Two years after tragedy, cranes brace to raise Korea ferry

A total of 304 people died, mostly students, when the Sewol sank off the southwestern island of Jindo, in a tragedy that shocked and enraged the country. A crowd of some 2,500 mourners took part in a memorial service at Jindo, reading memorial poems and releasing thousands of yellow-coloured balloons into the air in remembrance of the victims. Memorial events also took place in Seoul and in Ansan, where the students studied.