Oilmageddon survivors held incommunicado for 40 hours forced to sign false statements

Deepwater Horizon survivor describes horrors of blast and escape from rig

Stephen Davis recounts how he was flung against a wall by explosion and kept at sea on work boat for 40 hours after rescue

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By Davis's estimate, it took 12-15 minutes to get from the rig to the work boat, but it would take another 36-40 hours before they were to return to shore – even though there were dozens of boats in the area and Coast Guard helicopters airlifting the most severely injured to hospital.

Some of the men were openly furious, while others, like Davis, were just numb. He says they were denied access to the onboard satellite phone or radio to call their families.
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Lawyers say the isolation was deliberate and that Transocean was trying to wear the men down so they would sign statements denying that they had been hurt or that they had witnessed the explosion that destroyed the rig.

"These men are told they have to sign these statements or they can't go home," said Buzbee. "I think it's pretty callous, but I'm not surprised by it."

Davis had been awake nonstop for about 50 hours by that point. He signed. Buzbee says most of the men did.



more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/20/survivor-deepwater-horizon-gulf-oil-explosion
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/20/868302/-Oilmageddon-survivors-held-incommunicado-for-40-hours-forced-to-sign-false-statements

K&R

Not just humans either, anything living on the entire planet. Transocean seems to be no better than BP or Halliburton.

edit: and being "employed" by them is NO PROTECTION.

...in the criminal proceedings that should follow.

I'd recommend them for Presidential honors if they do the right thing.

:patriot:

:wtf:

threatening, to feed them to the fishes? Isn't that a felony?

Kidnapping on the high seas?

And how legal are papers signed under duress? Being on a ship and told sign or can't go home would make most people a tad tense about the possibility the people holding them hostage intended to throw them overboard if they didn't cooperate. Sounds like a lot of duress.

Get big government regulations off our backs. It is well within Transocean's corporate rights to treat these people like this. In this modern American Age, corporations have the divine rights of middle ages kings, after all.

I'm surprised all you DU'ers don't even seem to know that. :sarcasm:

I listed to a recent Thom Hartmann show from a DU video post, and he was questioning why there was no news about the victims or survivors families. Pretty soon there hopefully will be!

Let's shine some light on our corporation's divine rights of Kings!

-90% Jimmy

background
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8369295&mesg_id=8369295
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8362544&mesg_id=8362724

completed their re-education programs.

They're immune from actual criminal charges. BP won't ever go to jail, nor will any other corporation.

Didn't you know that?

:sarcasm:

When will there be justice for the millions of ordinary people on this planet?

are worthless.


Sign these statements or you can't go home?!

:kick:

and have their names added to the list of 'missing'? Dead men blow no whistles.

Corporations think they OWN people.

Love that word. Thanks kpete. Recommended.

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