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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 ...

From what we are told by the coast guard, in a press conference that wrapped up a short time ago, televised nationally, is that the search is ongoing. they have laid search lines around the ship. divers are going to try to go in to the ship. they have not been able to access it. the difficult part is trying to break through the glass to get in to the ship. there have been additional bodies found. so hope is beginning to dim. the odds are certainly against all of the families but we are hearing them still ask the coast guard will they search for survivors. are there still air pockets? >> i unde...

Accept what the facts are. and they are hoping for those air pockets. >> we can tell you a little more about the search operation. that's what the parents are asking about, about the diving situation. we know there are more than 600 civilian and government divers ready to be a part of. this yesterday, two divers went in to set up search lines. they were able to access the freight area, which is the second level. we know there were 1,000 containers, more than 100 vehicles. they were able to access that area and open the door, but they were met with many floating obstacles. that's how they descr...

Work of their professional lives, slowly making their way in and around a sunken ferry, looking for survivors. more than 270 people, many of them high school students on a field trip did not make it off the vessel. and looking at this vessel as it sank it is not hard to see why. passengers, as you know, were initial initially told to stay where they were. and somehow, the ship's captain was among the first to leave. it is all making for a nightmarish day for loved ones on shore, and anguish as they wait for their missing loved ones. kyung lah has more. >> reporter: yes, the coast guard is sayi...

Ferry is now under arrest, although prosecutors say he was not at the helm of the ship when the disaster unfolded. and we have this new cell phone video taken on the ferry as it slowly capsized. remember how the captain ordered the crew and passengers to stay where they were as it capsized. and being oh obedient, many of them perished. cnn's kyung lah has more from south korea, tell us what is happening in the water right now. >> reporter: what is happening right now is that the coast guard tells us that they have managed to lay these search lines, if you will, underneath the water around the ...