Boy who made first call from Korean ferry found dead
A — he body of a high school st dent who made the first dis tress call from a sinking o th orean ferry was recovered from the s b merged vessel yesterday news reports said.
he st dent identified by his s r name hoi had called the emergency n mber at a. m. on ednes day last week three min tes before the crew of the sent their first distress signal.
he timing of his terrified message — “ ave s. he ship is sinking — has f elled anger over the slow re sponse of the s captain and crew as the disaster nfolded.
he confirmed death toll stood at yesterday with still nac co nted for — their bodies believed trapped in the ship that capsi ed in circ mstances that have yet to be f lly e plained.
S news agency said divers had retrieved the boy s body from in side the ferry yesterday morning and it had been identified by his parents.
A A test was being carried o t to formally confirm his identity S said.
he boy was one of st dents from the same high school who were on the ferry bo nd for the so thern resort island of e when it capsi ed.
ring his call hoi was bom barded with estions abo t the ferry s coordinates and the n mber of people on board.
A coastg ard official later told reporters that emergency services had mistaken him for a crewmember.
he captain and crewmembers have either been arrested or taken into police c stody awaiting charges.