"I think we're going to die." Emotional text messages emerge from ferry disaster
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2014
- Heart-wrenching text messages sent by students stuck in the capsized ferry have been shared with the public.
In one of the verified texts sent just minutes after the accident... a student writes of despair in the face of certain doom.
And in others, students exchange words of love.
Connie Lee has the details. At the time the ferry was sinking... students trapped inside the vessel sent text messages,... and most of them reveal fears that they might not make it out alive.
Students telling each other, "I love you" are seen throughout the exchange in one chatroom.
One student even writes... "I think we're really going to die" -- showing feelings of hopelessness, as the ship was listing.
In another chatroom of students... one passenger writes... "If I ever hurt you,... please forgive me"... and then ends... with "I love you."
It has yet to be confirmed... whether the students who sent these messages have survived.
Now an exchange between students and a teacher.
The students ask if the teacher is okay... and if he or she is wearing a life vest.
The teacher responds with exclamation points, "Yes " and tries to reassure the students... telling them to stay where they were and to put on a life vest.
The conversation ends... with words that possibly show a loss of hope among those on the ship.
They all tell each other "I love you" --- which may prove to be last messages they'll ever send.
A video taken by a cell phone also reveals... students staying put inside the ferry... when it started to capsize.
And stories from survivors... show desperate attempts to live --- with some passengers breaking through windows and jumping into the ocean to be rescued.
"I just jumped into the water and started swimming. It was really cold... so I tried to swim as fast as I could..."
"When the ship was completely listed, the water just rushed in. The water really came up to my face... not giving me any time to think."
But he was one of the lucky ones... who actually came out of this disaster alive.
Connie Lee, Arirang News.
![[NOW] Voices of the parents “Please remember our children” (부모들의 목소리 “아이들을 기억해주세요”)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uw0C7AxcXMk/mqdefault.jpg)
It's so upsetting when you can see the students in the ship windows when it's almost all the way under..
BaNgTaN sOnYeOnDaN this is off topic but...Nice username! ~army and multifan here~
@@ireneseyebrowsforlife3840 Same here ~ 😊
Where in the video?
Yeah.. And I know this might not be about the topic.. but I love your pfp and username!^^
@@noveparker8597 It's not exactly this video but other videos.
I feel like the worse thing to tell someone in a situation like this is that they were lucky. They left their friends, they must not feel lucky at all. You should never tell anyone in a situation like this that theyre lucky.
I agree, they probably deal with a lot of survivors guilt for the rest of their lives. Poor souls.
People don’t ever think about survivors guilt
Yup some people even say "Why did I survive but not my friends?"
They were so many people who suffered that day... the students who were frantic... the teachers who had to care for the missing students... there was a teacher who could have escaped easily but decided to try and save his students, and he gave away his life vest to one of them... the parents, the family of the deceased and the survivors :"(
Why not both though? Yes they probably feel guilty but they were also lucky to get out of there alive! What else could it be other than luck? Since we all know wtf the captain, president and the other adults responsible did to help - nothing.
I hate the captain, oh my heart i cant handle this 😭😭😭, i pray for 304 victims may they rest in peace and hope their family stay strong
Lets all see each others alive. 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
I'm tired of seeing comments like:
"the kids should've ignored the captain and just escape"
"many of them would have survived if they didn't listen to the captain"
"i would've just jumped"
it's easy to say that because you weren't there. i bet only very few of you would actually jumped.
consider this:
- they are high school students
- they have no exact idea of what was happening, the current condition of the ship, how fast it's sinking, they only know that it's tilting badly
- none of them have the proper knowledge on what to do in that situation
- the sea is cold and the weather is quite bad
- can't escape through windows because of the water pressure
those factors are the reason why they listened to the captain. obviously, they thought the captain knew what's best and what they should do to increase the rate of survival. they thought the captain was doing something to rescue them but in reality, they were being abandoned.
even if there were students who ignored the captain and jumped to the sea way earlier, it's unlikely they could've survived hypothermia.
blame the selfish captain and the crew who abandoned them. blame the authorities that rejected the help offer from US and Japan who were nearby. blame the government who didn't send help immediately, the students were rescued by nearby fishermen and the divers were civilian volunteers. do not ever, "blame" the students for listening to the captain.
I agree with you.
