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>> reporter: well, john, just look at the weather and you can see the challenges that the search-and-rescue crews are going through. there's been wind and rain and strong currents, so the families are very anxious, they're desperate for information about what has happened to their loved ones. we have just learned that the ferry company's president has been hospitalized after collapsing from shock and stress today, and also, the ferry captain spoke out publicly, apologizing, saying "i am so sorry. i am at a loss for words." but that apology means very little to the parents of these high school ...

Made it too dangerous, so they came back. then the government rescuers say it's too dangerous for them, too. shouldn't i be angry at that? if the government cares for our people, please rescue our families and our children. >> reporter: and the president of south korea says she cares and she just met with the families, saying she promises to put more resources into this search-and-rescue operation. now, the big question is how exactly did this happen? how could this ferry, in very good weather, suddenly sink? we do know that the survivors from the ferry and other passengers had said that they ...

Who can help fill in some of the information for us here. captain jim staples, who has been a merchant marine, ship captain for 20 years and personally sailed those same waters off south korea and retired coast guard thad allen is with us as well. you heard that ferry captain say he is at a loss for words. we heard this captain ordered people to stay put once the boat got into trouble. was that the right call? >> obviously we know now it definitely wasn't. when the captain realized initially he had a great loss of stability on that vessel and there was no way to right the vessel, he should hav...

Them, whatever that means. the ferry captain who unwittingly brought a mass murderer to an island's camp in nor way sets killer was cooperative on the boat ride over. he killed 18 people on a bombing last july and then made it to that summer camp where he slaughtered 69 others. most of them were but teenagers. the killer dressed as a policemen for the ferry trip for the island camp. today the captain of that ferry agreed to cover up his gun so it wouldn't scare anybody. when they arrived at the island the gunman pulled up that gun and started shooting. ferry captain's girlfriend who you see he...

Going wrong and moving people away from the front, that made all the difference in the world. >> at least 37 people were hurt in the crash and now federal investigators are taking up the investigation. laura ingle is here with the latest, laura. >> hi, juliet. national transportation safety board investigators have started interviewing crew members today and injured passengers to get a better understanding of exactly what happened in those moments before the ferry went out of control. the andrew j barbury ferry just passed a quarterly inspection in april and annual check in 2009 which is why i...