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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 02:47 PM
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Louisiana DUers, what's the story with that oil rig
with the explosion and fire-have they found all the workers.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/oil-rig-explosion-drilling-rig-off-louisiana-coast/story?id=10437155

An overnight explosion in the Gulf of Mexico rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast, sending spectacular bursts of flame into the sky. The fires were still raging today.

An explosion rocked an offshore oil drilling platform, sending a column of fire into the sky and touching off a frantic search at sea Wednesday for at least 11 reported missing.

At least seven workers were critically injured, said the Coast Guard. Eleven others were reported missing after the explosion.

Although Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish, La., said a boat was found this morning containing the missing crew members this morning, Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Blakney told ABC News they were unable to confirm that the missing crew was found. They have continued to search area surrounding the oil platform with helicopters and search boats.
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