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Between us and that side of the deck. we couldnt get to dale. and it -- i mean that feeling is just in describable. knowing that i didnt know that he had fallen or anything. i just know he was laying on the deck right there. just knowing somebodys right there, there is nothing you can do for them. >> you couldnt get to him because the flames. >> because of the flames. >> what was dale like? >> dale was like everybodys big brother. best friend you could have. he would give you the shirt off his b...

Back in to help the other men get brent out and because the electrical technician was bleeding, he was injured and he wasnt quite all there, he was panicking, i decided to stay with him and we went to the bridge. i looked up at fire on the rig floor, and it was getting larger, and that was scaring me. it was starting to spread down on to the main deck, and it was actually so bright you couldnt even look at it anymore. it actually started sounding like a living thing because it was hissing so lou...

Down? >> yes, i heard he was down. the other motor men with us went back in to help the other men get brent out and because the electrical technician was bleeding, he was injured and he wasnt quite all there, he was panicking, i decided to stay with him and we went to the bridge. i looked up at fire on the rig floor, and it was getting larger, and that was scaring me. it was starting to spread down on to the main deck, and it was actually so bright you couldnt even look at it anymore. it actuall...

That worked under him, and he was friends with everyone there. >> ten others died that night. daniel barron worked on the rig floor closest to the first explosion. nine men were working there that moment. only daniel and one other survived. >> i dont imagine what its like for -- for the wives who, you know, they are burying a box. they are burying a memory. they dont know how they died. they dont know where they were. they dont know what they were doing. they were basically giving up their own l...

With these robot submarines that are stationed on the rig. they are doing routine inspections of the blowout preventer on the sea floor. there is still a lot of questions about why it didnt engage. if you can imagine, this is a huge piece of equipment down there. there is a lot of redundant safety mechanisms on this thing. there should have been warning signs up on the rig when a dangerous spike in pressure was detected. >> like censors should have gone off and said, we have an issue and there i...