Toll Rises to 25 of South Korean Ferry

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Kaushal Mehta
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The captain was among the first to flee. Only a couple of the 44 life rafts aboard were deployed.

The hundreds of passengers were instructed over the intercom to stay inside and wait as the ship leaned to one side and began to sink, dragging scores of students down with it. I repeatedly told people to calm themselves and stay where they were for an hour, Kang Hae-seong, the communications officer on the South Korean ferry that sank Wednesday, said from his hospital bed. Read Statement of South Korean Ferry
 
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