Passenger Texts Mother From Ill-Fated South Korean Ferry: 'I Love You'

Six people are dead, 55 are injured and hundreds remain missing after a ferry capsized off the southern coast of South Korea Wednesday morning. Some passengers sent farewell text messages to their loved ones, as the ferry began to sink

Of the more than 470 people on board, there were 325 students and 15 teachers from Danwon High School in Ansan, a city near Seoul, according to the Associated Press.

A South Korean media outlet, The Kyunghyang Shinmun, obtained a screenshot of an emotional text-message exchange between a student aboard the ferry and his mother Read more...