has now sunk. this was a concern. we are getting more information about this. you're looking at pictures. these are taped pictures earlier of the battle to try and get that under control. but the deep water horizon, the name of the rig, operated by trans ocean been on behalf of bp, deep water horizon has sunk in the gulf of mexico. this is in modern times outside of a hurricane, lately, almost unheard of. there have been accidents, there have been fires, there have been some fatalities over the years. first of all, we have not seen an explosion or a mass i incident on a rig outside of a hurricane for some time. but to see a rink -- a rig actually go down into the ocean is a very, very serious and concerning matter. we're going to discuss the impact that has on safety in the water and offshore rigs. we're going to bring back some of our experts on that. we do have it now from the u.s. coast guard the oil rig has sunk in the gulf of mexico.