The Sewol ferry disaster and failures of rescue
The New Yorker · Documentary · 29 min · 2019 · YouTube title: What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New Yorker
Why it's here
HN mostly cites it as an example of institutional failure and deference to hierarchy during a disaster.
What it covers
A New Yorker short documentary about the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea, based on the film In the Absence. It examines the failures in the rescue and the political aftermath.