JINDO: Salvage operators were preparing to move South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry on to another vessel to transfer it to port Friday, nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives. “Today is the last day of the neap tide and we must finish loading the Sewol to the submersible,” Lee Cheol-jo, a ministry official in charge of the operation told reporters, referring to when tides are at their weakest. Almost all the dead were schoolchildren and it is thought that nine bodies still unaccounted for may be trapped inside the sunken ship. Other bereaved family members gathered at Paengmok harbour, an hour away from the site, huddled in front of a small computer monitor for any updates to the salvage operation. “From time to time when the news mentions a possible obstacle, my heart stops,” said Yoo Young-Hwa, who lost her daughter on the Sewol.

Source: Manila Times March 24, 2017 03:22 UTC