Tardy "Abandon Ship" Order

(Image from FOX News)

Yesterday, tragedy struck South Korea when The Sewol,  a ferry carrying 475 people, 325 of them high school students, capsized and sank. 

(Image from Naples News)

It's now being reported that the abandon ship order was given too late.



 

 

It's sad--and eerie--that a similar delay in getting passengers to safety occurred 102 years and two days ago.