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Passengers aboard that ferry were told to stay where they were as the ship ran into trouble. >> this tragedy is now focusing on attention on what the crew and passengers should do to get to safety. we have more on that from florida. >> reporter: on a ship, this is the universal sign of trouble. inside this model ship hull instructors from result maritime academy train crew how to prevent a deadly disaster at sea. like the sinking of the passenger ferry in south korea. investigators say the nearly 7,000 ton ship sank in about 2 1/2 hours. 476 people were inside when a boy on board made the firs...

Here's cnn's report. >> translator: our ship is listing and may fall. >> reporter: recordings reveal the frantic ship-to-shore communications as a ferry filled with 476 people, most of them students, begins to list and take on water. at 9:10, ets, the center that monitors asks, how are the passengers doing? reply, it's too list and they're not able to move. 15 minutes later. if passengers escape can they be immediately rescued? patrol ships should arrive in 10 minute. 10 minutes? yes. 10 minutes. 10 minutes. the chaos and confusion all add up to an unthinkable crime, according to the president...

It's below the water, we cannot see it, but they are building these search lines, getting into the hull of the sunken ferry to see if there is any way they can find any survivors. our ship is listing and may fall. recordings reveal the frantic ship-to-shore communications as the ferry filled with 476 people, most of them students, begins to list and take on water. at 9:10, dtf, the center that monitors ship traffic asks, how are the passengers doing? the ferry replies, it's too listed and they are not able to move. 15 minutes later, panic sets in. the ship radios -- "if passengers escape, can ...

>> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. transcripts released today show the crew of that ferry in south korea was crippled by indecision. that lack of action authorities believe was deadly. today families of those still missing blocked the caravan of south korea's prime minister demanding answers. this as divers began pulling bodies out of the water. 476 people were on board when the ferry sank on wednesday. at least 59 are now confirmed dead. more than 240 will still missing. from south korea we begin with seth doane. >> reporter: bodies came in...

It's time to take a look at the morning paper. we start with "the new york times." two people are dead and more than 300 missing this morning after a ferry capsized off the coast of the south korea. the vessel was carrying 476 people, including hundreds of high school students and teaches. the south korean coast guard says 164 people have been rescued so far. the cause of the accident still under investigation. >> horrifying scene. look at those pictures. and the los angeles times ordering former prime minister silvio berlusconi for tax fraud. >> why? because he loves italy too much. he conn...