relief well in. we re learning more about the disaster as it unfolded and we forget and talk about the cleanup effort now and as you pointed out. 11 people died as a result of the explosion and the widow speaking out at congress and giving heart felt testimony and mike williamses, you remember him he was on 60 minutes a few months ago after the explosion, a former marine. he says the warning system, was disabled on the rig, and he didn t mince words, take a listen. the general alarm is set up to inform the entire rig of any of three conditions. number one, fire, number two, combustible gas, number three, gas. did you get either one of those alarment on april 20th. no, sir. do you know why you never got the alarm, sir. they were bypassed. and how do you know that he were bypassed? because i physically seen
he has been testifying about the extensive maintenance problems that existed on this before anyone knew about them. this is mike williams. let s listen to what he had to say about the alarm is set up to inform the entire rig of any conditions. number one fire, number two, combustible gas, and toxic gas. did you get any of those alarms on april 20th? no, sir. you know why you didn t get the alarms? yes, they were bypassed. how do you know they were bypassed. i physically seen it on the screen. i discovered a year ago and inquired why it was inhibited . the explanation i got from the lim down they didn t want people to wake up at 3:00 in