divers. they re nothing short of valiant. they re certainly still clinging for hope as they look for survivors. but let s not forget, this has now been six days. right now, they re only finding bodies. they re not finding survivors. most of those bodies are still in life jackets. today, the death toll has risen. 121 confirmed dead. that still leaves 181 people, again, many of them teenagers, still missing. our will ripley is live in jindo, south korea. i know you have some breaking news on some of the calls that came in. we re learning the first emergency call from the sinking ferry came from what is described as a young boy with a very shaky voice. he said, we re on the ship, we think it s in trouble, we think it s sinking. followed by that, there were 20 other calls from young people, students, who were on board that
to south korea where as i mentioned crews are searching for and finding dozens of bodies in that capsized ferry. but we want to talk about the obvious emotional toll not just on the families but on the rescued divers, the ones finding the high school students, the bodies. we talked to one coming up. (music) defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. calcium citrate plus d. highly soluble, easily absorbed. hooking up the country whelping business run build! we re investing big to keep our country in the lead. load! we keep moving to deliver what you need.
finding survivors in the south korean ferry disaster is still possible here but it is growing increasingly unlikely with each passing hour. the ship sank six days ago now while carrying hundreds of high school students on a class trip. the number now, 87. 87 bodies have been recovered. 215 are still missing. and divers say they may have located many of the bodies that were trapped in the ship. here is more on the story. parents are waiting, bracing.
but first this. as every minute passes, the situation in the water turns increasingly grim. the bodies now of 87 people have been pulled from the ferry wreckage. 215 others are still missing in the frigid waters. many of them students and teachers. keep in mind, visibility is almost zero and divers are close to reaching their breaking point. family members are praying for miracles but bracing for the worst. and then there is this. the gut wrenching scene of bodies draped in white cloths likely to be repeated over and over in the coming days. the president calling the actions of the captain and crew
finding bodies. paula, thank you so much. ukraine says it has ever tying russia to the chaos threatening to rip this country apart. look at these pictures. these photographs seem to show russian soldiers carrying out operations in ukraine. moscow insists it has nothing to do with the unrest. they are not conclusive but the state department spokes woman says that s really besides the point. there individuals who visibly appear to be tied to russia. we have said that countless number of times. ukraine is not living up to