When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, 11 workers lost their lives.
17 others were injured. In total, there were 126 crew members on the rig
at the time of the explosion. 94 of the workers who survived were taken
by lifeboat and 17 were evacuated by helicopter. Some jumped from the
rig as the fire spread. The workers who lost their lives ranged in age
from just 22 years old to 49 years old; 2 were engineers and 9 were crew
members on the platform floor.