- JoongAng Ilbo, a South Korean daily, published messages from a group chat on Kakao Talk between 39 students and their teacher.
(9:10 a.m.) Student 1: Teacher, are you O.K.? (28 members didn’t read this)
(9:10 a.m.) Student 2: Did you wear a life vest, teacher? (28 members didn’t read this)
(9:11 a.m.) Teacher: Yes!!! I wore a life vest (28 members didn’t read this)
(9:13 a.m.) Teacher: Guys- don’t move and stay still- Wear a life vest if you can (28 members didn’t read this)
(9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Yes, teacher (29 members didn’t read this)
(9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Guys (29 members didn’t read this)
(9:16 a.m.) Student 1: Let’s meet again alive (29 members didn’t read this)
(9:22 a.m.) Student 3: I love you all (31 members didn’t read this)
(9:28 a.m.) Student 1: Guys, I love you (32 members didn’t read this)
The fate of the students and their teacher is unknown.
At first I thought this was a great article, but apparently the South Korean police are saying that these text messages were faked by the media. Of course, I originally got this information from the wiki article, so it might not be the absolute truth. Here's the South Korean article they cited, and here's a CNN article on it.