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Rescuers Rush to South Korean Ferry Accident | Rescuers Rush to South Korean Ferry Accident |
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SEOUL, South Korea — At least one person died when a ferry that was carrying hundreds of high school students to a resort island listed to one side and began sinking off the southwestern tip of South Korea, the maritime police said on Wednesday. | |
The 6,825-ton ferry, the Sewol, was sailing from Incheon, a port west of Seoul, to the resort island, Jeju, which is 60 miles off the south coast of South Korea, on Wednesday morning when it sent a distress signal. | The 6,825-ton ferry, the Sewol, was sailing from Incheon, a port west of Seoul, to the resort island, Jeju, which is 60 miles off the south coast of South Korea, on Wednesday morning when it sent a distress signal. |
The vessel was carrying 477 passengers and crew, including 325 high school students. | The vessel was carrying 477 passengers and crew, including 325 high school students. |
“We plucked one dead body from the waters,” said Oh Hae-yoon, an officer at the coast guard station in Mokpo, a seaport at the southwestern corner of South Korea. | “We plucked one dead body from the waters,” said Oh Hae-yoon, an officer at the coast guard station in Mokpo, a seaport at the southwestern corner of South Korea. |
According to Mr. Oh, 168 people were rescued. He provided no further information. | According to Mr. Oh, 168 people were rescued. He provided no further information. |
But the office of education in Gyeonggi Province, where the students’ high school is, reported that all the students and their teachers had been rescued. | But the office of education in Gyeonggi Province, where the students’ high school is, reported that all the students and their teachers had been rescued. |
Coast guard and navy ships, along with fishing boats, rushed to the scene. South Korean television footage showed coast guard helicopters pulling passengers off the badly tilting vessel. | Coast guard and navy ships, along with fishing boats, rushed to the scene. South Korean television footage showed coast guard helicopters pulling passengers off the badly tilting vessel. |
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. | The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. |
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