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Burning rig sinks, death toll rises, Gulf bracing for major spill

April 22, 2010 By TXsharon

The 11 missing workers are now presumed dead making the death toll 18.

The rig is sinking and which will likely result in a crude oil spill of about 336,000 gallons per day.

Burning oil rig sinks, setting stage for big spill
By KEVIN McGILL and HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press Writers © 2010 The Associated Press

Carolyn Kemp of Monterey, La., said her grandson, Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27, was among the missing. She said he would have been on the drilling platform when it exploded.

“They’re assuming all those men who were on the platform are dead,” Kemp said. “That’s the last we’ve heard.”

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  1. bluwhisper says

    April 23, 2010 at 3:12 am

    The coal mine disaster, now this. The worst events in decades. These are the effects of deregulation.

  2. scubawithdogs says

    April 25, 2010 at 1:44 am

    I fear the worst is yet to come.

  3. Anonymous says

    April 25, 2010 at 2:18 am

    Yep, I think it's a great big problem in it's infancy just now!

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