Oil workers describe floating for days in Gulf
US News • October 2011 • Views: 1,001
Two U.S. oil workers who survived floating amid waters as high as 40 feet for nearly four days on a life raft in the Gulf of Mexico after a tropical storm disabled their research vessel say they experienced a nightmarish ordeal in which they saw friends and co-workers slowly die.
Ted Derise Jr. and Jeremy Parfait told The Associated Press on Friday they were pushed to the breaking point but never lost hope they would be rescued.