about this part of his life? that he was working as a contractor or working for the navy? did that ever come up? caller: i didn t know he was part of the reserve. he s only recently been working for the contractor. he was a navy reservist. this is a reserve base. we have a reserve base. our other reporter knew he was affiliated with the reserves somehow, but thought he was mainly interested in studying thai and helping in the thai restaurant. we didn t know what he did in the military or how involved he was. thank you very much for taking the time. we appreciate it adding to the portrait that we are trying to come up with about who this person was, how they could have done this horrific act and how he could have been stopped. i want to make sure you understand we are not sharing the names of the 12 who were massacred, who lost their lives
con frenls. 11 workers are still missing. coast guard helicopters have been searching all day. nbc s jay gray is in belle chasse. with a good day you to, what s the update? good afternoon, alex. reporter: i m just outside of new orleans and this is the joint reserve base where the rescue teams are staging and moving out 50 miles into the gulf. so far today they have combed the area to no avail, found no evidence of any more survivors from that blast late tuesday night. as you talk about the fire that burned for more than 36 hours, ultimately collapsed that rig. it s fallen beneath the waters in the gulf and that presents what could be a very dangerous environmental situation. they are assessing what s happening there. but continuing with the rescue effort and that is the primary concern at this point. 11 men still missing. at this point rescuers understand that time is running out, that the window is closing on finding any of those men