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#261: The Sewol Ferry Tragedy - Coward Captain Left 350 Students To Die In A Sinking Ship

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The Korean Coast Guard's Role in the Sailing of the Korean Ferry

The first rescue vessel, Coast Guard vessel 123, they went to the ferry and they waited 20 minutes before they even rescued the captain. The US Navy took one look at how the Korean Coast Guard was handling things and said, unless you fix this list of insanely abysmal conditions of safety, we are not sending a single American in there. More than 150 regulators, crew members, ship inspectors and officials were indicted including the captain of the Ferry who has been charged with murder.

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