YELLOW RIBBON TRIBUTE:
The mother of the 5-year-old girl rescued alone from the Sewol ferry was found Thursday, adding yet another heartbreaking story to the tragedy.
The story of the little girl’s rescue has been tugging at the heartstrings of people across the world since the ship sank off the country’s southeastern coast of April 16.
Kwon was on her way to her parent’s tangerine farm on Jejudo Island with her 6-year-old brother. The two little Kwons were playing away from their parents when the vessel began to list. As the ship continued to list and sink, her brother gave her his life vest and went to look for their parents.
That was the last anyone saw or heard of her family, until today, when the body of her mother ― a 26-year-old identified as Han ― was recovered. Her brother and 52-year-old father are among the 131 people still unaccounted for.
Fortunately, Kwon was found by Park Ho-jin, one of the 75 Danwon High School students to reach safety, as he was about to jump for a lifeboat.
Park, who has since been lauded as one of Sewol’s heroes, grabbed Kwon off the deck and only let go of her once he was safely on land.
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