NU Online News Service, Oct. 13, 2:44 p.m. EDT
While it may have faded away from the headlines, the cleanup from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe has not stopped as efforts continue along the coasts of four states.
Government officials held a news conference today saying that more than 16,000 workers continue to respond to the oil spill along the Gulf Coast shores of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon spill, said it has been 176 days, and approaching six months since the oil rig exploded, killing 11 people and causing billions of dollars in losses. It has been three months since the oil leak was stopped and no oil has since leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, he said.
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