http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-15518 Toby Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:04:47 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-15518 Daniel - I made a programme for the BBC about Piper Alpha earlier this year. I can't help much with information about your grandad but I would be very grateful if you could contact me at toby.swift@bbc.co.uk Daniel – I made a programme for the BBC about Piper Alpha earlier this year. I can’t help much with information about your grandad but I would be very grateful if you could contact me at toby.swift@bbc.co.uk

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-20875 Daniel Seaton Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:47:22 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-20875 I am trying to find some people that might of known ma grandad he died on the oil rig a month 2 the day before i was born and i just wished id known him his name was Colin Seaton and i think he work on the instrument department im not sure if any1 could help that wud be amazing thank you I am trying to find some people that might of known ma grandad he died on the oil rig a month 2 the day before i was born and i just wished id known him his name was Colin Seaton and i think he work on the instrument department im not sure if any1 could help that wud be amazing thank you

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-14082 Daniel Seaton Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:47:22 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-14082 I am trying to find some people that might of known ma grandad he died on the oil rig a month 2 the day before i was born and i just wished id known him his name was Colin Seaton and i think he work on the instrument department im not sure if any1 could help that wud be amazing thank you I am trying to find some people that might of known ma grandad he died on the oil rig a month 2 the day before i was born and i just wished id known him his name was Colin Seaton and i think he work on the instrument department im not sure if any1 could help that wud be amazing thank you

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-2376 John Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:55:42 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-2376 Amazing story, I did not even notice the small rescue boat in the photo until now. His guilt should be helped in knowing that the world took notice and made changes to offshore safety after hearing his story. It is still just a terrible incident though. Amazing story, I did not even notice the small rescue boat in the photo until now. His guilt should be helped in knowing that the world took notice and made changes to offshore safety after hearing his story. It is still just a terrible incident though.

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-13179 John Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:55:42 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-13179 Amazing story, I did not even notice the small rescue boat in the photo until now. His guilt should be helped in knowing that the world took notice and made changes to offshore safety after hearing his story. It is still just a terrible incident though. Amazing story, I did not even notice the small rescue boat in the photo until now. His guilt should be helped in knowing that the world took notice and made changes to offshore safety after hearing his story. It is still just a terrible incident though.

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-2371 Jane Wood Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:05:57 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-2371 My husband is a survivor of Piper Alpha and from his description of that night he was in that fast rescue boat you can see in the photograph. He was working on the lower level that night (servicing the diving equipment). He and the other men could only go down as the flames were too intense to go up to the helipad as they were instructed to do in an emergency. They jumped from the 40 ft level and the boat went into rescue them. As they were moving away there was a huge explosion and the heat and flames were incredible; they were lucky to escape with singed hair and lungs full of smoke. How do I know this? Over the years he has recounted to me many, many times what happened that night, how guilty he feels in surviving and how he misses all the friends he made on Piper Alpha over the 8 years he was on there. I am so grateful he made it but life has never been the same since the 6th July 1988. My husband is a survivor of Piper Alpha and from his description of that night he was in that fast rescue boat you can see in the photograph. He was working on the lower level that night (servicing the diving equipment). He and the other men could only go down as the flames were too intense to go up to the helipad as they were instructed to do in an emergency. They jumped from the 40 ft level and the boat went into rescue them. As they were moving away there was a huge explosion and the heat and flames were incredible; they were lucky to escape with singed hair and lungs full of smoke. How do I know this? Over the years he has recounted to me many, many times what happened that night, how guilty he feels in surviving and how he misses all the friends he made on Piper Alpha over the 8 years he was on there. I am so grateful he made it but life has never been the same since the 6th July 1988.

]]> http://gcaptain.com/?attachment_id=520#comment-13177 Jane Wood Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:05:57 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/piper-alpha-fire.jpg#comment-13177 My husband is a survivor of Piper Alpha and from his description of that night he was in that fast rescue boat you can see in the photograph. He was working on the lower level that night (servicing the diving equipment). He and the other men could only go down as the flames were too intense to go up to the helipad as they were instructed to do in an emergency. They jumped from the 40 ft level and the boat went into rescue them. As they were moving away there was a huge explosion and the heat and flames were incredible; they were lucky to escape with singed hair and lungs full of smoke. How do I know this? Over the years he has recounted to me many, many times what happened that night, how guilty he feels in surviving and how he misses all the friends he made on Piper Alpha over the 8 years he was on there. I am so grateful he made it but life has never been the same since the 6th July 1988. My husband is a survivor of Piper Alpha and from his description of that night he was in that fast rescue boat you can see in the photograph. He was working on the lower level that night (servicing the diving equipment). He and the other men could only go down as the flames were too intense to go up to the helipad as they were instructed to do in an emergency. They jumped from the 40 ft level and the boat went into rescue them. As they were moving away there was a huge explosion and the heat and flames were incredible; they were lucky to escape with singed hair and lungs full of smoke. How do I know this? Over the years he has recounted to me many, many times what happened that night, how guilty he feels in surviving and how he misses all the friends he made on Piper Alpha over the 8 years he was on there. I am so grateful he made it but life has never been the same since the 6th July 1988.

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