South Korean shipwreck survivors: told 'don't move' as ship sank
By Morgan Parmley
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/world/asia/south-korea-sinking-ship-students/

On Thursday, a ferry full of Korean school children in Jindu, South Korea, faced a terrible tradgedy.  What was supposed to be a four day feild trip turned into a life threatening shipwreck. According to some of the students on board of the ship, they were instructed by various authority "not to move" while the ship was sinking.  Many questions have been brought up whether or not this instuction given has cost the lives of passangers.  Currently, 9 people have been reported dead and many are uncounted for.  Rescuers are trying their best to locate the missing persons.

This accident has been a very devastating occurance.  At this point I don't feel that I have enough information to make an assumption regarding the motive of the instruction given during the sinking. The way that the direction was given though, does seem to have been very demanding.  At the point of the submergence I think that the person that had given the direction could have known that there was no way out of the sinking ship and wanted to keep the passengers calm, rather being hectic and creating even more stress in the situation.  I am honestly not sure what exactly his motives were for this questionable direction but I do think that the man very well could have had the passengers best interest in mind.