story with a bittersweet ending. a 6-year-old girl was traveling with her parents and 7-year-old brother. her brother put a life jacket on her and somehow she made it to the deck where passengers found her crying. they passed her on to rescuers. when she came to the hospital, the doctors say she was fine physically but this is what he s concerned about. translator: my biggest concern is after going through this kind of disaster, she may experience post-traumatic stress syndrome, especially when she finds out her parents and brother have died. how she deals with this will be the biggest challenge. in my oranges recovering from this kind of psychological shock would be the biggest concern. she is now being taken care of by two aunts and an uncle. carol? pauline, thanks. we also have a distress call from the emergency service center. it came in at 8:55 on wednesday morning. the ship crew says please notify
you hungry? let s eat, and i miss you. pauline choiu has the story of some of those that survived. reporter: carol, the survivors of the ferry accident continue telling incredible stories of pure luck and determination. i m outside the hospital where several survivors are recovering. one is 71 chrd chin yung ja. she was watching tv in a common room when she felt a huge jolt and the room started filling up with water. she swam toward cabinets and tried to climb them like a staircase. here is what happened next. translator: i didn t have enough strength to climb up. the young man in front of me pulled me up and said hold on tight. when he got to the top of the cabinets, i saw a window. man near me was banging on the window with a life jacket and somebody saw us. then they turned the rescue boat toward us. there is another survivor
city of incheon and was headed for the resort city of jeju before going down in the yellow sea. water temperatures in that sea in the 40s. cnn s pauline choiu has more for you. reporter: a desperate rescue after a crowded passenger ferry suddenly began sinking off the coast of south korea. more than 450 people aboard the ferry, 325 high school students on a class trip to a nearby resort island. one student told the korean news network ytn, he heard a loud bump before the ship started to sing. shortly after the ship issued a distress call, helicopters and boats including a ship from the u.s. navy seventh fleet scrambled to assist the overturned vessel, rushing to pluck the passengers clinging to rails. these two passengers were lifted to safety in a helicopter basket, while dozens of others were pulled from the water by rescue boats. one passenger told ytn they were
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campaign committees, greg walden and steve israel, with the early line on the 2014 elections and whether races are holding up immigration reform. plusz, jb squares, jeb bush and john boehner, our panel takes on this week s political headliners. , jb squares, jeb b and john boehner, our panel takes on this week s political headliners. good morning from washington, i m candy crowley. the search for flight 370 is the search for flight 370 is over. the search is entering its sixth week, and there are fears the batteries that are fueling the beeper on the plane s black boxes may have died. it s been five days since searchers detected what may have been pings from the missing jet s black boxes. malaysia s transport minister says finding those data recorders is critical to clearing their passengers and crew. we have cnn reporters covering the story from this angles. will ripley is in perth, australia. joe johns is in kuala lumpur and pauline choiu in hong kong.