The vice-principal of Danwon High School, Mr. Kang (aged 52) committed suicide in the evening of the 18th of April.
He was found hanging from a pine tree near a gymnasium in Jindo, where many of the victims’ families were gathering, waiting for their loved ones to be rescued.
In the vice-principal’s glove was his will, which was 2 pages long, and read, “I am sorry to my parents, the school, the students, the office of Education and student parents. I can’t live alone not knowing whether 200 people are dead or alive. Please forgive me of my sins. I was the one who pushed ahead with the school trip. Please cremate my body and distribute my ashes near the site of the accident. Should I continue being a teacher with the children in heaven”.
He also blamed himself for having been rescued from the accident alone, and found it difficult to live with the guilt for “surviving alone”.