All posts tagged "ferry"

  • Before Thursday's game, the Dodgers' official Twitter account posted a picture of Ryu's locker with the sign "SEWOL 4.16.14," in tribute to the victims of the accident off South Korea's southern coast. (Yonhap)
    Ryu Hyun-jin donates $100,000 to ferry victims

    The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin improved to 3-1 on the year as he pitched seven shutout innings against the San Francisco Giants on the road on Thursday. But his best pitch came after the...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • Members of the Navy’s ship salvage unit (SSU) search Thursday for missing passengers who were on a ferry that sank off the southwestern coast Wednesday morning. Five hundred and fifty-five Navy, Coast Guard and civilian divers and support personnel are on the scene. / Yonhap
    [HOT LINKS] South Korea ferry disaster: What’s the likelihood of finding survivors?

     – As rescuers take on the daunting task of finding survivors, family members of the missing passengers are pinning slim hopes on floundering air pockets in the capsized South Korean ferry. They know the odds aren’t in...

    • Posted April 18, 2014
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  • The Korean police department's Cyber Terror Response Center said Thursday that these images floating around the Internet have been determined to be fake. (Yonhap)
    Heartless prank

    Police say mobile messages sent to families purportedly by missing students trapped in the sunken wreckage of the Sewol are fake  “I’m in the second year in classroom nine and I’m alive,” a photo of a cellphone message being...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • The nation was hoping against hope Thursday that more survivors from the sunken ferry Sewol would be found. They can only wait. (Yonhap)
    Nation praying for a miracle

    By Kim Da-ye, Yoon Sung-won JINDO ― The nation was hoping against hope Thursday that more survivors from the sunken ferry Sewol would be found. Unfortunately, that collective prayer fell short of helping find anyone alive many hours...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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    Heartbreaking text messages sent to family and friends from sinking ferry

    By Kang Seung-woo Students from the sinking ferry, Sewol, sent text messages to their parents, now a poignant record of the tragedy as it unfolded. A second-year student, identified by Park, texted his mother, saying “The ship...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • Lee Joon-seok, middle, the captain of the ferry Sewol that capsized off the southwest coast on Wednesday morning, went under questioning at the Mokpo Coast Guard Station in South Jeolla Province, Thursday. Lee, who was among the first to be rescued, said he was not sure about the cause of the sinking. (Yonhap)
    Ferry captain, government under fire

    By Jun Ji-hye The captain of the ill-fated Sewol ferry is the focus of public outrage after it became known that he and six other crewmembers were among the first to be rescued when the vessel was...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • A man breaks down after checking the list. (Yonhap)
    “Wrong instructions increased death toll”

    By Kim Se-jeong, Choi Kyong-ae Survivors of the ferry Sewol said an announcement from the captain asking passengers to stop moving worsened the situation. “I ran into my room, after I heard the announcement. But things didn’t...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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