free post- deep water horizon(spoilers)

During Fall break, I went to go see the movie, Deep Water Horizon. This movie is about the BP oil spill that happened in 2010. This oil spill effected many people, animals, communities, families, etc. What had happened was the oil rig exploded, due to the cement that was placed, not being properly tested and dealt with. This means that the people aboard the Deep Water Horizon oil rig could have done something to prevent this oil spill, that is the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Once the rig exploded, creating a fire that lasted for about 36 hours until it sank, eleven crew members were killed and about 17 were injured, this is out of the total of about 126 people. 

In this movie, the main character is one of the workers during this explosion and oil spill. There is a backstory where you meet his family and get attached to him. All of the crew members are representations of the actual crew members. Once the explosion occurred, the main character goes back into the explosion and tries to save everyone he can. The people who ended up dying were mostly people who got stuck in a room and could not escape. I think that would be the worst case scenario. The only thing that really angered me was that they could have prevented this whole situation. Before watching this movie, I didn't really know what happened to cause the oil spill, but I suspected it was an unavoidable mistake. The people who were in charge did not run the proper tests and did not believe the rest of the crew when they were told there was a problem.