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Capsized South Korean Ferry Bathed in Eerie Light

A blue search light from a South Korean Coast Guard helicopter illuminates an overturned ferry.
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A blue search light from a South Korean Coast Guard helicopter illuminates a sunken ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, on Thursday. Some 475 passengers and crew were on the vessel when it suddenly listed and sank into the sea early Wednesday, many of them teenagers a field trip. Eighteen people are confirmed dead and 278 remain missing.YONHAP via AP

A blue search light from a South Korean Coast Guard helicopter illuminates an overturned ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, on Thursday. Some 475 passengers and crew were on the vessel when it suddenly listed and sank into the sea early Wednesday, many of them teenagers on a field trip. Eighteen people are confirmed dead and 278 remain missing.