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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 wrong on the deepwater horizon. >> did you ever get close enough to the leak to see what exactly was lea...

>> yeah. you could look at it that way, yes. >> no one listened and a few weeks later, tyrone benton was lying in his bunk on the deepwater horizon when the first explosion knocked him out of bed. the second covered him in debris, as he scrambled to find his flashlight, it was pitch black. >> panic on board, screaming? >> panic, screaming, people jumping overboard. it was completely chaos. and i could hear my supervisor telling everybody, let's go, let's go. let's get in the lifeboats. we've got to go. we've got to go. and he kept his head. he kept his cool. most of us were just panicking and ...

Have to say we have to go. and we made it to that point. >> of the 11 who never made it to the lifeboat, benton says many were close friends. he is now suing bp and transocean for emotional and physical injuries. bp spokesman wouldn't comment on reports of a leak but did say bp is determined to get to the bottom of what caused the explosio explosion. >> so, drew, why is tyrone benton coming forward now and thrusting himself basically into this firestorm? >> i think you can tell, anderson, from that interview, he somewhat reluctantly is coming forward. he was tracked down by a british newspaper...

And we made it to that point. >> of the 11 who never made it to the lifeboat, benton says many were close friends. he is now suing bp and transocean for emotional and physical injuries. a bp spokesman wouldn't comment on reports of a leak, but did say bp is determined to get to the bottom of what caused the explosion. >> so, drew, why is tyrone benton coming forward now and basically thrusting himself into this firestorm? >> yeah. i think you can tell, anderson, from that interview, he is somewhat reluctantly coming forward. he said he was tracked down by a british newspaper. he gave them one ...

Beach, florida. >> building up america. still ahead, a bp whistleblower speaks out. tyrone benton says he warned of problems with equipment, specifically the blow-out preventer on the deepwaterer horizon weeks before the explosion. why did nobody listen? you'll hear from him. also lenny kravitz about the life here in new orleans. he was part of larry king's telethon last night. he has a long connection to this city. what he has to say about the disaster, and how life here is still strong. we'll talk with him. wow!