By DEREK GATOPOULOS
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Accident investigators questioned boatsmen on the island of Santorini (PRIVATE ITALIAN NAZI ISLAND??)on Monday to determine whether the crew of a cruise ship that sank in the Aegean Sea delayed evacuating more than 1,500 people on board.
Members of Santorini's boatsmen association played a key part in the April 5 rescue of the passengers - mostly American tourists - after the Sea Diamond foundered on submerged rocks near the island's main port.
Two French tourists are missing and feared drowned following the three-hour rescue effort during which the passengers had to scramble onto lifeboats, cross narrow gangways and climb down rope ladders to safety.
The 469-foot vessel sank about 15 hours after striking the well-marked and charted reef in fair weather.
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