One of the eleven men that died in the
initial explosion that triggered a disaster in the Gulf was so concerned about
BP’s safety practices on the oil rig that he spent his last trip getting his
affairs in order.
Transocean tool pusher Jason Anderson
told his wife Shelly that he was concerned about BP's safety practices on the
rig. "Everything seemed to be pressing to Jason about getting things in
order.
In case something happened. Teaching
me how to do certain things on the motor home so that I could go and do things
with the kids, make sure that I knew how to do everything," an emotional
Shelly Anderson told NBC's Lisa Myers.
Her husband drew up a will and talked
about his hopes for their daughter and son. The last few times Jason called her
from the rig he was clearly worried.
"They were getting pressure from
someplace higher up to do things that maybe weren't exactly the way Jason
thought that they should be," she said. "It was a safety issue."
"Jason's father told us Jason was
concerned that BP, which controlled the rig, kept wanting to stray from
procedures to finish the well faster, which Jason considered unsafe,"
Myers reported.
The Transocean CEO sat in the Anderson
kitchen and told Shelly how he would take care of her family. But even before
the memorial service could take place, Transocean went to court to limit their
overall damages.
"They haven't even let us say
good-bye to at least have closure for his memory a little bit, to have time to
explain to a 5-year-old that her daddy is in heaven. They're filing these
lawsuits to limit us. They need to just slow down. Back up," said Anderson.
Watch Oil Rig worker Jason
Anderson’s Wife describe of her husband’s concerns for the rig’s safety on NBC:
