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"Lee Joon Suk, captain of the South Korean ferry which sunk off the coast of Jindo Island on Wednesday, is facing possible charges of negligence, CNN reports. \n\"I am sorry, I am at a loss for words,\" he said when asked if he anything to say to the missing passengers' families. \nSee also: 4 Dead, Hundreds Missing After Ferry Sinks Off South Korean Coast\nAccording to CNN affiliate YTN, only one out of 46 lifeboats was deployed after the accident on board the ferry, which carried more than 470 people, many of them high school students on a trip to a local island. Of that total, 287 passengers are still missing at sea, and 179 have been rescued. Nine people are confirmed dead, and the death toll is expected to rise.\nThe reason behind the accident is still a mystery, as no one knows exactly why the ferry sank. \"There was no huge difference between their plan and the actual track chart,\" South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Ministry spokesman Nam Jae Heon said of reports that the ferry went off-route.\nAs rescue efforts continue on Thursday, families of the missing must tragically wait for answers as to the fate of their loved ones.\nStudents Told To Stay In Place\nStudents aboard the stricken ferry were told to stay in place with their life jackets on, even as the ferry tilted so far that they stood awkwardly on benches to keep from falling over. Videos alleged to be from within the ferry show students calmly awaiting further instructions, some of them barefoot and huddled in place, as the ferry listed.\n\nThe South Korean coast guard has released raw video that shows the dramatic search and rescue efforts at the scene as they ferry slowly disappeared underwater.\n\n\u201CThere was an announcement telling us to sit still, but the ferry was already sinking. Some of the students were not able to escape,\" one witness told the BBC. Another survivor told local television that students had jumped into the freezing ocean wearing life jackets before swimming to a nearby rescue boat. \"As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another,\" he said. The ocean \"was so cold ... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live.\"\nA third said, \"We must have waited 30 to 40 minutes after the crew told us to stay put. Then everything tilted over and everyone started screaming and scrambling to get out.\"\n\"If people had jumped into the water... they could have been rescued. But we were told not to go out,\" said another, according to the Associated Press.\nAccording to The New York Times, the ship\u2019s communications officer, Kang Hae-seong, 32, said that he thought matters would have been made worse if passengers had fled in a panic. \u201CI repeatedly told people to calm themselves and stay where they were for an hour,\u201D he said. \u201CI didn\u2019t have time to look at the manual for evacuation.\u201D\nClaim: Heartbreaking Texts From Students to Parents: \"I Love You\"\nA South Korean media outlet, The Kyunghyang Shinmun, says it obtained a screenshot of an emotional text message exchange between a student aboard the ferry and his mother.\nSouth Korea's National Police Agency, however, says it believes the text message exchange is a hoax \u2014 and has a suspect under investigation.\n\nImage:  The Kyunghyang ShinmunMashable translated the rumored text message, which reads:\n\n9:27 a.m. - Mom, I\u2019m sending this message now in case I don\u2019t get to say it later: I love you.\n9:34 a.m. - Why..? I was wondering why you weren\u2019t checking your KakaoTalk (a Korean messaging app similar to WhatsApp).\n9:36 a.m. - Me too, son.. I love you..\n\nThe student has since been rescued, according to a report from the CBC, although South Korea's National Police Agency says names of those on the message (and others) do not match a list of students on board the ship.\nBad Weather Hampers Search for Survivors\nAn enormous rescue operation that involves more than 500 divers, 169 vessels and 29 aircraft is underway. However, bad weather and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors, the BBC reports. \n\"We found ourselves in challenging weather conditions today - very low cloud ceilings and reduced visibility and rain, and we're working a search area around the site in close co-ordination with the South Korean on-scene commander,\" Captain Joey Tynch of the USS Bonhomme Richard said. The US Navy had sent his ship to assist in the search for survivors.\nWhile families remain hopeful, some rescuers are beginning to doubt that their search efforts will find anyone alive in the wrecked ship.\n\"Honestly, I think the chances of finding anyone alive are close to zero,\" one coast guard official said to a journalist on a rescue boat.\n\nSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye looks at the site where the Sewol sank from aboard a Coast Guard ship in waters off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, Thursday, April 17, 2014.Image: AP Photo/Yonhap/Associated PressSouth Korea's president Park Geun-hye visited the wreck and urged rescuers to \"hurry,\" stating that every minute and second was critical.\nParents Grow Frustrated With Lack of Progress\n\nPost by Channel NewsAsia.\nSouth Korean President Park Geun Hye spoke the relatives of the missing passengers on Thursday, as frustrations grew over a lack of progress in the search and rescue efforts at the sunken ship. \"What are you doing when people are dying! Time is running out!\" one woman shouted. Some complained that they were being fed just pieces of information, now 30 hours after the ship listed and sunk. \"I think we should make more efforts to make sure that families know every single detail of what's going on,\" Ms Park responded, drawing applause from the crowd. \"This is a matter of trust with the relatives. We will do our best to rescue the last single person,\" Park added.\nSouth Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won is shielded by his bodyguards from a bottle of water thrown by an angry relative of passengers on the ferry Sewol sinking in the water off the southern coast, at a shelter for relatives and rescued passengers in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 17, 2014. \nImage: Yonhap/Associated Press\n\n\nSomebody at one point threw a bottle of water at South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, and another slapped a government official as he attempted to give an update on the search.\nHave something to add to this story? 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