On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater Horizon. Today's interview is with Chief Mechanic Doug Brown and his wife Meccah Boynton. This interview goes into detail on Doug's life since the tragedy and includes his thoughts on the question: Is the industry making the … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview With Deepwater Horizon Roustabout Matthew Jacobs
On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP oil rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater Horizon. Today's interview is with Deepwater Horizon Roustabout Matthew Jacobs. Matthew shares his thoughts on industry training standards and safety initiatives needed to prevent future disasters. Also... click HERE … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview With Deepwater Horizon Survivors Brent Mansfield & Christopher Choy
On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater Horizon. Today's interview is with the Deepwater Horizon's First Assistant Engineer Brent Mansfield and Fire Team member Christopher Choy. Brent Mansfield is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview With Deepwater Horizon Survivor Yancy Keplinger
On April 20th 2011, the one year anniversary of the BP rig explosion, gCaptain was honored to conduct video interviews with many survivors of the Deepwater Horizon. Today's interview is with Senior Dynamic Positioning operator Yancy Keplinger the rig's most veteran watchstander on duty at the time of the incident. Yancy, along with 3rd Mate Andrea Fleytas, the 23 year old … [Read more...]
Update On Deepwater Horizon Tort Cases – Interview With Maritime Lawyer Steve Gordon
The following video is first in a series of interviews I did with Deepwater Horizon survivors and people intimately involved in the ongoing incident investigations. Steve Gordon is an Offshore Injury Lawyer representing the family of Karl Kleppinger, a victim of the incident, and ten injured rig workers including Douglas Brown whose interests he represented as a party of … [Read more...]
Weekly Leader Podcast interviews Captain Alwyn Landry on the Deepwater Horizon Rescue
Recently, gCaptain's own John Konrad hooked up with his old podcasting partner Peter Mellow of Sea-Fever to bring to us Weekly Leader podcast episode 68. In this episode, they had the opportunity to interview Lloyd's Lists Shipmaster of The Year, Captain Alwin Landry, who was the master of Tidewater Marine's OSV Damon Bankston which was tied up to the Deepwater Horizon … [Read more...]