The South Korean coast guard has released raw video showing the dramatic search and rescue efforts at the scene of the sunken passenger ferry.
The videos, which are posted to the YouTube channels of euronews, Storyful and the Associated Press, show members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard arriving at the listing ship on boats and in helicopters, reaching survivors and pulling them to safety.
Four people are confirmed dead and hundreds are missing after the ferry, called Sewol, capsized near Jeju island off the southern coast of South Korea. The number of causalities is expected to rise; nearly 500 people were on board the ferry when it sunk shortly before 12 p.m. local time, including 300 high school students who were on a trip to a local island.
A team of navy divers were searching this ship's hull for survivors on Wednesday, as family members desperately waited for word of the missing.
Witnesses report hearing a loud noise before the ferry suddenly listed, sending students, teachers, and passengers diving into the 50-degree water.
“There was an announcement telling us to sit still, but the ferry was already sinking. Some of the students were not able to escape," one witness told the BBC. Another survivor told local television that students had jumped into the freezing ocean wearing life jackets before swimming to a nearby rescue boat. "As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another," he said. The ocean "was so cold ... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live."
A passenger ferry sinks off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju island.
The rescue work by members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard continues around the site of ferry accident off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Four people are confirmed dead and almost 300 are reported missing.
In this photo released by South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap News Agency, a ferry sinks in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
South Korean coast guard officers try to rescue passengers from a ferry sinking in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
Passengers are rescued by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard from a ferry sinking off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju island.
In this photo released by the South Korean Coast Guard via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean coast guard officers rescue passengers from a sinking ferry off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
Passengers are rescued by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard from a ferry sinking off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea.
A rescued passenger from a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast, is carried by rescue teams on his arrival at Jindo port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
A rescued passenger from a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast, is carried by police and rescue teams on his arrival at Jindo port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
Relatives of missing people wait at a Jindo port on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Two people are dead, and more than ninety are missing as reported.
Source : http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/south-korea-sunk-ferry-video/
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