Death Toll In Korea Ferry Disaster Tops 100
April 22, 2014 by staff
Death Toll In Korea Ferry Disaster Tops 100, A series of funerals were held Tuesday morning for victims of the ill-fated ferry that sank off South Korea’s coast six days earlier, as the death toll climbed to 121.
The number of deaths from the Sewol has rapidly increased since divers found additional paths to enter the submerged vessel, with more than two dozen bodies recovered on Tuesday and 28 the day before. The majority of the 376 passengers on board were high school students going on a field trip to the resort island of Jeju. A total of 181 passengers remain missing.
“The conditions are so bad, my heart aches,” rescue diver Bard Yoon told CNN. “We’re going in thinking there may be survivors. When we have to come back with nothing, we can’t even face the families.”
The incident is the worst maritime disaster in the country since 1993 and has stirred outrage among relatives, who have lashed out against the government for not managing to rescue more than 174 people.
South Korean authorities broadened their investigation on Monday as they arrested four additional crew members and barred the family who owns the ferry’s operating company from leaving the country.
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