Totally agree with you, Who doesn't panic when in this situation. If I was there I might have listened to the captain too, because we don't know what happened. What's more it is very dangerous to swim in the cold sea, they might die too. Especially who don't know how to swim. Rip for all victims 😢💐
@@jhzkr9933 Panic 2 hours while ship is tilting from 30 to 90+, later on 180 degrees? Sad thing is the culture, in which young ones need to throw their brain and logic into the garbage because someone older said something. It's stupidity. There were a lot of time to escape, i don't want to say it's kids fault, because it's not, they are kids. It's culture fault. Fault of adults. I bet a lot of them survived if they didn't see the boats and helicopters around through windows while ship was sinking because they (as a kids) have believed that everything is under control. If they didn't see those boats and choppers, i bet a lot of them would go outside to the deck which was easiest way possible to do, and to survive. Sure there was a lot of factors, but this one is clear as the sky in the summertime.
I agree to be honest especially when the authorities tell you not to move youll be too scared to jump or anything may all the victims rest in peace
2 hours !!! alot of time to rescue and escape from inside to the outside or top of the ship !!!! no need to jump just sit on the top ship , the team rescue would come to aavw their live ... watch film TITANIC .. everyone just reach out the top outside ship wait for rescue came save their life .... anyway RIP for all... the country has no quick idea for emergency and has no quick n fast rescue team for save their citizen live ... so saddd for your country.... RIP all lovely kids n teacher and others
When this whole tragedy happened, I was in a very dark place in my life and I didn’t want to live anymore but I saw how these children wanted to live and how I was taking my life for granted, so I made a promise to live for them, I didn’t know who they were but they impacted my life and they changed the way I think, their death broke my heart, so now I am living for them. May those angels Rest In Peace. 🕊🙏🏽💜
Stay strong 💗
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Stay strong
Hello I hope you are doing okay. Stay strong Queen!
0:50 the response (my Korean is basic so forgive me for any mistranslation)
“아니, 배 사고? 형 보고싶어요”
(“ani, bae sago? hyung bogoshipeoyeo”)
“No. Ship accident? Brother I miss you”
Seeing the students’ last moments captured like this is heartbreaking. Over 300 lives were lost because of a captain telling people to stay put WHILE HE ESCAPED 😡💔
Please, let there be a miracle.
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The fact that this was 6 years ago😭
@@kpopedits3624 right.... Rest in peace
It's been 7 years but we can never get over the fact that 304 innocent souls died because of selfish people
I wish I was there to tell them that, 'when they told you not to panic, that's when you run.' And to yell, 'if you all want to survive, go outside!'
So many lives lost.
im crying fvck hitting the window with chair and tried to escape but no one noticed fvck they just wanted to live :(((
You were here too!?
@@zbunbun3050 no she stating what someone else did
They noticed but they didnt give a fvck
1:10 I saw that chat in Korean and it really saddened me . I think the teacher knew he was the only one gonna make it
If you're confused or want to know more about this, watch 'the diving bell' it's a documentation that was shot DURING the sinking/'rescue' attempts and shows how much of this was covered up and how much effort went into stopping rescues instead of rescuing. There's also the videos of boys and girls that took videos DURING the sinking on youtube, that clearly show the captain telling them all to stay put, wear lifejackets (dooming them to death) and at the end how they realize they're going to die
president park disappeard during the first 7 critical hours was fishy enough. they refused all offered aid. they wanted these kids to go
i watched the thailand cave rescue, when the prime minister knew it was critical because the water was rising very fast and no one even knew if the kids were actually alive because no diver could go far enough into he cave, they still called for international aid that was why they got all the kids out alive.
Link??
And this is quite typical of the history of shipwrecks - passengers are always told to stay in their seats and the ship sinks along with the passengers who remained in their seats. Does not depend on the state
That tragedy really made my heart ache💔
My respect for them are so high how can they be so calm sitting there waiting for their time to arrived hoping someone will save them but.....none😢Taking videos still laughing still smiling saying"Mom Dad i love you" How can they still smile and laugh when they already know there in danger😭😭 this are what u call HEROES R.I.P Angels😭😢✨🥀💜
THEY TRUSTED THE ADULTS BUT THE ADULTS DISSAPPOINTED THE KIDS AND WASTED THEIR YOUTH
it's the captain and their government faults
If I ever hurt you 😭😭
Im making a promise to live for all the students on this ship who didn’t make it
I really hate the captin
Many parties were responsible for this disaster. The ferry had undergone illegal renovations to increase capacity and during this voyage was carrying DOUBLE the cargo (and probably passengers) it was originally designed to carry. This smacks of GREED by the owner of the ferry who in June 2014 was found dead, possibly took the easy way out.. Also, where were the authorities who oversee maritime activity - this kind of illegal and significant modification of sea vessels should have been detected. And of course the captain and crew of the ferry and incompetent 'rescue' efforts.
