How Many People Died In The Deepwater Horizon Disaster In Real Life

[Sarah Little]

Deepwater Horizon revolves around the events of the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which sadly killed multiple people in real life. The 2016 biographical disaster film, directed by Peter Berg and written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, is adapted from a New York Times article — "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours" — by David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul that was published on December 25, 2010, eight months after the disaster. The piece goes into great detail about everything that happened, from the calm morning before the explosion to the next day when survivors prayed for the deceased.

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