May It Always Be Remembered
The Sinking of the MV Sewol
2014
04.16
Remembering The Sewol Ferry Disaster
This site was created in memory of the lost souls on board the MV Sewol. I want to showcase the atrocities of what actually happened and how this could have been prevented. Never Forget.
April 16, 2014
Facts and Figures
Date: April 16, 2014
Survivors: 172 (171 after the suicide of the vice principal of Danwon High School)
Number of deaths: 299
Missing: 5
Owner: Yoo Byung-Eun
Suspects: Captain and the 14 crew members
Location: South Korea, Jindo-gun
Summary of Event
On April 16, 2014, the MV Sewol ferry capsized near the southwestern shores of South Korea, with 476 passengers on board, including 325 second-year students attending Danwoo Highschool who were on a school trip to Jeju Island. Roughly 75 of the students survived while a total of 250 of them ended up dead. Very few of them survived because they obeyed the order to stay in their cabins while the ferry was sinking. Beyond the human tragedy, with 304 lives lost, the disaster sparked widespread social and political upheaval in South Korea.