@@kenlee1416 but the person who is the most responsible is the captain so why the fuck are you trying to excuse that by saying other parties are involved? Don't you know the rule that a captain is responsible for it's passengers and should die with the ship if its sinking or at least die rescuing people?? it's the fucking captains fault, the END.
@@kenlee1416 wasn’t it the captains fault for making the ship carry more than it can hold?
captain got a life sentence anyways
@@brennathecatlover4360 no, it was the companies fault, the captain is only in charge of sailing the ship safely, which he didn't because he took a easier but riskier way, he let a thirdmate drive the risky short cut while he was resting :/
Just thinking if I were in the situation really makes me upset, I feel so bad and I'm sorry to the ones that had a loss... RIP angels
am still crying over this 😭😭😭😭😭
I cried because this is heart breaking 💔
They didn't got the chance of surviving,they stayed and follow the wrong order,which is to stay put.The should've all just jump into the water..but they didn't because they followed the order the captain was giving.
I makes my heart scream so bad because knowing that they were all trying right er our together no matter what 😭
As someone who's studying to be a captain on a ship someday this is very heartbreaking and i can't comprehend how the captain and everyone else could be so...ignorant. Even if i'm not doing my best by studying right now i would never let something like that happen and i' m extremely sorry for the families loss. I wish every single person on this earth could have the least amount of human decency and help others when in need..but some are just selfish, its no explanation for that. And as much as i believe you should never trust anyone (because things like this can happen) i still have hope for this world and people. Please let's be better!
It’s heartbreaking💔
That man is just messed up why would he just leave them behind he's unforgivable that's so messed up and really upsetting...
I don’t know what kind of captain leaves so many kids
It hurts to see this. The other one asking forgiveness these poor sould left alone in there. May the sinners be punished.
Oh my god I can't control my tears 💔
im literally in tears i feel so bad..
아ㅜㅜㅜ진짜 그땐 어려서 뭐지?했었는데 중학생이되고 영상을 보니 참담하고 너무슬프네요 익사 그순간에 춥고어둡고 얼마나 무서웠을지..
may they rest in piece
The captains or staff that did not help and told them to stay put while they evacuate are really selfish, like think of other people.
till this day it makes me so mad that all the adults just told them to stay inside.
they couldve survived.
I'm not a parents but i felt hopeless for those children trap inside the ferry😢
Being ’lucky’ isnt the word for it, they shouldnt even had to have gone through this. This whole situation is so messed up, poor souls they had sm to live for. This world is so cruel
Today is 8th aniversary of sewol ferry tragedy..
I hope they all are in Rest in peace 🎗
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Date- 16-04-2022
I almost cry
JESSA WABE the documentary made me cry so much I got so tired after watching it I wanna sleep it so sad though I cried so loud
I can't bear this 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 save me I....... All the soul's rest in peace and i am missing u even if i am indian
Even i know that i not in this ship but i feel so sad for them and even i know this ship sinking at 2014 but i still can remember it omg😭 and the captain are so dumd and selfish i will not forgive he until he die and last thing i dont know what will happen if PARK JI YOUNG not point them to wear life vest but pathetic she not survive the evil survive the good die i cant accept it arghhhhhhhhhh i hope they rest in peace
I can’t even swim so I would of died
same!! I would have if i wasnt a scaredy cat lol..
Local Crackhead they had life vests but for those who haven’t i would have been scared. it’s so sad and heartbreaking to know that they were taking videos and joking around at first and then this happened.
@@claire6074 i guess if you don't know swimming, life vests can't save you
Im crying...💔💔💔😭😭😭😭
10 years… What’s sad is that one of the students, I don’t know if it was through text or call, but the student told his sister to “don’t go on a school trip if you want to end up like your brother” or something along those lines 🎗️
All i can think of is if i was in that situation how i badly i would be crying i would give up on my hopes and dreams and would cry for my parents and others i would feel guilty if i survived i would feel no worth of living. I feel so bad for the people who had to go through this just because adults couldn’t do their jobs. Imagine the guilt others are going thorough rn may they rest in peace and i wish happiness for family members and the survivors.
saddening
So heartbreaking. If I ever see people going through the window, I'm going through the window too. I wish they all did. So sorry
The captain is a dimwit
This hurts to even see I’ve just remembered this and came to say one last time may all 304 souls Rest In Peace 💐
How did the student's sense of self preservation not start kicking in at any point?! The knew the ship was tipping, they kept talking about it.
