David Massingly News Today

>> reporter: perhaps most striking to me is how appearances for the sinkhole are so misleading. a single people of sunlight reveals the cavern is even bigger below the water line, with passageways carved deep into the darkness. but most disturbing could be the view from up top. the round opening is deceptively small. little indication of the cavern thats just beneath my feet. until a hole like this opens up, theres really no warning, is there? >> correct. it is that random and that sudden. and i...

A man who loved what he did for a living, and loved the waters where he worked. its the rookies final voyage, carrying a cargo of uncertainty and sorrow. david massingly, cnn, orange beach, alabama. also today, thousands of mourners remembering michael jackson. hard to believe, it has been a year now since his death. well take you live to the cemetery for the pop stars. ♪ im asking you to change his ways ♪ softness and support... ...are outrageously comfortable. ...on second thought, i thi...

Direct hit from hurricane ivan. then the next year was katrina. then skyrocketing fuel prices. fishing regulations. and then an oil spill. this has been six years that this area has really suffered a lot of stress. >> stress that his friends believe finally became too much for cruz. and now theyre worried about others. >> are you afraid that maybe one of your other friends out there might be thinking about something extreme? >> sure. we worry about that. >> what are you going to do about it? >> ...

A massive explosion in an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. david massingly joins us now. what is the latest on the rescue efforts? >> tony, its now been a full 36 hours since that explosion and theres still no sign of the 11 missing workers. the coast guard not giving up on the search. more than 1900 square miles covered so far by sea and by air, all this while the fires still raging at the rig. take a look. we have some amazing i-report video to show you. this coming to us from captain michael ro...