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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: First Responder on Scene of South Korean Ferry Disaster Speaks [Watch (HLS stream): First Responder on Scene of South Korean Ferry Disaster Speaks](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xb1pCHoS.m3u8) (2:56)  _Published 2014-04-28. First Responder on Scene of South Korean Ferry Disaster Speaks_ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:35 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Ferry in South Korea's Sewol Disaster Is Being Raised From the Sea](/video/59XRyXnK/) ### The Ferry in South Korea's Sewol Disaster Is Being Raised From the Sea [Hundreds Missing As South Korean Ferry Sinks](/video/qCd71kon/) ### Hundreds Missing As South Korean Ferry Sinks [Watch: Chilling Footage of The South Korean Ferry Rescue](/video/kGq8jYxk/) ### Watch: Chilling Footage of The South Korean Ferry Rescue --- ## Transcript [ NOISE ] This is the first image of the doomed Sewol ferry. Calm seas belie the horrors unfolding within the ship. This is the view from DuraAce, an oil tanker that is first on the scene. Captain Moon Ye- shik receives a call to help a ship distress at 9: 06 a. m ., 11 minutes after the Sewol says its in trouble. [ FOREIGN_LANGUAGE ] He soon has the ship in his sights. [ FOREIGN_LANGUAGE ]. I could tell the ship was sinking just by looking at it, he tells me. The situation was so bad, I assumed the evacuation was well under way. It wasn't. This was the scene inside the ship at around 9: 06 a. m, filmed by a student who did not escape, his phone was retrieved with his body and given to his father. Joking, and unaware of the danger they are in at first, they then ask, [ NOISE ] why can't they tell us what's going on. The fact that they asked us to wear life jackets, doesn't that mean that the boat is sinking. Then an announcement, the third of it's kind here on this recording saying, once again, please do not move from your current location. Absolutely do not move. So they don't. [ FOREIGN ]. Captain Moon and his men are on deck ready to deploy the life raft, to save anyone in the water. Moon tells CNN he is 200 meters away, but the Sewol keeps asking over the radio where the rescue boat is. 9: 14 am, DuraAce talking directly to Sewol says people should escape. A full 10 minutes later, the Sewol crew member is still asking. If passengers escape, can they be rescued? [ FOREIGN ] This person was inexperienced, says Moon. In an emergency, it should be the Captain on the radio. You need to make decisions fast. But it is unclear where the Sewol Captain was at this point. He was one of the 174 people rescued, along with 20 of his crew. Moon says he's angry, he left his passengers behind. This is dangerous? This water is difficult? Yeah, yeah, this a very strong current. Hm. Moon had been tracking the [ FOREIGN ] earlier that morning as it was on his radar. He says the ship suddenly made a sharp right turn at a very slow speed. The ship's tracking system, the automatic identification system was off. He says, Moon wonders if the ship had lost power. He says he will never understand the actions of the Sewol captain, and has decided that this is the last time he will speak about what happened, hoping that not talking about it will stop the nightmares he still has about the children he couldn't save. Paula Hancock, CNN, on the Yellow Sea, South Korea. 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