You can hear the panic in their voices here. And people who survived the sinking say that by that point the ferry was already tipped over so sharply that the life boats had become useless. Just eight minutes later controllers were urging the captain to order everyone off the ship. Have a listen to this report. You can hear the panic, the stress in those voices there. Of course, that order to evacuate the ship didnt apparently happen. And now you have heartbreaking moments captured on camera. Searchers bring bodies of ferry victims back on to shore. Because many of those dead are High School Students, just teenagers the search effort is taking its toll on everyone, even veteran emergency workers. Our kyung lah is live there. We know that, of course, the families suffering the most here. But its incredible to see those grizzled veterans breaking down really the emotion just too much for them. And responded to similar disasters, large disasters here in south korea and are certainly being
New turn. This morning, a major shift in the search for wreckage. Australia moving their focus just over 680 miles northeast. Australian authorities describing it as new and credible information. It indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previousliest mated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south. Reporter this moves the search hundreds of miles closer to australias coast, giving the planes more than the previous one to two hours of search time. The new search area remains considerable and the search conditions although easier than before, remain challenging. Reporter the new search area covering 123,000 square miles. The waters there reaching depths of about 2 1 2 miles. It needs to be continuely adjusted. And the likely drift of any wreckage floating on the ocean surface. Reporter the full search back on today after yesterdays weather. Dedicated to the search, ten aircraft and six ships from six countries. Australia also shift
An unmanned sub is scanning the ocean floor again today, but is it even looking in the right place . As we find out more about the planes trip off course. We are live in australia and malaysia tracking the search. Good morning and welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. Im victor blackwell. It is good to be with you this monday morning. Good morning. It is april 21st, 4 00 a. M. In the east. And were beginning this morning with the search for more than 200 missing passengers from that south korean ferry disaster. The actions of the captain and crew described as akin to murder by south koreas president , with four more crew members arrested this morning. Were also getting new information about the chaos that unfolded in the moments before the vessel capsized and ultimately sank. Lets get the latest from will ripley, live off the coast of jindo, south korea. Akin to murder. Strong words from the president , will. Were having problems with wills shot . All right, well try to get back to
Dramatic moments. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Were glad to have you with us. Welcome to saturday. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. The saturday air moves through my lungs much easier than the monday air. Were going to get to arizona which everybody is talking about. Also to ole miss. But we have to start with the fastmoving developments in ukraine. Youre looking at pictures here were going to pull up. There they are of ukraines chapter kiev. Protesters are still at the citys Independence Square there. And theyre saying theyre not going anywhere until their president all out resigns. President Viktor Yanukovych is speaking live and vowing he will not resign. Hes reportedly comparing the situation to nazi germany and he says his car was shot at. Take a look at what happened. This happened in cities all across ukraine overnight. Protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. And they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with ru
Russia makes conform to this affirmation we received today. This reaffirmation secretary kerry is talking about is happening as Vladimir Putin orders drills and readiness checks near the nations borders. 150,000 russian combat troops are now at the ready. And a u. S. Military source telling cnn troops could move very, very quickly if and when order comes from moscow. The fear would be to storm and reclaim ukraine specifically to the peninsula there. A peninsula that connects ukraine to russia in the east. 50 gunmen have taken over a Parliament Building there, cutting the wire and storming the grounds. They raised the russian flag. Look at this. A move many fear would be a symbolic move on whats to come. Keep in mind this part of the country, this is the russian dominated area. We talked about this before. The area we highlighted red for you. This is the part of the country that is dominated by ethnic russians and russian speakers. The concern now is could the u. S. Be on the verge of a