energy reporter with "the houston chronicle," and senior petty officer michael o'berry with the u.s. coast guard. the deepwater horizon, that burned for 40 hours in the gulf of mexico, has now sunk. 11 workers are still missing. the coast guard actively looking for those 11 workers. sort of a dual mission now, the coast guard in a supervisory role over dealing with this rig and the hole and the oil that is going into the gulf of mexico, about 336 barrels -- gallons a day. michael, tell me what -- do you know the course of events? you've got a report that this thing's on fire? did you get a phone call? how does it work? >> typically those rigs, i know we got the call at 10:00 on tuesday. the command center would have gotten a phone call either from the company, usually will call. because the company also hires fire companies that come out to help put out the fire. so, the company would have called us at 10:00 p.m. and said there's been an explosion, a fire. at that point is when we launched. we launched two helos from air station north, and hilos from