Video of captain leaping from sinking South Korean ferry, leaving students to die

Опубликовано: 01 Апрель 2026
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In a video released Monday by the South Korean Coast Guard, the captain, Lee Joon-seok, wearing only a sweater and underpants is shown leaping from the sinking ferry, which is tilted about 45 degrees, onto a rescue boat. According to Kim Kyung-il, a coast guard official, the ship’s crew members did not tell rescuers that they were crew members. Read the full story here.

This video was originally published on 28 April 2014

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