coast at this hour. it is now 14 hours since that ferry started to capsize and still nearly 300 people are missing. the ferry which was carrying mainly high school students which was traveling from the port of incheon in the northwest overnot to a southern resort island. dozens of ships and helicopters were involved in the rescue effort today. a u.s. navy ship has been helping them. rescue teams managed to pluck some people from the rapidly-capsizing ship. others were told to jump in the water to be picking up by ships. the ferry quickly capsized and was left tilted at 45 degrees on its port side. later pictures showed only a part of its hull was above the surface. it is feared many people may have been trapped when the ship capsized. survivors said they were thrown around as the ship hit something. some trade their friend were trapped and couldn t escape. translator: the announcement told us that we should stay still. but the ship was already sinking