You've got to be pretty jaded and cynical to attack this guy. I don't know if he's a good father or a faithful husband, but he survived being on an oil derrick that EXPLODED!! Don't see how it fits into the "media hoax" category.
Isn't it strange that this story appears to have gone nowhere? I expected to see other networks cover it and Congress interviewing Mike Williams. With the exception of Scott Pelley's interview, there is nothing more on, or from, Mike Williams. What happened?
I want to know the names of the BP executives who made the decision to expedite production at the expense of the time and expense necessary to follow standard safety procedures. These guys are going to try to hide. We need their names, email, memos, phone logs, everything. We should be deposing all of the company employees who might know something about how the decisions were made and implemented.
Scottina unfortunately..has apparently never been around "Bad Things". Im both a combat veteran..and an ex oil field worker. Mr. Pelleys story is hardly unique, nor is it unusual when Bad Things happen. Kudos to him and his good luck, along with his ability to keep thinking and moving. Due to Good Living, Good Luck, or some Supreme Being..take your pick, he lived and was able to tell his story. 11 others were not so lucky. Scottina..he/she/it..needs to get out in the Real World a bit more. Perhaps a job on an offshore rig? Gunner, Taft, California, age 57
How could this guy have survived two doors exploding into him and swim away without a scratch? Where's the proof? He was the last man off and missed two boats having remained on the platforn while doors were exploding, blowing him against into the bulkheads. Wouldn't all that force injure human tissues. Is this going to turn out to be a ballon-boy story? Why didn't he drag the woman off with him? He mentioned he already knew she was gonna die. Wouldn't she have had a better chance with him?
But wasn't he in charge of the computers. Wouldn't he have seen stuff happening on his computer screen. To enact shut-offs?
Great reporting CBS. This egment does not include first part where he lists the malfunctions weeks before the "accident". Any extended versions for the first segment?
Solution ? How about a huge fabric chute over well - from well to near surface ? a mile high "tent" the same width until near surface then funnel into multiple vacuum hoses?
Then maybe detonate bombs two hundred or more yards above or half mile below well to compress it and collapse it?
Why does this man keep looking away from the interviewer so often. Maybe he's nervous because Halliburton is watching every word he says, and if he steps out of line, goodnight.
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But wasn't he in charge of the computers. Wouldn't he have seen stuff happening on his computer screen. To enact shut-offs?
Then maybe detonate bombs two hundred or more yards above or half mile below well to compress it and collapse it?