Rig rescue captured in Navy footage

Rig rescue captured in Navy footage

PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIALbr Video footage of the rescue of oil rig workers in the Bay of Campeche has been released by Mexico's Navy.br The video shows one of the six survivors being pulled aboard a helicopter by rescue workers after being hauled from the sea in a basket.br Four Mexicans and two Americans are recovering in hospital after their ordeal.br One Bangladeshi contract worker was also rescued, but died later in hospital.br Two other workers were earlier found dead.br The search for another contract worker still missing, has been called off.br The men went missing after their rig in the Gulf of Mexico was evacuated last Thursday, because of the approach of Tropical Storm Nate.


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Uploaded: 2011-09-14

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