Vice Principal Saved from Korea ferry found hanged

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: Kansas City Star via AP

SEOUL, South Korea — Police say a high school vice principal who had been rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry has been found hanging from a tree.

The news of the death came Friday as rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of people still missing from the ferry and feared dead. The passengers included 325 second-year students from Danwon High School heading to a southern island on a four-day trip.

A police officer says the vice principal, identified only by his surname Kang, was found dead on the island of Jindo where rescued passengers have taken shelter. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules. He didn't elaborate.

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Officials have confirmed 28 deaths. But that number is expected to rise sharply. About 270 people are missing.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/18/4967477/vice-principal-saved-from-korea.html

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Tragic

[Lurks Often]

1. Suicide or murder?

There are a lot of extremely distraught parents, although a suicide would be tragic, I'm hoping it wasn't murder.

[Helen Borg]

3. Man, I was thinking the same...

[Skidmore]

11. Why reach for conspiracy first?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. It's what some people on the Intertubes do best, apparently. nt

[Lurks Often]

14. Did you read the link?

It only says the vice principal was found hanging from a tree.

It does not say he hanged himself and it does not say he was murdered. It doesn't say very much at all, so not ruling out the possibility he was murdered by distraught parents is not conspiracy theory, it is speculation without facts, something we here at DU are VERY good at.


On edit: I responded to you before I saw the update in post 7. The suicide is a tragedy

[Skidmore]

16. All the more reason to wait for some facts to come out.

[Botany]

2. Suicide?

[Jesus Malverde]

4. .

[Inkfreak]

5. So much tragedy associated with this ferry.

It's a terrible thing.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Survivor's guilt to the extreme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_guilt

Survivor syndrome, also known as concentration camp syndrome (or KZ syndrome on account of the German term Konzentrationslager),[3] are terms which have been used to describe the reactions and behaviors of people who have survived massive and adverse events, such as the Holocaust, the Rape of Nanking, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.[4] They are described as having a pattern of characteristic symptoms including anxiety and depression, social withdrawal, sleep disturbance and nightmares, physical complaints and mood swings with loss of drive.[5] Commonly such survivors feel guilty that they have survived the trauma and others—such as their family, friends, and colleagues—did not

[Seedersandleechers]

7. Apparently suicide

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Police officers reportedly found a suicide note in Mr Kang's wallet.

Yonhap reported the note read: "Surviving alone is too painful while 200 remain unaccounted for. I take full responsibility. I pushed ahead with the school trip.

"I will once again become a teacher in the afterlife for my students whose bodies have not been discovered."


http://news.sky.com/story/1244923/vice-principal-rescued-from-ferry-found-hanged

[tammywammy]

8. Oh goodness, that's so sad.

"I will once again become a teacher in the afterlife for my students whose bodies have not been discovered."

[TBF]

9. Very sad and tragic -

[polly7]

13. Terrible. :( nt.

[TorchTheWitch]

21. Oh man, that's so sad

That poor man.

[AtheistCrusader]

17. I imagine it can be extremely acute when you survive children that were

entrusted to your care.

(Not implying he did anything wrong.)

[Xithras]

19. South Korea has one of the worlds highest suicide rates. #1 cause of death for the non-elderly.

There are a lot of different reasons for it, but many come down to cultural attributes that encourage suicide to avoid shame. It's tragic that the principal went this route, but it's not exactly a surprise either.

[Seedersandleechers]

10. Live Korean online news in english

Interesting

http://www.arirang.co.kr/Player/TV_Live.asp?code=TVonAir

[Seedersandleechers]

15. Safety measures were not met

Captain of the ship told students to stay put while the ship was sinking. No safety training was conducted, and the captain himself was one of the first to flee the ship.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/deeply-ashamed-ferry-captain-abandon-ship/story?id=23357650

[AtheistCrusader]

18. Sounds like El Capitan should be the one hanging himself from a tree.

A tragedy, amplified by human mendacity.

[frylock]

20. this poor man. just horrible.

[davidpdx]

22. He committed suicide

It is tragic and I'm sure given the fact that so many students have been lost he felt guilty about being rescued. The coverage is essentially wall to wall on all the news all day here. Children's Day is coming up in two weeks and there are usually festivals (it is an actual holiday here), but all of them have been canceled according to my wife.