I haven't seen this posted yet, but it's been the big news around the world for the past couple of weeks. It's so sad that something like this could've happened. The whole country of Korea is in mourning.
I'd just like to know your thoughts on this incident.
If you haven't heard about this before, there's a Wikipedia site about it, or I can just sum it up for you.
On the morning of April 16th, a ferry boat called the Sewol carrying 476 passengers capsized while traveling from the Korean cities of Jeju and Incheon. It has been 2 weeks since this disaster, and 210 are confirmed dead at the time of this post while 92 remain missing. 174 were rescued.
My thoughts on this subject with some more facts:
It's just disappointing that such a thing could have happened. Many people blame the captain for reckless control of the vessel, the bad weather conditions, or even the possibility of the boat hitting something that caused it to tip over. I don't blame anyone, but the fact that most of the passengers are high school students and many of the crew members got themselves out first upsets me. Even the captain was one of the first people rescued.
The crew neglected their duties and instructed the passengers to stay where they were and not to move in order to stay safe, when they really should've been getting life jackets on and exiting the ship.
We know there was a female crew member who lost her life trying to help the other passengers get out, and we honor her.
Basically, why it happened? We're not sure. Human error is what most people believe to be the reason. The captain is only going away for 5 years, and we don't know about the other crew members.
This is a horrible incident that could've been prevented. We mourn and offer our condolences for those affected by this tragedy. We are still trending #PrayForSouthKorea on social media sites.