Omg it's so sad I really feel sad for kids😞😞😔😔😔😔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This is like the Titanic,, this is too sad
It's been 10 years now 🎗️
Even though they were wearing their life jackets the ferry was filled with water leaving them not being able to escape easily on a tilted boat and Water pressure coming in. Later the divers said that most the bodies have broken fingers due to trying to break windows,walls,doors,etc. 💔 all by the captain saying four words he could’ve saved them all, “ get off the ship” or “ go to the upper deck “ where the crew and captain was while they were under water drowning. HE COULDV SAID FOUR WORDS TO SAVE THEM ALL. BUT NO, HE SAID “ STAY STILL STAY WHERE YOU ARE” if giving people second chances at life is real, I hope they got one and never go on a boat again and if they do and they are told stay til, they follow their instincts💔 and also some survivors of the ferry committed suicide due to the guilt of some of them not being able to get out of the emergency exist and leaving other people in their while they were able to get out alive💔 as someone who’s almost drowned 3 times I can say I don’t go under water anymore or like to get my nose fully in the water due to when I almost drowned it filled up, I can’t imagine the last moments as they were all under water tryin* to scream break windows and doors.. I hope they found peace.❤️🩹🕊
Why would they just sit there as the boat rolls over?
The goddamned captain told them to stay where they were. The captain should have told them to move out.
Because they did what they were told to do😢
It’s better to just go with what ur mind tells u to do...like who would think staying in the boat as it sinks is a good idea?......Condolence to all that has passed away.😭❤️
@@dancyingloki he didn't tell them because he thought they'll be pushed over by water in wrong direction and water was too cold dumb heads
@@iwanttopoop8067 yea and he was one of the first to have escaped
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The students were literally worried about the heartless teachers in their last moments it literally heart wrenching pls god let them rest in peace
The heartless teachers??? Majority of the teachers died 3/14 teachers survived and then one who did survived killed himself due to survivors guilt
story:
there was a school trip in Korea to a island I don't remember the name but idk if it was juju island (not sure Abt the name of the island)
so the sewol ship was sinking and the captain told the kids to stay in the rooms and lock theirself inside and he escaped and left the kids there was a kind crew that tried to help some of the kinds sadly she died. Korea denied the help of the US and JAPAN ships there was a Japan and us ship that offered help to Korea but they denied. don't blame the kids for not going out they thought they were doing the right thing when the captain said to stay in the rooms to they trusted the captain and thought they would survive 😭 don't blame the kids they didn't know what to do in this situation the fact that they all had enough time to escape of the captain didn't tell them to stay inside they would all have survived 😭💔 it's so heart breaking when they all started to call their families and texting them like "mom, dad i love you.." and they were smiling and laughing even though they know they will die.. and the kids trying to break the window to escape but failed was heartbreaking 😭
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Why didn’t they all just jump into the water and wait for help to arrive? Clearly they were near land, in that way they all could’ve survived.
They were following the instructions of the captain who told them to 'stay where they are' and that help will be arriving soon.
And in korea the heriearchy is quite strict between younger and older people so they followed the instructions and apparently they didn't know the ship was sinking until it was too late.
Plus the captain and the crew were some of the first to have escaped.
Correct me if I am wrong but I heard that the people who didn’t listen survived and the ones who did listen, most didn’t make it.
@@ireneseyebrowsforlife3840 Yeah I think this could definetly be right. To think about it is actually very horrible..
Its never the victims’ fault. People is not at the right mind when they are in panic situation. Its the authorities fault and the captain. Gosh do you ever watch the documentary and articles about this incident?
Irene’sEyebrowsForLife dont do this victim blaming shit
Teachers : " Just stay still "
Captain : just escape
Students : "just obey the Teacher's order "
This is how this joyful jeju trip became most saddest trip ever 😔😔
I wish the captain would say "please move to the top deck"
from what i remember the captain was the first person to escape and he or the crew told the students to stay put
@@denisemeow5599 Yeah, and if i remember it correctly. One teacher sacrificed his/her life on his/her/ students. You can find it here on YT.
The rule don't move greatly decrease their chances of survival and teacher should accredited to that command.
There was a comment in another video that Japanese and US rescuers were waiting to be allowed to assist, but the Korean government refused. If true, officials should have been charged and convicted like the captain.
They should have Jumped already, it's not atlantic to froze to death, BUT THE THING IS THE STUPID CAPTAIN TOLD THEM THE WRONG THING!! *ofc.. as a korean student you would obey your senior right?* BUT IT WAS WRONG!
