Two Missing From Greek Cruise Ship

Apr 06, 12:10 PM

Current Headlines: Divers searched a shipwreck off the coast of Greece Friday for a French father and daughter not among the 1,600 people rescued from the cruise ship.

These are very tragic circumstances, Greek Tourism Minister Fanny Palli Petralia told Sky News.

Petralia said she had spoken to the missing man's wife about her 45-year-old husband and 16-year-old daughter.

The lady said her cabin filled with water when the ship struck rocks and that she narrowly escaped. She was not sure whether her husband and daughter made it out because things happened so suddenly.

The Sea Diamond sank hours after running aground off Santorini Island. The ship's 1,200 passengers, most from the United States, were being transported Friday to their original destination, Piraeus.

Passenger Cliff Jones told the BBC he felt the ship hit rocks Thursday.

The ship tilted so far to the right, the first five floors were flooded. We just waited at the top to be rescued, he told the BBC.