MV Sewol Ferry Disaster Memorials Part 1

Hojin Lee (Class 8)

Hojin Lee was born on the 19th of August, 1997. He was 16 when he died.

Hojin was the eldest child to two parents and one younger sister. He never disapointed his parents, and tried to live up to their expectations by studying hard. His efforts paid off and he got excellent grades. He fought a lot with his younger sister, and had a bad relationship with her. Despite that, after his death, his sister was deeply affected and wrote him a sweet note to his desk. Hojin a was bright and gentle person, and he had a lot of friends in school. His favorite foos were pork and youghurt. Hojin had an interest on computers and aspired to major in computing in university.

His body was recovered and returned to his family. He now rests at

The last picture of Hojin, taken abroad Sewol.

Taken right outside of Sewol. Hojin is on the left, in the middle is Seunghyun Lee and on the right is Junhyung Jang. All three perished.