The tragedy has led to shifts in the political and media infrastructure of South Korea, but its lessons still risk sinking into obscurity and forgetfulness. Many victims were not recovered from the ship until three years after the sinking, and some remain missing. The subsequent inquest caused widespread public anger, notably the historic and massive grassroots Candlelight Protests of late 2016, and contributed to the 2017 impeachment and resignation of President Park Geun-hye. But the Sewol tilted and sank, taking with it 304 victims, mostly high school students. The media reported that all had survived. 476 passengers, including 325 students on a school trip to Jeju Island, were on board." Next morning the ship began to sink amid confusion and delayed governmental rescue efforts, and nearly an hour later the captain fled with half the passengers still aboard. In the Absence begins with the usual narrative markers of a ship tragedy: a drone camera sweeps over the site, we hear a 911 call, security camera shows ominous developments inside the vessel, and we read a title: "On the night of 15 April 2014, the Sewol ferry departed Incheon Port, Korea.
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