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

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. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕯🕯

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.

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.

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

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

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.”

It's wild how heroic regular people can be.

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.

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

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

Worked for ODECO back in the 70's and knew a lot of the men who worked on the rigs. They are a special breed of men, great workers who know how dangerous their jobs are. God bless them.

Who else here after watching deep water horizon 🖐🏾

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.

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

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.

I've seen various documentaries covering this incident and thought I wouldn't learn anything new from this one but I took a look anyway. I'm glad I did because it is easy to forget what happened 12 years ago already. What a terrifying experience and how sad for the loved ones left behind.😢😢

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.

I actually watched the movie while working offshore in the North Sea. I have to admit I took working on oil rigs for granted then that put in perspective what the dangers can be.

My brother had just retired from the marines and was offshore when this happened so it took a week to get in touch. When I finally did get a message from him he said he’s was fine and his rig was 100 mi away from DH but by the time he was to helo out he said you could see the crude in the water.

Great production. Was interested in it the whole time. Crazy ordeal.