"I saw a blue spark and then the whole thing just went up in flames," said student Westley Bourg. Search instead in Creative? He and his wife, Tracy, adopted a number of animals from the Natchez Humane Society, and the family asked that donations be made to that organization in his honor. But when his girlfriend, Natalie, told him she was pregnant, he quit school, applied to go offshore and landed an ordinary seamans position on the Deepwater Horizon. Here are some of the harrowing scenes from the largest oil spill in US history: A boat makes its way through crude oil April 28, 2010. BP's team of scientists and engineers dubbed the "crisis team" came up with several plans to contain the spill. -Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf, Yes, though they are not depicted in the movie, several students had an up close view of the catastrophe. Please select which sections you would like to print: Richard Pallardy received a B.A. I am not the same person. The explosion was caused by a blowout of the well that the rig was drilling. Settlements with families of workers killed in last year's Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion are running at $8 million to $9 million so far, a range sharply inflated by . Methane gas explosions ignited the rig. Robert. Karl Kleppinger Jr., 38, Natchez, Mississippi. Greenpeace worker Lindsey Allen collects samples of oil that washed up along the mouth of the Mississippi River near Venice, La., May 19, 2010. Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A brown pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast after being drenched in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 10, 2010. But the avid fisherman and family man never really enjoyed leaving home., He left that job out there, he really did, says his widow, who was in her mid-20s when relatives introduced her to Clark when he moved back to Newellton. The Marine veteran was a member of the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department and had also served as an officer with the Grant Parish police department. My baby boy will never know the love of his grandfather." On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. The volume of oil escaping the damaged welloriginally estimated by BP to be about 1,000 barrels per daywas thought by U.S. government officials to have peaked at more than 60,000 barrels per day. Furthermore, a report produced by BP known as the Bly Report states that before proceeding with well abandonment procedures, Vidrine spoke by phone to a BP engineer in Houston with regard to the problematic negative test. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20. They got about 100 yards from the rig and had a front row seat to the disaster that was about to unfold. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A soaked oil boom and oil are seen as EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tours marshes impacted from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pass a Loutre, La., on Monday, May 24, 2010. Manuel, 56, was a senior drilling fluids specialist. BATON ROUGE, La. A dead dolphin in Plaquemines Parish alongside tar balls Aug. 5, 2010, more than 100 days after the oil disaster began. The Damon B. Bankston was a 262-foot work vessel that had been moored to the Horizon. New Orleans, Louisiana On April 20, 2010, an explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig released over 130 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos, U.S. Coast Guard, response boats work to clean up oil where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank Thursday April 22, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexcio. Over the next four years, Roshto would work his way up the ladder to lead roughneck. On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. If he had a hard day, he could take that hardhat off and he could look at those two dates, says his widow, who has since remarried. The cabinet secretaries joined a bipartisan Senate delegation on a flyover of areas affected by oil from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Jason Anderson wasn't even supposed to be on the Deepwater Horizon that. He was survived by his wife, Courtney, and two daughters, Kaylee and Maddison. Video: Journalist Dives Into Oil SpillFull Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill pools against the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, President Barack Obama walks with Alabama Gov. Jones arrived on the rig the day before the explosion. Bacteria that had adapted to consuming naturally occurring gas and oil seeping from the seabed were thought to have consumed a portion of it. Bobby Jindal, left of center, speaks at a press conference in Galliano, La., Monday, May 24, 2010. "The explosion literally rips the door from the hinges, hits, impacts me and takes me to the other side of the shop," Williams told 60 Minutes. Portrayed by John Malkovich in the movie, visiting BP executive and acting rig supervisor Donald Vidrine insists on going ahead despite complaints of faulty equipment and unfinished checks. Two were employed by M-I Swaco, a division of oil-field-services company Schlumberger. A glob of oil that washed up with large patches of seaweed appears along the beaches on the west end of Dauphin Island, Ala., Monday, July 26, 2010. Here are the facts: Eleven workers on the Deepwater Horizon died, and another 17 were seriously