Four years have passed and Koreans can still vividly recall that heartbreaking tragedy.<br />A special ceremony remembering those who were lost from the capsized ship was held in Ansan, Monday,... where it was home to most of the victims.<br />Our Park Hee-jun reports. <br /> April 16th, 2018 marks the fourth anniversary of the tragic Sewol-ho ferry disaster.<br />For the first time, a government-sponsored special ceremony was held at the Hwarang Amusement Park in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do Province... to honor the victims.<br />Ansan is home to Danwon High School,... which lost 261 of its students and teachers.<br />The service was attended by around 5-thousand people, including Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, political party leaders, and ordinary citizens.<br /><br />"As a parent myself, I feel terrible every time I come here. I came today, because it's the only time I can be with the victims."<br /><br />"My eldest child is the same age as the victims. That day,... I saw my son come back from school, and could not imagine what the victims' parents must have been going through. I think this is the only way we can be with the victims,... so I came."<br /><br /> Heartbreak was visible at the ceremony, especially among the families of the victims,... who, for four years,... could find neither peace nor closure -- with no clear answers as to why the ferry sank or why the victims could not be saved.<br /><br /> "The Moon administration will always remember this tragedy. We will uncover the entire truth, learn from it, and do our best to make Korea a safe country. We will not allow the victims to have died in vain."<br /><br /> "Today's ceremony holds even more meaning,... because the memorial facility here in Ansan,... will be pulled down after the fourth anniversary. It was a significant place that was visited by more than 720-thousand people who wanted to remember and pay their respects to the victims."<br /><br /> The facility will be transformed into a memorial park for the victims to be remembered forever.<br />And after four years,... everything from photos to records will be sent to the National Archives of Korea,... following the wishes of the families.<br /><br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News, Ansan. <br />
