At least four people have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for after a ferry with more than 400 passengers – mainly school students – sank off the coast of South Korea, according to reports.
Four people have been confirmed dead so far - including a male student, a female crew member and another unidentified man,Sky News reported.
A major rescue operation is still under way, involving 34 naval, coastguard and civilian ships, and 18 helicopters.
Fourteen people have been confirmed as injured.
It was initially reported that a total of 368 people have been rescued - many of them school students but the BBC reported this had now been revised down to 164. Sky News reported 295 people were still missing.
Horrifying reports revealed how hundreds of school children were told to jump off the listing ferry as the stricken vessel began to sink.
One student, Lim Hyung-min, told YTN from a gym on a nearby island he jumped into the ocean wearing a life jacket with other students and then swam to a rescue boat.
"As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another," he said, adding some people were bleeding.
He said the ocean "was so cold ... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live."
One mother told South Korea's YTN news channel: "I talked to my daughter. She said she had been rescued along with 10 other students.
"They said they had jumped into the water before getting rescued. One was injured in the leg and is being treated in hospital."
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Yellow ribbons symbolising hope for the safe return of missing passengers on the 'Sewol' ferry are displayed on a main gate of Danwon high school on April 24, 2014. The body of a high school student who made the first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was recovered from the submerged vessel on April 24, news reports said. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People attend a memorial for the victims of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' at the Ansan Olympic memorial hall on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (centre L) as they forcibly remove him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C) as they forcibly remove him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C) as they forcibly remove him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C) after they forcibly removed him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C) after they forcibly removed him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C) as they forcibly remove him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry embrace following scuffles that broke out as some forcibly removed vice police chief Choi Sang Han from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry embrace following scuffles that broke out as some forcibly removed vice police chief Choi Sang Han from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry confront vice police chief Choi Sang Han (C-L) after they forcibly removed him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll on April 24 stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People attend a memorial for the victims of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' at the Ansan Olympic memorial hall on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Yellow ribbons hang by a road side near Danwon high school where many of the schoolchildren missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended in Ansan on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll stood at 171, but 131 were still missing as dive teams searched in near pitch-black conditions for bodies trapped in the ferry's interior. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry express their frustrations as they surround police officer Choi Sang Han (C) after forcibly removing him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry express their frustration as they surround police officer Choi Sang Han (C) after forcibly removing him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 'Sewol' ferry express their frustration as they surround police officer Choi Sang Han (C) after forcibly removing him from an office at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards (L) sit in a small inflated boat as they navigate next to yellow ribbons symbolising hope for a safe return for missing passengers of the 'Sewol' ferry, attached to a fence at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The body of a high school student who made the first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was recovered from the submerged vessel on April 24, news reports said. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Yellow ribbons symbolising hope for a safe return for missing passengers of the 'Sewol' ferry hang on a fence at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 on April 22 as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two more of its crew into custody. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of missing passengers of the 'Sewol' ferry stand by the sea at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. Thousands of mourners paid tearful respects on April 23 at a temporary memorial to the hundreds of student victims of South Korea's ferry disaster, as the grim search for bodies entered a second week. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of missing passengers of the 'Sewol' ferry walk next to yellow ribbons of hope for a safe return for missing passengers attached on a fence at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. Thousands of mourners paid tearful respects on April 23 at a temporary memorial to the hundreds of student victims of South Korea's ferry disaster, as the grim search for bodies entered a second week. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Yellow ribbons symbolising hope for the safe return of missing passengers on the 'Sewol' ferry are displayed with notes on a main gate of Danwon high school on April 24, 2014. The body of a high school student who made the first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was recovered from the submerged vessel on April 24, news reports said. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative of a missing passenger of the 'Sewol' ferry walks next to yellow ribbons of hope for a safe return of missing passengers, attached on a fence at Jindo harbour on April 24, 2014. Thousands of mourners paid tearful respects on April 23 at a temporary memorial to the hundreds of student victims of South Korea's ferry disaster, as the grim search for bodies entered a second week. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rescue team personnel take part in recovery operations at the site of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol', marked with buoys, at sea off Jindo on April 24, 2014. The search for scores of passengers still missing from South Korea's ferry disaster entered a second week on April 23, to the deepening distress of their grieving, angry and frustrated families. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives onboard a ship react as they visit the site of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' at sea off Jindo on April 24, 2014. The search for scores of passengers still missing from South Korea's ferry disaster entered a second week on April 23, to the deepening distress of their grieving, angry and frustrated families. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Yellow ribbons symbolising hope for the safe return of missing passengers on the 'Sewol' ferry are displayed on a main gate of Danwon high school on April 24, 2014. The body of a high school student who made the first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was recovered from the submerged vessel on April 24, news reports said. AFP PHOTO/ KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rescue team personnel take part in recovery operations at the site of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol', marked with buoys, at sea off Jindo on April 24, 2014. The search for scores of passengers still missing from South Korea's ferry disaster entered a second week on April 23, to the deepening distress of their grieving, angry and frustrated families. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rescue team personnel take part in recovery operations at the site of the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol', marked with buoys, at sea off Jindo on April 24, 2014. The search for scores of passengers still missing from South Korea's ferry disaster entered a second week on April 23, to the deepening distress of their grieving, angry and frustrated families. