The tragic Sewol ferry accident in South Korea was very close to land when it sank.

NBC News reports that the ferry that sank in South Korea was at a location where land was actually visible.

NBC News' Carlo Angerer posted a Twitter picture of the visible land that he took on a boat trip to the search and rescue site.

Angerer tweeted, "South Korean ferry Sewol sank in sight of land. If passengers had been ordered to evacuate, more would have survived."

Divers are reportedly still searching for bodies that are trapped in the ferry.

The citizens of South Korea continue to mourn the deaths of the dead passengers as they wait for the return of the missing people.

CNN reports that 325 of the passengers in the ferry were students of Danwon High School.

75 of the students were rescued while 250 are dead or remain missing.

It has been reported that the school has reopened for students in their final year. A makeshift memorial has been set up in a nearby basketball gymnasium, where photos of the dead and missing students are displayed.

About 100 psychiatrists and support staff from South Korea were prepared to counsel the students.

Some of the teenagers reportedly wore hoods or caps to cover their faces as they made their way past journalists to enter the school.

Dr. Kim Hyun-sook, head of the community mental health program in the area, stated that mental health care professionals will be available for the students for at least two months.

He explained, "Koreans, when they experience trauma, they feel anger and sadness but they tend to bottle it up. We're trying to encourage emotional communication to let those feelings out."

Korea Herald has reported that the captain of the Sewol is most likely to face a life sentence in prison.

TIME reports that a chief engineer attempted suicide on Monday, but is now in stable condition and will be questioned further.