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Moment of impact, what do you remember? >> i was sitting at the desk in my office, and it just started to shake. not a violent shaking, but a very strange vibration. at that moment, the phone that was hanging on the bulkhead next to my desk rang. it was the third mate. he said, we're in trouble and i took off. >> hazelwood's ship had hit a two-mile underwater ridge, blye wreath. were alarms going off? >> when i got to the bridge, they were going off, yes. loud bells, sirens. >> when you heard those alarms, were you thinking, oh, my god? >> well, i had a pretty good idea we had run aground. i t...

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Right in the stomach. >> hazelwood checked to make sure the crew was safe, and calmly notified the coast guard. >> we've fetched up hard aground. and evidently leaking some oil. we're going to be here for a while. >> so everybody knew we were in trouble. >> while the crew saw oil bubbling to the surface here at blye wreath, they had no idea how bad it was down below. until the first diver went in. >> i was the eyes of everybody else. >> xop hired rick wade to survey the damage. it was catastrophic.