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(FILES) This aerial handout file photo by the South Korea Coast Guard taken at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 16, 2014 shows coast guard members searching for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon. Student survivors of South Korea’s ferry disaster, testifying for the first time on July 28, 2014 in the murder trial of the captain and crew, recalled being repeatedly told to stay put as the ship was sinking. Of the 476 people on board the 6,825-tonne Sewol passenger ferry when it capsized on April 16 off the southern coast, 325 were Dawon High School pupils on an organised outing. Only 75 students survived. AFP PHOTO / FILES / South Korea Coast Guard
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