South Korea Sent Wrong Bodies To Ferry Disaster Families

One might think that after the ferry sank off the southwest coast of South Korea there would be a considered effort to insure that the remains of those lost in this tragedy were returned to the proper families.  Unfortunately they couldn't even get that right.

  There have been several reports in South Korean media this week of bodies going to the wrong families, with the error sometimes caught only after the remains were taken to a funeral home. An "action plan" released by the government-wide emergency task force acknowledged that "there have been cases where the victims were wrongly transferred."Remains will be transferred to families when there is a match using DNA testing or fingerprint or dental records, the task force said. The transfer will be temporary when a body is matched though identification or physical description, and authorities will wait for more authoritative evidence before making the transfer permanent.
The ferry sank April 16 on its way from Incheon port to the southern tourist island of Jeju. More than 80 percent of the 302 dead and missing are students from a single high school in Ansan, south of Seoul.

Having to deal with the loss of a child is horrible enough but then to add insult to emotional injury by sending the bereaved families the wrong bodies is beyond the pale.