South Korean President: Actions of sunken ferry crew 'akin to murder'

In Jindo, South Korea, a ship called "Sewol" sank Wednesday morning. The captain failed to slow down after sailing a narrow route and turning excessively. They have found at least 64 bodies while 238 remain missing and 174 have been rescued. A lot of questions have been raised as to why people weren't saved by lifeboats to which the president said "the ship tilted so quickly that it left many of them unable to move." The coast guard was notified and was told the ship was in danger and to come quickly. After talking to a traffic center in Jeju, they were advised to get people into life vests, to which a crew member on the ferry said it was hard for people to move which leads us to believe that no one had a life vest on at the time of the accident. The captain was advised to make passengers escape but defended his order to delay the evacuation by stating "it is a fairly fast current area and the water temperature was cold." Captain Lee Joon Seok has been charged with abandoning his boat, negligence, causing bodily injury, not seeking rescue from other ships and violating "seamen's law" the state media reported. He was not in the steering room when the accident happened. He was "tending to something" in his cabin. He was also rescued soon after the ferry began to sink violating an "internationally recognized rule that a captain must stay on the vessel," maritime law attorney Jack Hickey said. If convicted, the captain is looking at 5 years to life in prison. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/20/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking/ Rachel Rodewald