South Korean Coast Guard Video Shows Ferry Captain Fleeing Ship

The South Korean Coast Guard on Monday released footage from the early stages of its effort to save the ferry Sewol, and the video confirms just how quickly the captain abandoned ship.

About half a minute into the video (below), Lee Joon-seok climbs into the arms of orange-clad rescue workers whose boats had pulled alongside the tilting ferry. He left behind a ship of 469 others, only 174 of whom are confirmed alive after the ferry began to sink on April 16. Another 188 passengers—many of whom were students at a high school to the south of Seoul—are dead and 114 others are missing.