Deepwater Horizon Rig

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, while a Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew search for survivors and document the fire on April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people died in the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the rig, which resulted in the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Learn more in the Gulf Oil Spill section.

Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's crew in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people died in the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the rig, which resulted in the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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