HII NDIO MELI ILIYOKUWA NA WATU 470 ILIVYOZAMA NCHINI KOREA,WATU 3 WAMEFARIKI NA 300 WANAENDELEA KUSAKWA
A huge rescue operation has managed to save more than 368 people including hundreds of terrified high school children from a sinking South Korean passenger ferry after half the ship began dangerously submerging into the sea on Wednesday. At least two people - an employee of the boat company and a student - were killed and 14 passengers were injured as the ship sank, officials confirmed. Dozens of boats, helicopters and divers scrambled to rescue more than 470 people were were aboard the 6,825-ton ferry in what emergency services are calling the country's biggest peacetime disaster in 20 years. Officials claim 164 people have been rescued so far, but the South Korean Coast Guard fear the number of casualties could rise as they continue to drag passengers out of the water and try to locate people who are still trapped inside. The ferry was sailing to the southern island of Jeju when it sent a distress call Wednesday morning after it began leaning to on