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My brother went over off a platform fire once. An older man and the man's son went over with him and the older man didnt survive the fall.

I cant remember if it was 8 or 14 hours before they were rescued. He said he would never do that again. He said it was a pretty sad deal floating with the dead man and his surviving son all that time.

He operated several different platforms for Pennziol under Hugh Lidtke iirc and some other companies.

Once he and 2 volunteers stayed on a 3 legged platform through a hurricane as a well was coming in when the last evacuations were varried out and he couldnt get it shut in.

For hours they were praying as it swayed to and frow with wather sloshing out of the toilets. Then the eye hit and it was pure calm and woth a beautiful sky above them before the next side hit and they were back to praying for 6-8 hours again.

He said they all knew at times they would go over any minute.

Later, divers found 2 legs cracked nearly through and early fractures in the other leg.