South Korea holds memorial for 9 missing ferry victims
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea on Tuesday held a memorial ceremony for the nine passengers still missing from the 2014 ferry disaster that killed 304 passengers near the ship’s wreckage that was raised last week.
Relatives of the missing victims cried as representatives of Catholic and Protestant churches and Buddhists delivered prayers wishing for the remains of the nine to be recovered.
The service was held on a boat near a heavy lift transport vessel that is holding the corroding, 6,800-ton Sewol.
Relatives threw into the sea yellow roses, a colour that has become the symbol of their suffering, and watched from afar as crews on the transport vessel continued to empty the ferry of water and fuel.