Children's corpses reveal desperate attempts to escape Korean ferry


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Apr 2014

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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