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Episode "Fighting Back - Stories from the Spill"

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  • Shrimp boats lay down burn booms that collect the oil at the surface of the water to then burn off.
  • A controlled oil burn to attempt some clean-up after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.
  • From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, an oil soaked bomb is brought onto the deck.
  • A controlled oil burn to attempt some clean-up after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.
  • View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the Discoverer Enterprise on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.
  • From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, an oil soaked bomb is brought onto the deck.
  • View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the Discoverer Enterprise on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.
  • A spotter plane flies over the oil spill site and guides the C-130 to oil slick for spraying.
  • The mechanism inside of the C-130 to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Dave Kunz, captain of the C-130, preparing for take-off to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Trucks bring in tanks of dispersant at Stennis International Airport, which will be loaded into the dispersant planes. It will be sprayed over the Gulf of Mexico.
  • From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.
  • Outside of the BP Unified Command Center.
  • View from inside a Coast Guard helicopter as they navigate over incident site.
  • A C-130 prepares for take off to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
  • From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.
  • A view from a Coast Guard helicopter of a relief rig on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.
  • From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.
  • View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the city of ships at the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 03

    Shrimp boats lay down burn booms that collect the oil at the surface of the water to then burn off.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 02

    A controlled oil burn to attempt some clean-up after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 07

    From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, an oil soaked bomb is brought onto the deck.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 01

    A controlled oil burn to attempt some clean-up after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 13

    View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the Discoverer Enterprise on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 08

    From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, an oil soaked bomb is brought onto the deck.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 12

    View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the Discoverer Enterprise on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 17

    A spotter plane flies over the oil spill site and guides the C-130 to oil slick for spraying.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 16

    The mechanism inside of the C-130 to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 18

    Dave Kunz, captain of the C-130, preparing for take-off to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 15

    Trucks bring in tanks of dispersant at Stennis International Airport, which will be loaded into the dispersant planes. It will be sprayed over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 05

    From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 14

    Outside of the BP Unified Command Center.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 10

    View from inside a Coast Guard helicopter as they navigate over incident site.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 19

    A C-130 prepares for take off to spray dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 04

    From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 09

    A view from a Coast Guard helicopter of a relief rig on the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 06

    From the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, a skimmer full of oil.

  • Fighting Back Stories From The Spill 11

    View from a Coast Guard helicopter of the city of ships at the incident site. The incident happened on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. The explosion killed 11 platform workers.

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