SOUTH KOREA-FERRY/MOURNERS South Koreans mourn sunken ferry victims

Record ID: 134032

  • Title: SOUTH KOREA-FERRY/MOURNERS South Koreans mourn sunken ferry victims
  • Date: 16th April 2015
  • Summary: WOMAN SOBBING PEOPLE PLACING FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 35-YEAR-OLD SEOUL CITIZEN HONG EUN-KI SAYING: "I feel sorry about the Sewol ferry incident. It is important that all people in our country keep it in their minds even though one year passed. I do wish it would never happen again." ARTWORK DISPLAY OF YELLOW RIBBON THAT USED TO SYMBOLIZE THE SAFE RETURN OF THE MISSING PASSENGERS SUNKEN FERRY DISPLAY (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 52-YEAR-OLD SEOUL CITIZEN KIM HEE-EUN SAYING: "It is shame and it breaks my heart that no one wants to take responsibility even though one year has passed since the ferry Sewol ferry disaster. As a mother, I feel hopeless about the current situation and I would not raise my children in our country if I lost my children as the parents of the ferry incident did." PHOTOS OF SUNKEN FERRY VICTIMS WOMAN WIPING TEARS PEOPLE PAYING SILENT TRIBUTE ANSAN, SOUTH KOREA (APRIL 16, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF OFFICIAL MEMORIAL VENUE
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  • Story Text: Many South Koreans remembered the victims of last year's Sewol ferry disaster on Thursday (April 16) visiting a temporary altar and offering white chrysanthemums.
    The Sewol set off on April 15 last year from Incheon, west of Seoul, for a routine overnight voyage to the holiday island of Jeju with 476 people on board.
    More than 300 people died, most of them students. Nine bodies are still missing.
    In Seoul, residents mourned the victims.
    "I feel sorry about the Sewol ferry incident. It is important that all people in our country keep it in their minds even though one year passed. I do wish it would never happen again,"said 35-year-old Seoul citizen Hong Eun-ki.
    "It is a shame and it breaks my heart that no one wants to take responsibility even though one year has passed since the ferry Sewol ferry disaster. As a mother, I feel hopeless about the current situation and I would not raise my children in our country if I lost my children as the parents of the ferry incident did," added 52-year-old Seoul citizen Kim Hee-eun.
    Hundreds of people visited an official memorial venue in Ansan, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Seoul. On display was a huge yellow ribbon that symbolized the hope for the safe return of passengers.
    A place where people could leave messages for the victims was also set up.
    A siren for the victims went off at 1000 local time (0100GMT) in Ansan, home to the majority of the students who died.
    The ferry, later found to have been structurally unsound and overloaded, capsized when it made a sharp turn in the waters off the southwestern island of Jindo. Many of the children followed instructions to stay in their cabins as the crew scrambled to safety.
    Video footage of the crew escaping the sharply listing vessel after telling the passengers to stay inside has sparked nationwide grief and anger.
    The chief engineer was convicted of homicide and jailed for 30 years after South Korea's worst sea disaster in decades. Fourteen surviving crew members, including the captain, were jailed for between five and 36 years for negligence.
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