Situation at the Paengmok Harbor

Situation at the Paengmok Harbor

The desperate search for passengers continues this Friday, two full days after the ferry started to sink. Overnight the number of people confirmed dead rose to 25. Two-hundred-71 people, including a great many high school students, remain unaccounted for. One-hundred-79 people were rescued on Wednesday, but unfortunately no new survivors have been found since the day the ferry sank. Now let's go over live to our Kwon Soa who is standing by at the Paengmok harbor on Jindo Island where search-and-rescue operations are continuing. Soa, fill us in on the current situation there... Mark, rescue crews are continuing their search for missing people, while discussions continue on how the Sewol-ho ferry is going to be pulled up. Three cranes arrived earlier at the Paengmok harbor, and one is still yet to arrive in the afternoon. The latest development is that in addition to the four cranes, a Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries-owned floating dock will also be included in the process. Experts say that will be more effective, but families worry that the pulling up the ship by cranes could kill any possible survivors. Speaking of the families, some of them are at the harbor... how are they coping with the situation? The families that have come to the site here at Paengmok harbor are watching over the rescue progress with their own eyes... making the situation very here very tense... I have heard them crying "bring back my son, bring back my daughter", and "we will be waiting for you until you come." The families have also been praying by the shore. Some are expressing anger at times about the slow progress in search-and-rescue operations. That progress has also got to do with the weather conditions. How are they right now? It is still raining here at the harbor and skies are still foggy. However, the weather should clear up as the day progresses. The winds have gotten weaker compared to yesterday, blowing at ___ meters per second. The current temperature is at ___ degrees Celsius, and the underwater temperature is at __ degrees. Ok, thank you, Soa. Efforts must still be made regardless of how desperate the situation appears to be.... and search and rescue teams are working tirelessly, around the clock to find more survivors.