Vice-Principal Of S.Korea School In Ferry Disaster Commits Suicide
started looking for him after he was reported missing by a fellow teacher. He was rescued from the ferry after it capsized. Twenty-eight people had been officially been declared dead before Kang's suicide and 179 were rescued. The overwhelming majority of the missing are students from the Danwon High School on the outskirts of Seoul, who were on a holiday trip. Divers are fighting strong tides and murky waters to get to the sunken ship but the likelihood of finding any of the missing alive is slim. At the high school in Ansan, an industrial town near Seoul, many friends and family
300 Missing After Korean Ferry Capsizes
the makeshift clinic. Most of the passengers on board the ferry appeared to have been teenagers and their teachers from a high school in Seoul who were on a field trip to Jeju island, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the Korean peninsula. CONFUSION OVER NUMBER MISSING An official from the Danwon High School in Ansan, a Seoul suburb, had earlier said all of its 338 students and teachers had been rescued. But that could not be confirmed by the coastguard or other officials involved in the rescue. The school official asked not to be identified. The Ministry of Security and Public Administration