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coast guards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Korea Coast Guard ship transporting the bodies of victims recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry arrives at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Firemen salute the bodies of victims recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry after being carried to waiting ambulances at Jindo harbour on April 22, 2014. Divers began to locate bodies on April 19 inside the submerged South Korean ferry as the detained captain defended his decision to delay evacuation of the ship when it capsized nearly four days ago with 476 people on board. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean coastguards and rescue workers are seen at the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean coast guard helicopter flies over the accident site of the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll in South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, but almost twice that number remained unaccounted for nearly a week into the rescue and recovery effort. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean rescue members carry the bodies of victims recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry from a Korea Coast Guard ship (L) at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative of a passenger on board capsized South Korean ferry Sewol prays at an area where family members of victims of the disaster are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative of a passenger on board capsized South Korean ferry Sewol looks at a board with the names of voctims that have been indentified in an area where family members of victims of the disaster are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives of a passenger on board the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol weep at an area where family members of victims of the disaster are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean rescue members carry the body of a victim recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry to an ambulance at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean rescue members carry the body of a victim recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry from a Korea Coast Guard ship (L top) at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Ambulances transporting the bodies of victims recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry drive away from the harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea rescue members carry the body of a victim recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry to an ambulance at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea rescue members carry the body of a victim recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry to an ambulance at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An ambulance (L) transporting the bodies of victims recovered from the 'Sewol' ferry drives past policemen at a harbour in Jindo on April 22, 2014. The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on April 22, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Flowers and messages create a makeshift memorial at the main gate of Danwon high school in Ansan on April 21, 2014 where many of the schoolchildren missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A lit candle burns in front of posted messages of hope (in background) for missing schoolchildren at a makeshift memorial at the main gate of Danwon high school in Ansan on April 21, 2014 where many of the students missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pedestrians look at the television news being broadcast at Seoul station about the rescue operations for missing passengers from sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' on April 21, 2014. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Messages of hope are pictured at a makeshift memorial at the main gate of Danwon high school in Ansan on April 21, 2014 where many of the schoolchildren missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives attend a prayer session at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative weeps as they stand before the sea at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A general view shows an area where family members of victims who were on board the capsized South Korean ferry Sewol are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. Three officers and one engineer from the capsized ferry Sewol were taken into police custody, a prosecutor on the case told AFP, following the arrest at the weekend of the captain and two other crew members. The 6,825-tonne ship sank off the southwest coast with 476 people on board -- mostly high school students on a holiday trip. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A monk leads a prayer session as a relative weeps at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Volunteers prepare food at a gymnasium used as a gathering point for family members of missing passengers aboard the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol', in Jindo on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative weeps as she sits before the sea at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People look at messages and flowers left at a makeshift memorial at the main gate of Danwon high school in Ansan on April 21, 2014 where many of the schoolchildren missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative of a passenger on board capsized South Korean ferry Sewol weeps at an area where family members of victims of the disaster are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. Three officers and one engineer from the capsized ferry Sewol were taken into police custody, a prosecutor on the case told AFP, following the arrest at the weekend of the captain and two other crew members. The 6,825-tonne ship sank off the southwest coast with 476 people on board -- mostly high school students on a holiday trip. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Messages and flowers sit at a makeshift memorial at the main gate of Danwon high school in Ansan on April 21, 2014 where many of the schoolchildren missing from the sunken South Korean ferry 'Sewol' attended. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way 'tantamount to murder,' President Park Guen-Hye said on April 21, as four more crew members were arrested. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative of a passenger on board capsized South Korean ferry Sewol weeps at an area where family members of victims of the disaster are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. Three officers and one engineer from the capsized ferry Sewol were taken into police custody, a prosecutor on the case told AFP, following the arrest at the weekend of the captain and two other crew members. The 6,825-tonne ship sank off the southwest coast with 476 people on board -- mostly high school students on a holiday trip. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A monk leads a prayer session in an area where family members of passengers on board capsized South Korean ferry Sewol are gathered at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. Three officers and one engineer from the capsized ferry Sewol were taken into police custody, a prosecutor on the case told AFP, following the arrest at the weekend of the captain and two other crew members. The 6,825-tonne ship sank off the southwest coast with 476 people on board -- mostly high school students on a holiday trip. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rescue workers use absorbent fabric to collect oil at the site of the submerged 'Sewol' ferry off the coast of Jindo on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said April 21 they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rescue workers use absorbent fabric to collect oil at the site of the submerged 'Sewol' ferry off the coast of Jindo on April 21, 2014. South Korean prosecutors said April 21 they had detained four more crew members in a widening investigation into a ferry disaster that left hundreds missing, presumed dead. