Oil Rig Explosion - Escape from a fire-breathing monster

Daniel Barron III was on the drill floor when the hissing began, a sound that grew so loud, it enveloped the offshore oil rig. A thunderstorm of goo rained down on him: a dirty, slippery mix of oil, saltwater and mud. It was 9:30 pm April 20, and Barron was working to control a drill that descended 5000 feet below the muddy waters of the Gulf of Mexico, cutting a path to a mother lode of crude deep below the ocean floor. The high school wrestling star from Mooresville, North Carolina, had worked on Deepwater Horizon for a year, mostly as a roustabout doing support jobs. Now he toiled in the heart of the rig, on the drill floor, directly under the derrick. This was his first 21-day rotation in that role, and it was almost over. The father of two was an hour and 45 minutes from going home. edition.cnn.com

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