[★BREAKING] Body of Heroic High School Teacher From Sewol Ferry Found

The identity of one of the bodies has been found in the salvaged remains of the Sewol Ferry.

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DNA testing found the body is Ko Chang Seok, a teacher at Danwon High.

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The confirmation of the body’s identity came a lot earlier than expected after it was estimated it would take a month to know.

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Ko Chang Seok joined his students on the field trip just a month after he was hired at the school.

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He heroically took off his own life jacket and tossed it to his students while the ferry was sinking.

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Survivors of the ferry said Ko Chang Seok was safe outside the sinking ferry but swam in to save his students.

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Two missing bodies have now been found, but the search for the other seven remaining bodies is still in progress.

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