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05/07/2010

A burning issue

Photo credit: Monica Leftwitch, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21st, 2010

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew.”

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***Posted on May 7th, 2010