Relatives of Dead Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Workers Feel Forgotten in the Spill

One year after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, there has been no mention of the eleven men that perished.
We will remember them and hold them in our hearts, they were husbands, fathers, brothers, grandsons.
It has been one year since that fateful day -- we will remember them. Peace.

Relatives of Dead Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Workers Feel Forgotten in the Spill:
"(May 23) -- While the world remains fixated on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, L.D. Manuel says people are forgetting an important fact: 11 men, including his son, died when the oil rig blew up.

'I'm following the coverage, but I don't know that I like what I'm seeing. Everyone talks about the birds and the damage to the gulf and everything, but they never talk about the guys that got hurt,' said Manuel, who lost his son Blair in the explosion. 'That really bothers me.'

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded just over a month ago, on April 20, and relatives of the 11 men who were killed said that it's understandable that the news media and the public are focused on environmental concerns, government regulations, politics, the future of offshore drilling.

But they fear that the 11 victims -- their husbands, sons, grandsons, brothers -- have been forgotten.


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