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185: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster: The Heroic Story Of Mike Williams

12.08.2021 - By Mile Higher MediaPlay

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On April 20th, 2010, Mike Williams kissed his wife and daughter goodbye and boarded a helicopter bound for the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig. What Mike thought would be a normal workday suddenly turned into a disaster when an explosion ripped through the rig and claimed 11 crew members’ lives. The tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon and the environmental disaster that followed still haunts the U.S. today.

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