http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/02/rescue-efforts-underway-after-oil-rig-accident-in-gulf/
[Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the rig explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.
Coast Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
[Posted at 11:33 a.m.] An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.
Rescue attempts are underway for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the rig total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing.
The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.
The Coast Guard has multiple helicopters, an airplane and several Coast Guard cutters en route. It's unknown if there are any injuries.
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9/2/10 11:02 a.m.
People need to quit blowin' them things up, or we're gonna have to convert all our Fieros to electric.
I just saw that on the news. At least everyone's ok, except for the one injured dude.
Prepare for another few months of finger pointing and other assorted B.S. 
its good to hear all the guys are ok
Updated: 2:22 pm EDT September 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.
In reply to DukeOfUndersteer:
Why don't they just light it up and let it burn until it's gone. Thats' how we cleaned up the Cuyahoga River. 
I'll bet we stop hearing about this in a week, American attention span < gnats hootus.
ansonivan wrote:
I'll bet we stop hearing about this in a week, American attention span < gnats hootus.
FYI: Haiti is apparently 'fixed.'
Harry Reid didn't say 'Negro.'
The economy is fine.
Gitmo is closed.
There's no oil in the ocean.
Move along. Nothing to see here...until the next pseudo celebrity dies or goes to rehab.
I think we ought to start looking for North Korean subs in the Caribean.
At least this rig wasn't in mile deep water.