injured. Video: Journalist Dives Into Oil SpillFull Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, AP journalist Rich Matthews dives into oily water on June 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is expected to come ashore over the July 4th weekend. A drilling fluids specialist for M-I SWACO, the Louisiana State University graduate had hung up after talking with his wife, Michelle, just 10 minutes before the rig exploded. Contact Gabriel H. Sanchez at gabriel.sanchez@buzzfeed.com. "The rig sank on my birthday, and Dale's birthday was April 24th. The company plead guilty to 11 counts of felony manslaughter (for the crew members who were lost), one felony count of lying to Congress, and two misdemeanors. Because there was no body, the family buried a memory box beneath His stone at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eunice, Louisiana. A controlled burn of oil sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air June 9, 2010. To help battle the worst ecological disaster our nation has ever faced, millions of feet of containment boom were laid with the help of local fishermen. Click through the gallery to learn more about each man. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. "You knew people were dying, you can't do nothing about it," said college student Westley Bourg, who had been fishing with his friends under the rig. The Ella G, once an offshore supply barge, has been refitted to skim and separate oil from the BP spill, making for a more efficient way to remove petroleum from the Gulf waters.Costner's SkimmerSpecial Section: Disaster in the Gulf, Jimmy Buffett performs Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Gulf Shores, Ala. A study showed that up to 800,000 birds were thought to have died. He was scheduled to leave the rig April 21, the day after the blast. An oil soaked pelican takes flight after Louisiana Fish and Wildlife employees tried to corral him on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the the coast of Louisiana, May 23, 2010. Oil-covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast wait in a holding pen for cleaning at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 11, 2010. Updates? Kleppinger was a veteran of the first Gulf War and the father of one child. When did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill happen? He died three days before his sixth wedding anniversary and 10 minutes after talking to his pregnant wife, Michelle Jones. An oil slick is seen in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf More Photos. This webpage is limited to EPAs enforcement-related activities only, and does not cover all legal or other actions against BP Exploration & Production and other parties for the spill, such as private party/class action settlements for medical claims and economic damages, or other actions against those responsible for the spill. Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos, A Tuesday, May 18, 2010, aerial photo provided by the Louisiana Governor's office shows thick, rust-colored ribbons of emulsified oil encroaching on the shores of the Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area, dark pools of oil forming near the coast, and oil overtopping protective booms. Kemp was scheduled to leave the rig April 21. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. As explained in the movie, the negative test was done to determine whether the cement job to seal the well had worked. That is a week in April in which I will always be reminded of tragedy and loss -- a reminder that will take place each and every year for the rest of my life.". Donald Clark, 49, of Newellton, La. A sign protesting the BP oil disaster is posted in Grand Isle, Louisiana, Sept. 4, 2010. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, This April 28, 2010 photo released by Greenpeace, shows an aerial view of the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread. 2. He went offshore not long after graduation in 2005 and was a floor hand aboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the disaster. For his memorial service at Georgetown Baptist Church, the family asked that everyone wear camouflage in his honor. Hahn rescues a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, La., on June 26, 2010. You know, this is it, I'm gonna die right here. 16,000 miles of coastline were affected, including the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida (, Deepwater Horizon Footage & Mike Williams Interview, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, video of the Deepwater Horizon engulfed in flames, Watch video of the Deepwater Horizon sinking, David Barstow's Article "Deepwater Horizons Final Hours" that Inspired the Movie. A dead armadillo in Waveland, Mississippi, April 7, 2011. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf More Photos Here, A dragonfly is stuck to marsh grass covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Garden Island Bay on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, near Venice, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. The explosion I don't smell anything. "They had left without the captain and without knowing they had everyone who had survived all this on board." -Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf. A citizens of Plaquemines Parish, La., makes his opinion clear with a road sign along La. From April 20, 2010 to July 15, 2010, an estimated 134 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the . Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. He was remembered by colleagues as a gentle, soft-spoken man with an excellent work ethic. A heavily oiled bird struggles to climb onto a boom from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 26, 2010. Jason was born November 22, 1974, to Billy Fred Anderson and Darlene Wratislaw White in Freeport, Texas. In the days following the explosion, it became evident that a large-scale environmental disaster had occurred, as approximately 210 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. They first used an ROV (remote operated vehicle) to figure out where the leak was coming from. Before it was capped three months later, approximately 134 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf, the largest offshore . Revette had been married to his wife, Sherri, for 26 years when the rig exploded. Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. Hahn lifts an oil-covered pelican which was stuck in oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010.Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf Complete Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A dead Brown Pelican covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill lies on the beach of a barrier island near East Grand Terre Island, La, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Inside the Harrowing True Story of 'Deepwater Horizon' Survivor Mike Williams: 'It Haunts Me' Mike Williams says he was unable to watch scenes in the movie depicting the deaths of his fellow. (A 2014 report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board claimed that the blind shear rams had activated sooner than previously thought and may have actually punctured the pipe.). I made those three steps, and I pushed off the end of the rig. "I began to crawl across the floor. A young heron sits dying amid oil splatterings underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Lousiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010. Charlie Crist spoke of his concern about the oil spill in the gulf spreading into Florida waters and the safety of the technology used on the oil rig in a news conference on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Tallahassee, Fla.Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, An oil skimmer collects oil April 27, 2010, from a leaking pipeline that resulted from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A dead oil-covered pelican is seen in beached oil on the North shore of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. Michelle has remarried. An American flag stained with oil on Dauphin Island, Alabama, June 12, 2010. Oil from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has started drifting ashore along the Louisiana coast. We heard it," said Bourg's friend Dustin King. The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. He once told his sister: Anything ever happens to me on that rig, I will make it. The beefy, red-bearded Kleppinger was a NASCAR fan and loved cooking barbecue. Yes. Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Unlike most of the other families, Sheila Clark chose not to have an empty grave for Donald. Large amounts of oil on the shore at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, June 12, 2010. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill adversely affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico, including marine mammals, sea turtles, birds, fish, and invertebrates. Omissions? The rig seen in the movie is an 85% scale recreation of the actual Deepwater Horizon rig. Of all the efforts by all the workers and volunteers responding now to the nation's worst offshore spill, the attempts to cleanse these animals and set them free tug hardest on the heartstrings. The dolphin was spotted on May 22 during a fly-over of the southwest area of the Mississippi River by U.S. On December 15, 2010, the United States filed a complaint in District Court against BP Exploration & Production and several other defendants alleged to be responsible for the spill. Stephen Ray Curtis, 40, of Georgetown, La. I could tell I was floatin' in oil, so I swam. Written in Wite-Out under the brim of his blue hard hat were two dates: His and Natalies anniversary, and their son Blaines birthday. Treavor recently wrote on his Facebook page: "Going to climb a tree in the a.m. and be where I feel closest to my Dad. When he was a boy, she kissed him on the school bus in front of his classmates. From March 30 to April 20, tune in as we go back in time to the day of our country's largest marine oil spill . Anderson was 35. Burkeen was a crane operator on the Deepwater Horizon and had worked for Transocean for a decade before the disaster. Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, See how wire entanglement inside a well bore mitigates the effects of blowout preventer failure in an oil well. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. He says that hearing the hymn triggers traumatic memories of the catastrophe. Associated Press 0:00 0:59 Portraits of the 11 who died on the Deepwater Horizon: Jason Anderson, 35, Midfield, Texas. in English from Illinois State University in 2005. