It's been almost two weeks now since the tragic Sewol-ho ferry disaster put the nation in a state of shock and sorrow.
The number of confirmed deaths currently stands at 1-hundred-89, while 1-hundred-13 others, mostly high school students, remain missing and are presumed dead.
For the latest, we are joined by our Kwon So-a .
So-a, not much progress to speak of with regard to the search in recent days.
Yes,... rescue crews have had a hard time with the harsh weather conditions.
Only one body has been recovered today.
That was just after 2 p.m.
A strong wind advisory in the area was lifted earlier in the day, but the tides are what's causing trouble,... since the underwater currents are much faster than can be seen above water.
And fog and rain have added to the bad conditions.
The search operations are temporarily halted at this hour, as they have been, on and off throughout much of the day actually,... while the number of rescue boats on stand-by at the accident site has significantly decreased.
When divers were in the water, they mainly focused on the fourth floor of the ferry, where most of the remaining missing are believed to be... and where they found that body earlier.
So far, around one-third of the 1-hundred-11 cabins have been searched.
Earlier in the day, a video was released by authorities that shows the first moments of the rescue situation. What did we learn?
That's right.
That video is very crucial in determining how the first minutes of rescue efforts were carried out, but also in proving that the captain and the rest of the crew were among the first who fled the ship.
The central focus of the nearly 10 minutes of footage taken by a member of the rescue team, is the period between 9:43 a.m. and 9:49 a.m.
It shows the captain of the Sewol-ho ferry Lee Joon-seok and his crew fleeing without attending to passengers.
The captain was not wearing his uniform, or pants, as he left the vessel with the help of the Coast Guard,... meaning the rescuers were unable to distinguish him as being the captain.
By 9:35 a.m., all 15 crew members had begun fleeing the ship,... but as the video shows, hardly any passengers could be seen on the deck of the ferry,... raising criticism that the crew did not give an order to them to leave the ship.
The prosecution's special investigative team is continuing to look for those responsible for the ferry's sinking. What's the latest there?
