Vice-Principal Rescued From Sinking Ferry Commits Suicide By Hanging Himself On A Tree
The vice-principal of a South Korean high school who was rescued from the South Korean sinking ferry, Sewol, full of his students was found hanged to death on Friday.
By Sadho Ram — 18 Apr 2014, 09:00 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
The Vice-Principal's Suicide Note Says He Felt Responsible For Putting The Students At Risk
This video-capture image from the Mokpo coast guard shows passengers being rescued by South Korean coast guard.
Image via blogcdn.comAccording to the Wall Street Journal reports, South Korean police said vice principal Kang Min-gyu left a suicide note saying he felt responsible for putting the students at risk.
cnn.comKang Min-gyu, vice principal of the high school attended by the 325 students on board, was found hanged near the gymnasium on Jindo island where family members of the victims have gathered. Police said Mr. Kang left a note behind that read:
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"Please hold me responsible for all of this. I pushed for the school excursion. Cremate my body and spread my ashes over the ship sinking site. I may become a teacher again in the afterlife for the students whose bodies have yet to be found."
wsj.comThe Vice-Principal Of The Danwon High School, Where Over 300 Of Its Students Were On Board The Sunken South Korea Ferry, Has Been Found Hanged
Rescue ships take part in a rescue operation around the Sewol passenger ship, which sank in the sea off Jindo
Image via independent.ieThe vice principal rescued from the doomed South Korean ferry has been found hanged, Korean police said Friday. Out of the ferry's 475 passengers, 325 had been second year high school students from Danwon High School in Ansan, about 20 miles south of Seoul. They were on a four-day trip to the island of Jeju, a popular South Korean tourist destination.
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Police Said The Vice-Principal Did Not Leave A Suicide Note And That They Started Looking For Him After He Was Reported Missing By A Fellow-Teacher
Relatives wait for their missing loved ones at a port in Jindo, South Korea
Image via independent.ieA police officer says the vice principal was found dead on the island of Jindo where rescued passengers have taken shelter.
dailymail.co.ukThe 52-year-old Kang Min-gyu had been missing since Thursday. The news of the death came on Friday as rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of people still missing from the ferry, which capsized with over 470 people on board off South Korea’s southwestern coast.
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According To A Statement By Lee Seong-Hoon, Chief Of Criminal Investigation At Jindo Police:
"He was found dead by our police patrolling around, appeared to have hanged himself with his belt from a pine tree in the hill near the playground (of the Jindo Gymnasium)."
Of The 475 Passengers And Crew On The Ferry, 28 People Had Officially Been Declared Dead Before The Vice-Principal's Suicide And 179 Were Rescued
Civilian divers jump into the sea to search for missing passengers in the sinking of the ferry Sewol off South Korea's southwestern coast
Image via independent.co.ukThe overwhelming majority of the missing are students from the Danwon High School on the outskirts of Seoul, who were on a holiday trip. Divers are fighting strong tides and murky waters to get to the sunken ship but the likelihood of finding any of the missing alive is slim.
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At The High School In Ansan, Many Friends And Family Of The Missing Gathered In Somber Silence, With Occasional Sounds Of Sobbing Breaking The Silence
"When I first received the call telling me the news, at that time I still had hope," said Cho Kyung-mi, who was waiting for news of her missing 16 year-old nephew at the school. "And now it's all gone."
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In the classrooms of the missing, fellow students have left messages on desks, blackboards and windows, asking for the safe return of their missing friends. "If I see you again, I'll tell you I love you, because I haven't said it to you enough," reads one message.
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