when the water started coming in, the class rep told everyone to put on the life vests ... the door was above our heads, so she said we'll float and go through the door and that's how we came out," one of the teenagers said. "Other kids who got out before us pulled us out." Others described how coastguard officers waited outside the stricken ferry for passengers to swim out rather than entering the ship to try and rescue them. "They were outside. They pulled us [onto boats] but they didn't come inside to help," one said. "We said to ourselves, 'why aren't they coming in?'"

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/so...vors-say-classmates-saved-their-lives-n166376

 

[newone]

South Korea Ferry Survivors Say Classmates Saved Their Lives

"We were waiting and, when the water started coming in, the class rep told everyone to put on the life vests ... the door was above our heads, so she said we'll float and go through the door and that's how we came out," one of the teenagers said. "Other kids who got out before us pulled us out." Others described how coastguard officers waited outside the stricken ferry for passengers to swim out rather than entering the ship to try and rescue them. "They were outside. They pulled us [onto boats] but they didn't come inside to help," one said. "We said to ourselves, 'why aren't they coming in?'"

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/so...vors-say-classmates-saved-their-lives-n166376

bbm: I'd love to hear feedback from other coast guard of other nations reaction to that ...... that's awful

 

[newone]

FOUND ON HER BIRTHDAY

''Hwang In-yeol and his wife waited seven years to have a child, and then she was born on Oct. 29, 1997. After a ferry disaster in April that killed her and 303 others, the couple waited again for nearly seven months to see Ji-hyeon’s body. The vigil ended Wednesday when divers retrieved their only child’s body on her 17th birthday."

http://www.theprovince.com/life/Sou...ferry+wait+body+ends+17th/10338063/story.html

There are still 9 others that are missing....these families have been at a school gym since the sinking and keep each other's morales boosted.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

South Korean ferry captain avoids death penalty, gets 36 years in prison

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/south-korean-ferry-captain-36-years-prison-article-1.2006347

 

[newone]

http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/...-aprils-sewol-ferry-sinking-attempts-suicide/

An unidentified survivor of the ferry sinking attempted suicide. In her note she indicated she wanted to join her friends. Information at the link also indicates that the crew will be appealing their sentences.

 

[zwiebel]

'The captain of the first South Korean coast guard ship sent to rescue passengers from the doomed Sewol ferry has been sentenced to four years in prison for negligence.

Kim Kyung-il was sentenced in the Gwangju District Court for professional negligence and making false reports, court officials said.

More than 300 people died after the ferry capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea in April, the majority of them high school students on a field trip.

On arriving at the scene, Kim failed to broadcast an evacuation order through his ship's loudspeakers and made no effort to induce passengers to abandon ship, which constituted professional negligence, a court spokesman said.

He was also found guilty of making a false report by saying that he had broadcast an evacuation order when he had not.'

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/12/world/korea-sewol-coast-guard-jailed/index.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Thousands gather in Seoul to demand the raising of a South Korean ferry that sank a year ago killing 300 people

Most victims of the disaster were high school students

President Park Geun-Hye promised to 'actively consider' raising it

Officials said it would cost £68million if weather conditions are good

Sewol's captain was jailed for 36 years for gross negligence last year

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ear-ago-killing-300-people.html#ixzz3X2OmqjMm

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

South Korea to raise sunken sewol ferry

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/04/21/south-korea-to-raise-sunken-sewol-ferry.html

 

[Roselvr]

South Korea to raise sunken sewol ferry

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/04/21/south-korea-to-raise-sunken-sewol-ferry.html

Authorities and families of victims are hoping that lifting the ferry will help determine the cause of the sinking and possibly recover some of the nine bodies still missing. The effort is expected to cost between $91 and $137 million and may take up to 18 months, the oceans ministry said.

 

[zwiebel]

The captain of the Sewol, Lee June-seok, has just been given a life sentence for murder on appeal.

The conviction of the captain, Lee June-seok, on murder charges was a victory for prosecutors and victims’ families, who protested a lower-court ruling last November that acquitted him of murder, citing lack of evidence, and sentenced him to 36 years in prison on lesser criminal charges, like violations of ship safety laws.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/2...ner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&referrer=

 

[margarita25]

Thanks everyone for your updates.

I will never forget this horrible tragedy.

 

[JerseyGirl]

South Korean Court Orders Big Payouts to Families of Ferry Victims