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Personal Account of BP/Transocean Oil Rig Explosion

60 Minutes’ Interview of crewmember Mike Williams, who describes the minutes before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion: I hear the engines revving. The lights are glowing. I’m hearing the…

60 Minutes’ Interview of crewmember Mike Williams, who describes the minutes before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion:

"I hear the engines revving. The lights are glowing. I’m hearing the alarms. I mean, they’re at a constant state now. It’s just, ‘Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.’ It doesn’t stop. But even that’s starting to get drowned out by the sound of the engine increasing in speed. And my lights get so incredibly bright that they physically explode. I’m pushing my way back from the desk when my computer monitor exploded," Williams told Pelley.

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