Children's corpses reveal desperate attempts to escape Korean ferry


South Korean rescue workers operate around the area where capsized passenger ship Sewol sank during an rescue operation in Jindo April 23, 2014. REUTERS/Yonhap

MOKPO/SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean divers swam though dark, cold waters into a sunken ferry on Wednesday, feeling for children's bodies with their hands in a maze of cabins, corridors and upturned decks as they searched for hundreds of missing.

The divers, with oxygen and communications lines trailing, can only see a few inches in front of them in the wreckage of the ship that started sinking a week ago after a sharp turn. Most of the victims were high school children, who were told to stay where they were for their own safety.

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