Survivors of Louisiana Transocean Oil Rig Explosion Back on Shore

Approximately 100 offshore workers who were working on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon when it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, have been brought back to shore on a rescue boat. The workers were brought to Port Fourchon in Louisiana. As soon as the boat docked, the workers were taken for a medical examination. All of the workers have since undergone a medical checkup, and have been reunited with their families. The offshore workers are currently at hotels in New Orleans, where they are spending some time with their families. Obviously, the Transocean oil rig explosion has  been a harrowing experience for these workers. Very few of them have been able to talk to the news media about their experiences, but family members say they are relieved and grateful to be back. The workers were obviously very tired and stressed. Meanwhile, there is still no information about the 11 missing workers. The eleven workers went missing when the oil rig exploded off the coastline of Louisiana. The Coast Guard will begin aerial rescue efforts this morning. Rescue efforts had been hampered since darkness fell, although the Coast Guard vessels continued to patrol the area around the rig. Maritime injury lawyer Brian Beckom is a Board-Certified Trial Lawyer, whose primary focus  is the representation of injured drillers, roustabouts, roughnecks, and other offshore and oil rig workers in offshore accidents in Texas, Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast, across the country and in international waters.