Aerial search for missing oil rig workers to resume Thursday morning

On Tuesday, around 10pm, a explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling rig. There were 126 people on board the Transocean rig when the incident happened. 115 were rescued with only 17 of them suffering major injuries. However, there are still 11 people that have not been found. The Coast Guard has been searching for them. They did have to call the search off overnight but they were already back out they are dawn this morning.

Its sad anytime a tragedy like this one occurs. However, what really surprised me was that only 17 people had major injuries. I would have thought that from the looks of the fire on the rig that many more people would have been injured. Hopefully, the Coast Guard will find these missing people soon! The longer it is, the less likelihood that they will still be alive if or when they're found.I feel bad for the families of these missing people. I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through. I look forward to hearing about the cause of the explosion in the weeks to come.

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