The urgent issue for the recovery of the bodies of 9 victims and the clarification of the truth behind the tragedy is the complete salvage of the Sewol ferry. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries promised the participation of the victims' families in the salvage process, but excluded them for various reasons. The victims' families, civilian divers, and volunteers who participated in the recovery of the bodies are conducting surveillance activities from Donggeochado Island, the closest to the Sewol salvage site. What do they hope to see from the salvage? Their ordinary lives have completely changed after the Sewol incident. They can no longer answer what 'the state' means to them. What emerges is not just the hull of the ship. Salvage, it is to understand the reality of the state.