Brahan
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On BBC now. Hard to watch but impossible to turn off.
Piper Alpha
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Quite a few years ago now I had to do the basic OPITO offshore survival course for a project that would have taken me on a North Sea survey vessel (the project was canned - never got further than Lowestoft!). The trainers were full of war stories about Piper Alpha and we were also treated to some footage as part of the course. This ---->
Stringy Bob
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That's the punchline to one of my favorite all time sick jokes.
What's got 4 legs and goes woof?
What's got 4 legs and goes woof?
snorri
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Indeed, thought provoking and more horrifying than any horror movie. Handled well in the film,without the drama often added to this type of story.
A reminder too of a lost colleague.
What was most moving was the matter of fact way that great bravery was described and the fairly calm way that life and death decisions were being made during the fire.
I did well up, though, when the person, dithering about whether to jump 170 ft into the sea, was knocked into falling by a man who couldn't stop behind him because his shoes were on fire from the heat of the walkway from the helipad. It turned out that 'burning shoes' man, who also survived the fall, thought for years he had pushed someone to their death and it was only in the making of the film that he found out the man had survived. They suffered facial burns from radiant heat from the fire during their fall.
I did well up, though, when the person, dithering about whether to jump 170 ft into the sea, was knocked into falling by a man who couldn't stop behind him because his shoes were on fire from the heat of the walkway from the helipad. It turned out that 'burning shoes' man, who also survived the fall, thought for years he had pushed someone to their death and it was only in the making of the film that he found out the man had survived. They suffered facial burns from radiant heat from the fire during their fall.