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First Posted: 7/7/10   Updated: 5/25/11

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Off the coast of Louisiana, a huge explosion engulfed offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in flames. The Coast Guard rescued over 100 workers from the platform, 17 of them injured and taken to hospitals. 11 workers went missing, and a search-and-rescue mission was underway to try to locate them.
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