Sunken S Korea ferry search claims second diver

May 31, 2014

South Korea's coast guard said a diver has died in an attempt to cut a hole in the hull of a sunken ferry to search for more bodies.

Officials say the diver was pulled from the water Friday, unconscious and bleeding from his face. He died later in a hospital. No cause of death was given.

He is the second diver killed in the operation to retrieve hundreds of bodies from the ferry.