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>> ive got an update on the ferry disaster off the coast of south korea. this thing is going to remind you of the captain of the costa concordia. the captain of that ferry that sunk off the coast of south korea was one of the first ones off the boat allegedly escaping on a life boat just minutes after that ship started to sink. after he got to safety, take a look at this video. you can see him with that hoody on as he hides his face while hes being questioned. oh, my. the korean coast guard says...

>> and now you have to start making assumptions. obviously its easy to perish in a situation like this. its hard to survive but people often b find that will in these more urgent circumstances. because of the circumstances of the ships is it safe to say as long as theres enough air to keep buoyancy there could be air in the pockets inside as well where people have air pockets? >> positively. one question is how stable is the ship in this position? is it going to be stable floating like this or i...

Above water, if any? >> that, cant tell you. im here in seoul. the republic of korea government, the ministry of national defense, could probably provide you a better answer on that with regards to the vessel and how much has been sunk. >> so best hope against hope right now is that they are using divers to get under there because people could be in air pockets, right? that would be the best hope. >> yeah, thats our understanding. and we are -- like i said, were standing by and weve been in touc...

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The currents. indra was talking about the challenges of the water temperatures as well. they have not been able to get inside the vessel yet because of the strong currents. what are these rescuers up against? >> theres that. theres how to get into the vessel and then how to work with the dournts get into the vis sell and the vessel sinking at the same time. theyre up against every sort of obstacle. you know, not knowing exactly their way around the ship, too, they have to worry about that. once ...

Says, under water with many people fearing -- with many fear that people could still be trapped. lets get to pauline chiou live in hong kong with the latest deta details. >> the high school students you mentioned were on their way to a resort island for a four-day holiday. at 9:00 a.m. this morning the ferry sent out a distress signal and then two hours later that ferry was just about gone. a desperate rescue after a crowded passenger ferry suddenly began sinking off the coast of south korea. mo...

Assault ship. and the ship is operating in the vicinity t of the waters near where the ferry sunk. and we are on stand by awaiting request from the republic of korea government to support and the ship is -- the crew is ready to support as requested and as needed by the republic government. >> so far they havent asked you guys to do anything? >> no, sir. we have not -- we have not -- at this time we are still awaiting the request from the government toss a zest but we are standing by and we are r...

Been picked up. bare in mind the situation has been under way for about 11 hours now. so if people are t in the water, i suspect they will have been fished out by now. the real worry is there are people trapped inside the hull and, again, the ship as we know, unknown reasons, was listing very, very, very heavily, then capsized and now all thats left of her is just the bow protruding belove the water. so navy divers, 174 guy, koreas best young man, s.e.a.l. teams, salvage teams are diving with li...

Mv-22 osprey as well as search and rescue helicopters, mh-60 helicopter and we do have that ship does have the ability to provide small boats and divers on the scene if that was requested by the government. >> best information so far, do you believe that the 300 unaccounted for, is that still the number or do you think one of the reasons that south korea is not asking for your help because they have accounted for everybody? >> well, i dont think they have accounted for everybody yet. i think -- ...