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A response vessel is seen along a line of emulsified oil between the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site and the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico, Monday, July 26, 2010. The BP Oil Spill was the worst offshore oil spill in United States history. He was survived by his wife, Sheila, and four children: James, Krystal, Donald Jr. and Tandrea. A worker on the oil skimmer Louisiana Responder looks over oil booms as they collect oil from a leaking pipeline that resulted from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana on April 27, 2010. Corrections? Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos. Once released by the fracture of the core, the natural gas traveled up the Deepwater rigs riser to the platform, where it ignited, killing 11 workers and injuring 17. An unidentified girl avoids puddles of oil on the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Friday, July 2, 2010. In a victim impact statement to a judge filed in January 2013, Anderson's wife, Shelley, described his absence in their lives: "It is grueling for me to tuck my daughter in bed and read her a story while my son is crying in the other room because mommy can only do one thing at a time and daddy is not home to help. Maddison Kemp, (l.), and her older sister, Kaylee, are reflected in their father's grave marker at a Jonesville, La. A nut for Jeeps, according to The New York Times, Revette left behind his wife of 26 years, Sherri, and two adult daughters. Though the leak had slowed, it was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4,900,000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the gulf. Members of Code Pink march toward BP headquarters in Houston on May 24, 2010, to stage a protest against the catastrophic oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. ", Jones, 28, was a drilling fluids specialist. With no casket to put them in, his widow had the pictures laser-etched onto his gravestone. What caused the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? 4:32 PM EDT, Fri April 10, 2015, Dale Burkeen (Philadelphia, Mississippi) , Karl Kleppinger Jr. (Natchez, Mississippi) , Dewey Revette (State Line, Mississippi) . John Blazier, left, and Andy Porter walk to the top of a levee to get a view of a closed beach in Grand Isle, La., on May 24, 2010. Karl Kleppinger Jr., 38, of Natchez, Miss. Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos, Rescue ships attempt to put out fires on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Thursday, April 22, 2010. The World Socialist Web Site spoke with the . Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf More Photos, BP CEO Tony Hayward, center, speaks at a press conference on Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., Monday, May 24, 2010. Wildlife are facing threats to their habitat due to the uncapped oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Oil blobs and oil sheen are seen in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. It was the biggest oil spill ever . -Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf This Coast Guard image shows flames engulfing the real Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director P.J. Adam Weise, 24, Yorktown, Texas. NOAA, other federal and state natural resource agencies, and non-governmental organizations responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to assist affected wildlife. His death at the Deepwater Horizon came on his wedding anniversary and four days before his birthday. "The day of the explosion was Dale's wedding anniversary," his mother, Mary Burkeen, wrote in a victim impact statement. Video: Journalist Dives Into Oil SpillFull Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, A photo of an oil plume taken by Matthews under water during his June 7, 2010, dive. An oil slick sits on the surface of the water a few miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 17, 2010. BP Oil Spill Facts. on Saturday, May 1, 2010. He was survived by his wife, Rhonda; his daughter, Aryn; and his son, Timothy. As the film emphasizes, the Deepwater Horizon didn't pump oil. Drilling rigs and workboats operate at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, July 16, 2010. The infamous . - Donald Vidrine, one of two BP supervisors on the Deepwater Horizon when the drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has died in Louisiana at age 69. Two grandsons born since the disaster are named for him. Kleppinger loved NASCAR, according to Steven Newman, president and CEO of Transocean. The turtle was found about 35 miles from Venice, La., and was brought by boat and vehicle to New Orleans. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf More Photos. Jason Anderson, 35, of Midfield died Tuesday, April 20, in the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon explosion. In addition to meticulously recreating the rig, current and former oil workers and Coast Guard members were cast in smaller roles, adding to the realism. The free concert attended by tens of thousands of people was meant to help the Gulf Coast through the oil spill crisis.Photos: Music for the GulfFull Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. A Warner Bros. Efforts in May to place a containment dome over the largest leak in the broken riser were thwarted by the buoyant action of gas hydratesgas molecules in an ice matrixformed by the reaction of natural gas and cold water. How did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affect birds? What caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to explode? Roshto, 22, was a floorhand who joined Transocean in 2006. Also view an interview with the real Caleb Holloway, who is portrayed by Dylan O'Brien in the movie. Kaylee and I have dreams of Wyatt.". National Guard 711 Brigade Support Battalion installs barriers on the inside shore of the Dauphin Islands, May 2, 2010. The rig capsized and sank on the morning of April 22, rupturing the riser, through which drilling mud had been injected in order to counteract the upward pressure of oil and natural gas. His daughters birthday was three days before the explosion. Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos, A welder fabricates a portion of the BP subsea oil recovery system chamber at Wild Well Control, Inc. in Port Fourchon, La., April 26, 2010. The pipe, called a riser, had severed when the rig drifted after it lost power. As the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, fouling 1,300 miles of shoreline along five states. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. Ironically, the booms were stuffed with pet and human hair, which work perfectly for absorbing oil. Curtis co-workers said his turkey call was so realistic, they half expected one of the birds to land on the rig. Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Hermit crabs struggle to cross a patch of oil from the the Deepwater Horizon spill on a barrier island near East Grand Terre Island, La, Sunday, June 6, 2010. He was a floor hand at the time of the disaster. I have my children . As evidenced by both witnesses and video of the Deepwater Horizon engulfed in flames, the real-life explosion was equally as bad as what's shown in the movie. Treavor and his father "had a special father-son bond," Treavor's mother, Sissy Curtis, wrote in a victim impact statement. Cleanup and containment of a massive oil slick was still going on. Donald Clark, 49, of Newellton, La. We felt the heat. While fishing below the rig, they noticed a powerful wave of methane gas, which burned their eyes. Bob Riley as he looks at oil containment booms being cleaned as they tours the Theodore Staging Facility in Theodore, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, June 14, 2010. It rests on the bottom about a mile below the Gulf surface. 11 men lost. The Coast Guard searched for them for two days, but the search was called off when the Deepwater Horizon succumbed to its fires and sunk to the bottom of the Gulf 5,000 feet below. Updated An oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, April 21, 2010. On the night of April 20 a surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core recently installed by contractor Halliburton in order to seal the well for later use. Official websites use .gov Two months after Jones death, his widow gave birth to their second son Maxwell Gordon, a name theyd decided on shortly before he left on his last hitch. On April 20, 2010, off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig experienced a catastrophic equipment failure, igniting an enormous fireball that killed 11 people and could be seen as far as 40 miles away. Most failed. Aaron Dale Burkeen, 37, Philadelphia, Mississippi. Yes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. He was their first-born son and second child. Sheila Clark says her late husband liked his job as an assistant driller on the Deepwater Horizon. After loading a life raft and getting it into the water, it also left without them. Full Coverage: Disaster in the GulfMore Photos, Rescue boats spray the fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Thursday, April 22, 2010. The father of three grown daughters was planning to marry his fiance when he was killed. In addition, links for additional information on the spill, cleanup activities and other responses are provided below. In the end, the rig was set ablaze to recreate the explosions and inferno. And I kicked and I swam, and I kicked and I swam as hard as I could until I remember not feeling anymore pain. Manuel had three daughters. Yes. Showing Editorial results for deepwater horizon. He was survived by his wife, Sherri, and two daughters, Andrea and Alicia. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an 87-day period, before it was finally capped on July . Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf. When he arrived, the trainee wasnt there, but Jason stayed over to clean out his locker and spend just a little more time with his rig brothers.. It was three days shy of their sixth wedding anniversary. "Our youngest child won't get that.". This entailed pumping cement through a channelknown as a relief wellthat paralleled and eventually intersected the original well. The ship eventually became a refuge for the survivors. The island, home to hundreds of Brown Pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and Roseated Spoonbills has been impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Peter Samson, a reporter for the Sun, puts his hand in an oil patch on the surface of Barataria Bay, June 2, 2010. It became the largest offshore oil disaster in history, roughly 18 times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, which spilled 11 million gallons. Both lifeboats that were designated to be used left without Mike Williams, the rig's captain Jimmy Harrell, and several other crew members.
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