South Korean ferry that sank 3 years ago lifted from sea

The ferry’s captain survived and is serving a life sentence after a court found him guilty of committing homicide through “willful negligence” because he fled the ship without issuing an evacuation order. Park was forced to defend herself against accusations that she was out of contact for several hours on the day of the sinking.

Terrible leadership failure. This tragedy hurt Korean psyche big time as many sk were not only traumatized but also ashamed 'their' ppl had failed so miserably. Can't imagine being the parent or close relative of one of the teenager who perished on this day. No one ever completely recovers from this.

That's an impressive salvage operation...

Still painful to think of those kids filming their final moments on a cell phone after being told to stay where they were (while the Captain ran), and joking that they were going to die... I also can't imagine what the families are going through, let alone what the people on the ship went through in their last moments.