Final Body Recovered From Capsized Oil Rig
Associated Press
MORGAN CITY, La. —
Divers on Thursday found the body of the 11th and final victim of a capsized oil drilling rig in a remote Louisiana bayou.
“Our divers found the final body under a pipe rack on the outside of the rig,” said Aubrey Authement, a sheriff’s department spokesman.
Tugboats were moving the rig to a new drilling site late Monday when it capsized.
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