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| Messages From Students on South Korean Ferry | Messages From Students on South Korean Ferry |
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| As a South Korean ferry began sinking with 475 people believed to be aboard — 325 of them students from Danwon High School — passengers reached for their cellphones and began sending messages to their loved ones. The following are transcripts of those exchanges. | As a South Korean ferry began sinking with 475 people believed to be aboard — 325 of them students from Danwon High School — passengers reached for their cellphones and began sending messages to their loved ones. The following are transcripts of those exchanges. |
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| Shin Seong-hee heeded the advice of the ship’s communications officer, who told passengers to stay inside rather than evacuate. Her sister showed a reporter these text messages to her father. | Shin Seong-hee heeded the advice of the ship’s communications officer, who told passengers to stay inside rather than evacuate. Her sister showed a reporter these text messages to her father. |
| Seong-hee: “Dad, don’t worry. I am wearing a life vest and my friends and I are all holding on together. I am inside the ship. Still in the corridor.” | Seong-hee: “Dad, don’t worry. I am wearing a life vest and my friends and I are all holding on together. I am inside the ship. Still in the corridor.” |
| Father: “I know the rescuers are coming, but why don’t you try to come outside?” | Father: “I know the rescuers are coming, but why don’t you try to come outside?” |
| Seong-hee: “Dad, I can’t walk now because all the kids are in the corridor. And because the ship is tilting too much.” | Seong-hee: “Dad, I can’t walk now because all the kids are in the corridor. And because the ship is tilting too much.” |
| She has not been heard from since. | She has not been heard from since. |
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| Shin Young-jin’s exchange with his mother, which makes a reference to a messaging service, was broadcast by the South Korean news media. | Shin Young-jin’s exchange with his mother, which makes a reference to a messaging service, was broadcast by the South Korean news media. |
| Young-jin: “Mom, I say this now because I may never be able to say it: I love you.” | Young-jin: “Mom, I say this now because I may never be able to say it: I love you.” |
| Mother: “Why...? I was wondering why you weren’t checking KakaoTalk. | Mother: “Why...? I was wondering why you weren’t checking KakaoTalk. |
| Me too, son... I love you.” | Me too, son... I love you.” |
| He lived. | He lived. |
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| Kim Hyun-yi, 16, called her father and told him that the ship was sinking. She said she was holding on to some sort of pillar and, crying, told him she wanted to live. | Kim Hyun-yi, 16, called her father and told him that the ship was sinking. She said she was holding on to some sort of pillar and, crying, told him she wanted to live. |
| Father: “You must be with your friends. Never lose them.” | Father: “You must be with your friends. Never lose them.” |
| They lost contact, but a few hours later she called her father to say she had survived. | They lost contact, but a few hours later she called her father to say she had survived. |
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| Kim Min-kyu, 16, sent his girlfriend, Jeong Geum-hwa, a text message from the ferry. | Kim Min-kyu, 16, sent his girlfriend, Jeong Geum-hwa, a text message from the ferry. |
| Min-kyu: “Ahh… Ship is turning...” | Min-kyu: “Ahh… Ship is turning...” |
| Geum-hwa: “What? What are you talking about?” | Geum-hwa: “What? What are you talking about?” |
| She has not heard from him since. | She has not heard from him since. |
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| The South Korean news media broadcast a male student’s exchange with his older brother. | The South Korean news media broadcast a male student’s exchange with his older brother. |
| Student: “We were on a ferry going to Jeju Island. Then the ferry hit something. The boat isn’t moving and this thing called water rescue team or something is coming or something.” | Student: “We were on a ferry going to Jeju Island. Then the ferry hit something. The boat isn’t moving and this thing called water rescue team or something is coming or something.” |
| Brother: “Is it completely crushed?” | Brother: “Is it completely crushed?” |
| Student: “I am inside so I don’t know about that. | Student: “I am inside so I don’t know about that. |
| The data reception is not that good, either. | The data reception is not that good, either. |
| But the coast guard just came, apparently.” | But the coast guard just came, apparently.” |
| Brother: “Ok if the rescue team is coming, it will come soon. | Brother: “Ok if the rescue team is coming, it will come soon. |
| So don’t needlessly go this way and that. Just keep yourself alert and calm and do as is announced. | So don’t needlessly go this way and that. Just keep yourself alert and calm and do as is announced. |
| Move as fast as they tell you to. | Move as fast as they tell you to. |
| Contact me again when you get data reception. | Contact me again when you get data reception. |
| According to KakaoTalk, the last string of messages from the brother were unread, and the student on the ship has not been found. | According to KakaoTalk, the last string of messages from the brother were unread, and the student on the ship has not been found. |
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| Maeil Business Newspaper published messages between a student and his father. | |
| Kim Beom-soo: “Dad, I am wearing my life jacket and lying in my bed. What should I do?” | |
| Father: “Drop all your belongings and hold on to anything, a pole, anything.” | |
| Kim Beom-soo: “Hope we can meet again alive (sobbing)” | |
| He remains missing. | |
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| JoongAng Ilbo, a South Korean daily, published messages from a group chat on Kakao Talk between 39 students and their teacher. | |
| (9:10 a.m.) Student 1: Teacher, are you O.K.? (28 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:10 a.m.) Student 2: Did you wear a life vest, teacher? (28 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:11 a.m.) Teacher: Yes!!! I wore a life vest (28 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:13 a.m.) Teacher: Guys~ don’t move and stay still~ Wear a life vest if you can (28 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Yes, teacher (29 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Guys (29 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Let’s meet again alive (29 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:22 a.m.) Student 3: I love you all (31 members didn’t read this) | |
| (9:28 a.m.) Student 1: Guys, I love you (32 members didn’t read this) | |
| The fate of the students and their teacher is unknown. |