The teacher abandoned the students and made a break for it without telling students. Same as the captain
what? among 15 teachers only 2 teacher were survive.they just followed what the captain said.blamed it to those responsible not the teachers.
yeah Jisung's mom127 is right, almost all teachers died and those that survived where the ones on the upper level who escaped with the children that survived as well. All teachers helped the children. The captain and almost all of the crew abandoned the ship after telling the passengers to stay, not move and put lifejackets on (putting a lifejacket on INSIDE somewhere btw makes escape underwater impossible) dooming their lives. Although 3 of the crew member stayed and helped rescue children and died - staying on the ship until the last second.
@@lykiaookami6070 In one of the kids videos you hear them ask if theyve heard from the teacher and they reply hes not responding on his kakao (a messenger type apk). Thats the teacher im talking about. He committed suicide not too long after the ordeal
@@jisungsmom1273 You can see the teacher was in court explaining himself. He said when he saw the water coming in ( the kids thought it was toilet water ) that he knew how dire the situation was and made a run for it and that he knew that a panic would ensue had he told the kids and he wouldnt have made it, so he didnt tell them
@@Cereal_Killer007 the one who commited suicide bcs he felt guilty and not only him but one of the divers too commited suicide bcs they felt guilty bcs they cant save the kids.most of the survivors felt that way except for those crew captain and his minons who left first.and the kids was not in one place but divided in many rooms that's why some got survived and most are not.u cant blame him since he is not the one who order these kids to stay put but he followed what the captainof that boat told them to.
Never trust announcements from intercom in the case of disaster, natural or man made. You could hear the announcements saying that the students should keep calm and stay put and it turns out that the captain and crew member were the first to be rescued. Same thing happened in the 911 at the world trade center. The announcements were stay put, keep calm and wait for rescue. ??? As we know the ones that survives in both the incidents were the ones that get on their feet and run for their lives. The crew memeber or captain should be thrown in a cage and sinking it slowly. So they can feel water creeping up slowly till they go under.
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I bet ya the parents said in Korean I should never see my kid die that should of been me 😢such a sad dayy😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
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But i don't understand why did they close all the windows why??? Atleast leave some if them open
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Sad what happen but some could of had just want with him he did break the window
i’m about to say something very controversial, but i would rather be dead if i was in this. living with the guilt is too much to handle
lucky? no, he was smart. in no way was he lucky.
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Where is teacher.. why are the teacher is not guiding the children??
why did they dont jump out omg
most of them were stuck in the ship. + koreans have lots of respect to elders so they obeyed when the elders told them to stay still and still be in the cabins.. also the water was too cold and the ship was tilted too much
some literally can’t swim plus in the moment a lot of people would say they would have jumped but the nervousness probably got to them, they trusted the elders too much they couldn’t think for themselves
Is anyone survive
Yes but only 100 students rip to those who didn't make it 🎗️🎗️
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Hey god why do this
im cying
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All fault is the captain off the ship that situation is not good many people died in this trategy thist captaine is bulshittttt that the time is for abandon ship but hes not do anything for save the life off all passenger😭😭😭😭
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✝️😞🎗️I'm anyone did and I got hit him nice
I don't understand why they didn't broke the windows from outside to get them...
The ship would've directly sank if they broken the windows with the water going inside it with pressure
I think the rescue team should've arrange many life boats and the students should've jumped in to the water with life vests on and that's how the they could've been saved through the life boats but they were told to stay inside ... and there were no arrangements for the life boats too which sadly caused them to die..💔
In this situation call Jesus he is the only one can help ask forgiveness and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour.even you die .you will enter in heaven and have eternal life
they killed the students by telling them to stay where they are... i will be telling my kids to not ever listen to such fucking rubbish and to try save themselves. the only studdents who are alive are those who freed themselves from the sinking ship.
It makes me ill that the captain killed every single one of those kids by rejecting help from several countries offers, and then telling the kids to stay put repeatedly, inside their rooms.
He knew it was going to sink and then got out himself, and left them all to die.
That demented and evil demon.
Idk how the parents didn’t kill the guy - just out of shock.
The poor principal killed himself saying it was his idea to take the kids TO the island and couldn’t live with himself after. Then said he probably still wouldn’t be good enough to be considered their teacher on the other side.
Such a tragedy- come to find out it was all about cutting cost so the rich could have more money.
Boy did it open a can of worms and SEVERAL people went to prison since they all shared a part in it somehow.
It was unbelievable the group of the few who cut costs in avoiding all of the safety regulations which led to its demise.
It’s a really crazy story.
So sad.