Deepwater Horizon In Their Own Words (Full Episode) | In Their Own Words

Deepwater Horizon: In Their Own Words presents the harrowing story of how a crew of oil rig workers escaped a massive fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

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[robertgosnell]

None of the executives went to jail for ignoring safety concerns workers were talking about that were silenced of the threat of being fired. Corporate corruption at it's worst.

[garrettsmith]

I think the worse part about the disaster is that 11 people we’re killed and those Responsible were never brought to justice

[peteparker]

Two things that get left out of this story. The big one being, another rig was brought in. They directional drilled into that well bore. Killed the well, and plugged it. That’s amazing if you really think about it. The other is, the news kept reporting gallons per day flowing from the well. We don’t count fluid by gallons in the oilfield. We count by barrels. The news kept saying 60, 000 gallons. It was flowing 60, 000 barrels a day.

[teerich]

Who else here after watching deep water horizon 🖐🏾

[kurthuson]

I just watched the movie "Deepwater Horizon" so it was very powerful to listen to the actual people that survived this disaster.

[justsaying]

My son was on the DH several times. He had just gotten back to shore from different rig job when the DH exploded. RIP in the deep to the 11 workers who perished. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕯🕯

[miube]

My husband survived a blowout. Eerily, his rig was not far from where Horizon was. Until I heard from him, I was a bundle of nerves. Pictures of the rig afterwards were scary. So much heat, it melted the derrick. When it first happened, the company he worked for called families to tell us about the blowout. Without any tact, they said, “we don’t know if there’s any survivors.”

[Artofficial]

It's wild how heroic regular people can be.

[Junkinsally]

These people didn't make "the ultimate sacrifice". They died because of negligence.

[Dovietail]

This would be a better documentary with less repetitive flame flame footage and more use of the 3-D map to help tell the story.

[kadddddshad]

I hope the people on that thing got paid enough that they never have to see one of those things ever again

[janalalewicz]

Never, NEVER let anyone, no matter how high their rank, push & pressure you into doing something you know is unsafe! This could apply to ANY job. Im a nurse and Ive had to deal with that pressure in my job. Those 11 deaths are on BP 's shoulders! Its a testamrnt to the professionalism of that entire crew of 126 or so that there werent more deaths! Next time uou are pressured in your job to make unsafe decisions? Tell them.... "Two words:DEEPWATER HORIZON". It astonished me how those BP executives pressured those men in the drill shack!

[grayday]

If you go to the beach in Louisiana and you dig down about a foot you'll find some of the remnants of the oil from the deep water horizon.

[beaudoinsoss]

That was intense to watch. Worked on drilling rigs before and know the dangers. This is next level

[CountyLineForge]

I worked in the fishing industry in the gulf when this happened. It was so horrible seeing all the wildlife and marine life fighting for life. Not to mention the financial emergency it put us all into due to the fisheries being closed for so long. Many were going to the Atlantic or to the pacific to try to make a living. Long ride on a boat with a catch.

[tommikaelsen]

It bothers me knowing that on the business side of this industry, these men are simply collateral damage.

[bethanymiller]

felt like learning something today. I didn't think I would learn something like this. How powerful. When it's on the news, it doesn't feel personal(unless it's affecting you.) and if it makes you upset you can turn the TV off. But the lives of 137 people and their families were massively affected that day, and this puts it into perspective. It's amazing how even in the face of danger, risking their lives in a way they hoped they never had to, the personnel onboard the horizon forgot themselves for a while and assumed their emergency responsibilities. what amazing people. To the rescue crew as well...must have been terrifying to approach that monster.

[thebanjoman]

The explosion happened on my Wife's 55th birthday. She was working for the Govt (Minerals Management Service) at the time of the explosion. She remembers speaking with the Govt engineers whom she knew for 20 years in the gulf and feeling 'lied to' over the conversations about oil containment plans that they had when they actually had 'little or nothing to cap the well' She had her 30 years in, she "put in her papers' and retired soon after, before they finally were able to cap the well. This opened my eyes to just how potentially dangerous a job can be.

[russ]

RIP to the 11 who didn't make it...but out of 126 it actually surprised me it wasn't more than 11 who didn't make it cause that was a pretty crazy disaster

[jdaz]

It's sick that no one went to prison for this.