Oil spill investigation transcripts released
Palm Beach Post Staff Reports
Updated: 3:11 p.m. Friday, June 18, 2010 Posted: 3:06 p.m. Friday, June 18, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint investigation into the cause of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is being conducted by the Minerals and Management Service and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The facts collected at this hearing, along with conclusions and recommendations will be forwarded to Coast Guard Headquarters and MMS for approval. Once approved, the final investigative report will be made available to the public and the media.
If the investigation reveals criminal misconduct on the part of any involved parties, then the Coast Guard will determine if the matter should be referred to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution.
Here are the most recently released transcripts of the hearings.
[If you have trouble accessing the pdf's, send me an email @s.l.lovelace@gmail.com and I will send them to you as an attachment. - sll]
“I was just -- I fell, put my hands over my head and I just said "No, God. No." Because I thought that was it.” Micah Joseph Sandell Crane Operator TransOcean
“Well, he made a couple of steps with his arm around my shoulder and he was in pain and he said "Set me down. Set me down." So, we set him back down and he said "Y'all go on. Save yourself." And I said "No, we're not going to leave you. We're not going to leave you in here." And along about that time I heard another voice saying "God help me. Somebody please help me."
Miles Ezwell Senior Toolpusher Transocean
“There's one thing I was concerned about during all of this. Once we got on that boat, there was a lot of people that went through a lot of trauma and all on that boat and they kept them out there for 30 hours watching that rig burn and unable to talk to their families or anything and them guys went through a lot… But I think in the future we could do a better job of getting these hands on the beach and taking care of them.”
Jimmy Wayne Harrell Offshore Installation Manager (In charge of day-to-day operations) Transocean
“There was, I remember there was a slight argument that took place in a difference of opinion, and the company man was basically saying, "Well, this is how it's going to be." And the tool-pusher and the OIM reluctantly agreed.” Douglas Harold Brown Chief mechanic Transocean
Earlier Transcripts
