You can imagine the workload we were dealing with, with all the offshore infrastructure and having to brief the president and the secretary of Interior.

I've learned a lot. I've learned that pretty much everything I have is replaceable, as long as I don't lose my family. I've gotten a lot closer to the people I work with - they pretty much became my family. You always learn stuff when things don't go right.

There was a lot of emotion and it was adding stress.

I think it's just getting worse. People think it's a way to get to players, it's an adrenaline rush for these guys. It's a huge thing.

Horrified, I can't put it in words, being that helpless with a guy that has a gun.

He stood up and told us if we didn't take the boot off he was going to kill us.