No air pockets found on key floors of sunken South Korean ferry

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Jethro Mullen and Andrew Stevens,

(CNN) -- Divers have found no air pockets on the third and fourth floors of the sunken ferry Sewol, South Korean authorities said Wednesday.

The announcement was made by Ko Myung-suk, the spokesman for the Joint Task Force that is leading the search.

The news all but eliminates any hopes of finding survivors on the ferry, which went down off the coast of Jindo, South Korea, last week.

More than two-thirds of those on board the ferry were students from Danwon High School in Ansan who were attending a field trip.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking/

[davidpdx]

1. The university I work at is not very far from Ansan

The tragedy is hitting everyone here hard. I think most of the people had to have died pretty quickly.

Employees at our university have been asked to donate to the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster to help the families. I had no problem with it. It would be nice if the university would match all the employee's donations. I'll have to find out what is happening with that.