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative weeps at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives weep at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry 'Sewol' are gathered, at Jindo harbour on April 21, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said on April 21 that the behaviour of the captain and crew of the ferry that capsized five days ago with 476 people on board was unacceptable and 'tantamount to murder'. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: South Korean Navy rescue teams work near to the buoys installed to mark the position of the sunken ferry on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A rescue diver swims near the buoys installed to mark the position of the sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A South Korean team searches for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A giant offshore crane arrives near to the buoys installed to mark the postion of the sunken ferry at the site of the ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: South Korean Navy rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: South Korean rescue teams work near to the buoys installed to mark the position of the sunken ferry on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: South Korean Navy rescue teams work near to the buoys installed to mark the position of the sunken ferry on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A South Korean monk performs during the buddhist ceremony for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Rescue Work Continues At South Korean Ferry Disaster Site(77 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Rescue Work Continues At South Korean Ferry Disaster Site(78 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: South Korean team search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty eight people are reported dead, with 268 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was transporting about 475 passengers, including students and teachers, travelling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Rescue Work Continues At South Korean Ferry Disaster Site(79 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: A relative pray as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 18: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 18, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least twenty five people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative (C) of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry speaks to South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (not pictured) as she visits at a gym filled with relatives of the missing, in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Relatives wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo gymnasium on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo gymnasium on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Rescue and Search Continue At The Site Of Ferry Disaster Off South Korea(87 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A member of the South Korean Coast Guard checks the radar during the search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean relative of a passenger on board a capsized ferry cries as relatives and friends wait for news about their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative (C) reacts as she waits in a makeshift tent along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Memebers of the South Korean Navy search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean relative (R) of a passenger on board a capsized ferry reacts as she waits for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives react as they wait in a makeshift tent set up for them along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives wait in a makeshift tent set up for them along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) visits relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Family Members Gather At South Korean Ferry Disaster Rescue Site(100 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (7th L) speaks during a visit to relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for updates about their loved ones at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry cry as they wait for news about their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) speaks during a visit to relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for updates about their loved ones at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative (C) reacts with frustration in a makeshift tent along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean soldiers help a relative (C) of a passenger on board a capsized ferry as they wait for news, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) visits relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(108 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry cry as they wait for news about their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(109 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) speaks during a visit to relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for updates about their loved ones at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry gather for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) visits relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative waits on a pier in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(114 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(115 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(118 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(119 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A member of the South Korean Coast Guard observes the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(120 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(121 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry gather for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(122 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(123 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry take a ship to go to the venue at a harbour in Jindo early on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(124 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry gather for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(125 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry take a ship to go to the venue at a harbour in Jindo early on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(126 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(127 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Memebers of the South Korean Navy search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(128 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Memebers of the South Korean Navy search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry gather for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(130 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry gather for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(131 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(132 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(133 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(134 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(135 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(136 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(137 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry cry as they wait for news about their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(139 of202)
Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(140 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry cry as they wait for news about their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(142 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Four people are confirmed dead and almost 300 are reported missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol is reported to have been carrying around 459 passengers, including students and teachers, as it travelled to Jeju island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (C) visits relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(144 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Four people are confirmed dead and almost 300 are reported missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol is reported to have been carrying around 459 passengers, including students and teachers, as it travelled to Jeju island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean relative (C) of a passenger on board a capsized ferry reacts as she waits for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(146 of202)
Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(147 of202)
Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
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Relatives wait for news at a harbour in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A general view shows the flares of rescue teams as they search a capsized ferry, behind an island as seen from a harbour in Jindo early on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(150 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(151 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative prays on a pier in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives wait for news at a harbour in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(154 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, rescue work by members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard continues around the 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry take a ship to go to the venue at a harbour in Jindo early on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(156 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(157 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(158 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(159 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, rescue work by members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard continues around the 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(160 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(161 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative waits for news at a harbour in Jindo early on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(163 of202)
South Korean relatives of missing people react as they gather at a gym in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(164 of202)
South Korean relatives of missing people react as they gather at a gym in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(165 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, rescue work by members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard continues around the 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Memebers of the South Korean Navy search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(167 of202)
South Korean relatives of missing people react as they gather at a gym in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(169 of202)
Rescued ferry passengers react as they gather at a gym in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(170 of202)
South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry wait for missing people at a harbour in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from the ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(171 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(172 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(173 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: South Korean Coast Guard and rescue teams search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(174 of202)
JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Memebers of the South Korean Navy search for missing passengers at the site of the sunken ferry off the coast of Jindo Island on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. At least six people are reported dead, with 290 still missing. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean relative (R) of a passenger on board a capsized ferry reacts as she waits for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry reacts as they wait for news at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Coast guard members search for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 17, 2014. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: Relatives weep as they wait for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 17: A relative weeps as she waits for missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Jindo port on April 17, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. Six are dead, and 290 are missing as reported. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including the students and teachers, traveling to Jeju Island. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives wait in a makeshift tent set up for them along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative (C) reacts as she waits in a makeshift tent along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A relative (C) reacts as she waits in a makeshift tent along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Relatives react as they wait in a makeshift tent set up for them along a dockside in Jindo on April 17, 2014, as the frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight on April 17 to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry cry as they wait for news of their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized extended into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonising vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
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Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
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South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (7th L) speaks during a visit to relatives of missing passengers on board a capsized ferry as they wait for updates about their loved ones at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. Rescuers worked frantically on April 17 to find 300 people -- mostly schoolchildren -- missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel dimming as emotions boiled over among anguished relatives. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
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Passengers of a ferry sinking off South Korea's southern coast is rescued and hoisted onto a Coast Guards helicopter off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul. Nearly 300 people were still missing on Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 459, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast. (credit:AP)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, rescue work by members of the Republic of Korea Coast Guard continues around the 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, 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. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A South Korean relative of passengers on board a capsized ferry reacts as she waits for missing people at a harbour in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from the ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry wait for missing people at a harbour in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from the ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry wait for missing people at a harbour in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from the ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
S. Korea Ferry With Hundreds Of Passengers Sinks(201 of202)
South Korean relative of passengers on board a capsized ferry react as they wait for missing people at a harbour in Jindo on April 16, 2014 as rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced to find up to 293 people missing from the ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people -- a male student and a female crew member -- were confirmed dead as the vessel sank 20 kilometres (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Korean relatives of passengers on board a capsized ferry wait for news on their loved ones, at a gym in Jindo on April 17, 2014. The frantic search for nearly 300 people, most of them schoolchildren, missing after a South Korean ferry capsized slipped into a second day on April 17, as distraught relatives maintained an agonised vigil on shore. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Passenger Kim Seung Mok said that, despite his efforts and those of others, he couldn't get to several passengers on one of the decks.
"I stayed till the last to rescue people at the hall," Kim told YTN. "But the water was coming in so fast (that) some didn't make it out."
Navy divers were now searching the scene for those unaccounted for, officials said.
The ferry, with 477 people and 150 vehicles on board, was sailing to the southern island of Jeju when it sent a distress call as it began leaning to one side.
Soon afterwards it had completely capsized, with only the front part of its hull visible above the water.
One witness told YTN television there had been a "loud impact and noise" before it began sinking.