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367 points DustinEchoes | 9 comments | 13 Nov 25 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 1.1s | source | bottom
1. rectang ◴[13 Nov 25 02:36 UTC] No.45909814[source]▶
This story reminds me of how the high schoolers on the Korean ferry MV Sewol obeyed the instructions to stay in their rooms.
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2. davidw ◴[13 Nov 25 02:45 UTC] No.45909887[source]▶
I don't have this one in my memory but... high schoolers? I'm not going to look that up.
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3. neom ◴[13 Nov 25 02:53 UTC] No.45909945[source]▶
There are a few docs out there on it, extremely extremely extremely insane/sad situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_A8dq2fA5o
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4. prmph ◴[13 Nov 25 03:09 UTC] No.45910059[source]▶
Also the Grenfell tower fire
5. nrhrjrjrjtntbt ◴[13 Nov 25 03:21 UTC] No.45910160[source]▶
Just read about it on Wikipedia. Straight up murder. This isn't "you shouldn't follow instructions" but more "dont get murdered".

They 2x overloaded cargo, made it loose, captain abandons ship while staying in place order remains.

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6. gblargg ◴[13 Nov 25 03:22 UTC] No.45910170{3}[source]▶
Some haunting cellphone video from the students' view:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-TQrxBOxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZuex_dnpBM (23-minutes of more raw video)

7. kingstnap ◴[13 Nov 25 03:57 UTC] No.45910438[source]▶
Yeah this is really way out there. The crew and captian straight up murdered those passengers. There was literally no reason to tell the students to stay put there were even rescue boats available.
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9. rectang ◴[13 Nov 25 05:16 UTC] No.45910986{3}[source]▶
For me the common element is in how people trusted authority when that authority issued instructions which seemed reasonable but turned out to be deadly. The character of the MV Sewol's captain isn't material.