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Deepwater, and this could have been done much earlier, i believe, than it was. >> in layman's terms so a guy like me can follow along, how did they get it to stop? >> you have to be careful with these big wells because if you just slam a valve shut, it's like a car slamming into a wall. you have to gradually slow the flow down and pinch it off. if you go real quickly, you stand a bigger chance of actually rupturing something. the well bore is severely damaged from the cap kill, and this blowout preventer has been through a lot of wear and tear, so they gradually closed it in. i noticed they we...