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2014 South Korean Ferry Disaster

By JOHN SAEKI, ADRIAN LEUNG, GAL ROMA
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2014 South Korean ferry disaster

JOHN SAEKI, ADRIAN LEUNG, GAL ROMA
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9 bodies still

unaccounted for

Coastguard

photo showed

ongoing helicopter

rescues at 10:00

Coastguard

picture showed

the upturned

ship by 10:23

Rescues

continued after

the ship turned

over on its side

Official distress

call made at

8:55 am

local time

Ferry had

tilted about

50 degrees

by 9:17

First

helicopter

rescues started

by 9:45

Timeline of the capsize

304 confirmed

dead, including

250 students

172 rescued

on the day

2014 South Korean ferry disaster

How the Sewol ferry with 476 people on board sank on April 16, 2014

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