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Sep 30, 2016 · Mike Williams, the Chief Electronics Technician on the oil rig, shares his harrowing experience and PTSD after the 2010 disaster. He helped the filmmakers portray his story and the 11 men who died that night.
Sep 29, 2016 · Did Mike Williams really jump from an incredible height to escape the burning rig? Yes, the chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg in the movie), jumped 10 stories into the Gulf of Mexico in order to escape the flames that had engulfed the rig.
Apr 6, 2024 · Mike Williams was the Chief Electronics Technician on the rig that exploded in 2010, killing 11 men and causing the biggest oil spill in US history. He survived the disaster, helped the filmmakers recreate the events, and runs a construction company today.
Sep 22, 2016 · For a long time after the disaster, Mike Williams was haunted by the sound of helicopters. On the night of April 20, 2010, Williams, the chief electronics technician on the Deepwater...
Apr 5, 2024 · Mike Williams testified shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, facing 28 lawyers' questions in a hotel conference room while still wearing his hospital gown. The real-life Mike Williams now lives with PTSD, which is partly why he left the oil industry to start his own construction company.
Wahlberg plays Mike Williams, a real-life electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. On March 18, 2015, Gina Rodriguez was set to play a woman named Andrea Fleytas, who was on the bridge on board the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the blowout, and frantically tried to contact the Coast Guard. [16]
Sep 20, 2010 · Only On The Web: Watch an extended version of Scott Pelley's interview with Mike Williams, who was the chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon.
