Who: The Sea Diamond cruise ship.
What: The Greek cruise ship, Sea Diamond, sinks off the island of Santorini, Greece.
When: April 6th, 2007
Where: Santorini, Greece
Why: The cruise ship hit a volcanic reef that was formed 3,500 years ago and needed to evacuate the cruisers immediately. Two people were not found.
My Opinion:
My Opinion on this story is that it's sad. The cruise ship called the Sea Diamond hit a volcanic reef formed over 3,500 years ago and sank. Approximately 1600 passengers were rescued, but two poor souls were never found. I highly doubt that they escaped because how would they? In the room the passengers who were never found were staying in, water filled up quicker. This cruise ship sinking wasn't as bad as the Titanic, but why are cruise ships still sinking? It was said that the crew member didn't even know what to do when they ship was sinking. With that said I think that more safety precautions should be taken because how could a captain hit a crater and not know when it was also said that the cruise had the latest technology? The crater had also been there for over 3,500 years. How could you miss it?
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