whales, and birds collected since this disaster and the marine scientists tell us that s only the tip of the iceberg because, of course, the ocean is a competitive, even hostile place when something gets sick, it is off its game, it gets quickly eaten or falls to the bottom. we know that a thousand miles of shoreline were oiled by this disaster and about 83 still remain oiled. i was out in bay jimmy where your correspondent was just on monday. and you can see mats of oil, i walked back in some of this marsh, andrea, and when you reach down and grab a piece of cane or spartina grass, it is like somebody poured tar on it. it is sticky, just like it was yesterday, a year later. and it is killed the front lines of the marsh, going back 10, 20, 30 yards in some places, letting the water come up and erode that foundation of gulf life upon which almost every species in the gulf depends at some point in its life cycle, the fish, the crabs, the oysters, the shrimp. it is all reliant on the
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but details of it are just new coming in. controllers at andrews air force base fear the cargo jet would not be able to clear the runway before the jet carrying the first lady and dr. biden landed. the planes were only three miles apart instead of the five miles required. this is just the latest in a series of air traffic controllers. michael goldfarb is the former chief of staff for the faa. it must have been a harrowing experience. normally the separations are more than five miles. so the plane on the runway should not have been there to begin with. that in one second. but one of the things, when i heard about this, that struck me was, if there s any airport. in the world where you would expect them to get it right, it s andrews air force base. this is basically where the president flies in and out. how can this happen? isn t there special security or special care taken for everything i mean, the president s wife and the first lady was on this. i have a hard time getting
we begin this morning with a somber look back. the nation stops this morning to remember the gulf oil disaster that started one year ago today. a tragedy those who call the region home will never forget. after 87 days last summer, the leak was finally stopped, but the fight again the oil that was left behind goes on. jay gray was there when it happened, and he s back for us in venice, louisiana, this morning for a closer look at the recovery. jay, good morning. reporter: good morning, lynn. hard to believe s been a year. for those who live here, they are well aware of the days that have passed. for so many along the gulf coast, lives changed so dramatically in an instant. now a year after the tragedy, many are wondering if life will ever get back to the way it was before the spill. it has been a full year since the fire now. the explosion that killed 11 crewmen on the deepwater horizon rig. i just to the best i can one day at a time. i don t normally plan past a week or t