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South Korea Ferry Sank Within Sight of Land

The vast majority of the 300 people who are dead or missing after the disaster are students from a high school near Seoul.
Coatguard boats and search and rescue teams take part in recovery operations at the site of the Sewol ferry off the coast of the South Korean island of Jindo on Thursday.
Coatguard boats and search and rescue teams take part in recovery operations at the site of the Sewol ferry off the coast of the South Korean island of Jindo on Thursday.NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP - Getty Images

The South Korean ferry that capsized with 476 aboard sank very close to land, NBC News' Carlo Angerer observed during a boat trip to the search and rescue area off the coast on Friday.

The vast majority of the 300 people who are dead or missing are students from a high school near Seoul.