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Something you don't ever expect to see. >> reporter: rescue swimmer kirk peterson was aboard the first coast guard helicopter sent to the scene. and on the way, reports grew more dire by the minute. >> started progressing to a rig explosion, a rig on fire. 160 people in the water with injuries and it kept growing and growing and growing. >> reporter: as they circled the blazing deepwater horizon, it was immediately apparent, peterson says, they were flying into a full-blown catastrophe. with the chopper running low on fuel, the 39-year-old father of two was hoisted down on to the nearby supply...

Peterson was aboard the first coast guard helicopter sent to the scene. and on the way, reports grew more dire by the minute. >> started progressing to a rig explosion, a rig on fire. 160 people in the water with injuries and it kept growing and growing and growing. >> reporter: as they circled the blazing deepwater horizon, it was immediately apparent, peterson says, they were flying into a full-blown catastrophe. with the chopper running low on fuel, the 39-year-old father of two was hoisted down on to the nearby supply ship that had now become, by necessity, a hospital. hundreds of people w...

And on the way, reports grew more dire by the minute. >> started progressing to a rig explosion, a rig on fire. 160 people in the water with injuries and it kept growing and growing and growing. >> reporter: as they circled the blazing deepwater horizon, it was immediately apparent, peterson says, they were flying into a full-blown catastrophe. with the chopper running low on fuel, the 39-year-old father of two was hoisted down on to the nearby supply ship that had now become, by necessity, a hospital. hundreds of people were treated out here that night, in the dark, in what became a makeshift...

The damage that we have done. >> hugh kaufman, senior policy analyst for the epa, thank for your insights on this tonight. >> thank you, sir. coming up, a reminder of the heroism in the early hours of the oil explosion. the story of a man who risked his life to rescue injured rig workers in the hours after the horrific end of deepwater horizon. and later, the end to the pundit palin spin. it turns out she doesn't have the midas touch when it comes to endorsing candidates. nationwide insurance, i'm all ears.

Precautions so that we minimize the damage that we have done. >> hugh kaufman, senior policy analyst for the epa, thank for your insights on this tonight. >> thank you, sir. coming up, a reminder of the heroism in the early hours of the oil explosion. the story of a man who risked his life to rescue injured rig workers in the hours after the horrific end of deepwater horizon. and later, the end to the pundit palin spin. it turns out she doesn't have the midas touch when it comes to endorsing candidates. it can happen anytime,