Rescue boat captain: Platform crew jumped in water
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Posted: 09/02/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- - By HARRY R. WEBER
Associated Press Writer
The captain of a boat that rescued 13 crew members who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the vessel was so sudden that they didn't have time to get in a lifeboat.
Dan Shaw from the Crystal Clear tells The Associated Press that his boat was 25 miles away when it received a distress call Thursday morning about the platform fire.
The 59-year-old captain says crew members were huddled together, holding hands in the water, where they had been for two hours. All but one was wearing a life jacket. They were hungry and tired.
Shaw says the platform was in flames and there was a lot of smoke. He says he did not see any oil in the water. He says the crew did not explain what might have caused the explosion.
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