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What happened after the discovery was made. >> tyrone benton may well have seen the first signs that something was very, very wrong on the deepwater horizon. >> did you ever get close enough to the leak to see what exactly was leaking? >> yes. we flew down to the pod and saw that there was an angular fitting that had a leak on it. what was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt anal to see. but an angular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they do...

Tonight an interview with a survivor of the deepwater horizon. his name is tyrone benton. he may have been the first person to see signs of a warning. his job was critical, to send down cameras and inspect the well, the rig, the blow-out preventer, checking for anything unusual. weeks before the explosion, he says he found it, a cloud in the water. it was a leak, he says. he talked to special investigations unit drew griffin about what he says he saw and what happened after the discovery was mad...

Tonight an interview with a survivor of the deepwater horizon. his job was critical, to send down cameras and inspect the well, the rig, the blow-out preventer, checking for anything unusual. weeks before the explosion, he says he found it, a cloud in the water. it was a leak, he says. he talked to special investigations unit drew griffin about what he says he saw and what happened after the discovery was made. >> tyron benton may well have seen the first signs that something was very, very wron...

Fitting that had a leak on it. what was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt anal to see. but an a ghchlt gular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they dont work, the blow-out preventer doesnt work. a leak, even if only a trickle, is a warning. >> yeah. abnormal. >> abnormal enough that you reported it to your company, to transocean, to bp? >> thats correct. >> one pod is always working. the other, says university of texas petroleum engineer, te...

What was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt able to see. but an angular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they dont work, the blow-out preventer doesnt work. a leak, even if only a trickle, is a warning. xuáy its abnormal. >> abnormal enough that you reported it to your company, to transocean, to bp? >> thats correct. >> one pod is always working. the other, says university of texas petroleum engineer, tad patzek, is designed as its immediat...