Hopes fade for families in South Korea ferry disaster

April 23, 2014 21:45

"I know you are cold, hungry, scared, hurt down there,' said one of the well-wishers' notes stuck on a rescuers' tent on a pier on this island. "My dear, the rope of life is coming your way. 'Such messages sounded more forlorn than hopeful on Wednesday, as divers searching the ferry that sank a week earlier in waters off southeast South Korea brought out scores of bodies, nearly all those of high school students, but reported no sign of life inside.

With hopes of finding more survivors all but gone, some families, as well as the nation, began bidding farewell to the students whose bodies have been recovered. And in an unusual gesture, North Korea sent its condolences.

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