Oil and water: The wreck of Exxon Valdez (2014)

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2 ай бұрын

In what was the biggest tanker spill of its time, the wreck of the supertanker Exxon Valdez in the pristine water of Alaska’s Prince William Sound poured over 11 million gallons of crude oil into the calm waters. CNN investigates what happened on that fateful night. #CNN #News

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@fredrit323 2 ай бұрын

Having worked on freighters and navigated around the globe I can tell you that during a passage through a canal or indeed a shipping lane like that one, no matter how many times you' ve done it, you need to be on top of your game and the captain must be present at all time, awake and sober, complacency leads to disaster, he's got zero excuses...

@superhyrulean 2 ай бұрын

I remember this and lived up in Anchorage,Alaska when it happened when i was just a kid. I was born and rased in Anchorage,Alaska for 17 years. Anyway,The captain,Joseph Hazelwood of the Valdez was sentenced to work at Brother Francis/Bean's cafe,a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in Anchorage as punishment for this disaster and he was fined $50,000. They let him off super easy,IMO. This was one of the worst ecological disaster in history. Even 35 years later,they are cleaning it up. He died about 2 years ago on July,21st,2022 from both C's. Cancer and Covid-19.

@smilesnow4593 2 ай бұрын

So, which one. Cancer or Covid?

@costidisa 2 ай бұрын

@@smilesnow4593Ever heard of pre-existing conditions (e.g. cancer) increasing susceptibility (e.g. immunocompromise) to infection (e.g. covid). What exactly did your comment accomplish?

@brandonphillips9813 2 ай бұрын

@@smilesnow4593 Cancer and COVID you 🤡. My family member had cancer, congestive heart failure, double pneumonia. So which one killed them? It's called multiple diagnosis 🤡🤡.

@BlueTickCH Ай бұрын

@@smilesnow4593 i think both C's Cancer and Covid

@maryshkamiceli8388 2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad this video is still available. This was such a devastating event for the marine ecosystem and for people. 35 years ago.

@e4t662 2 ай бұрын

Humans are their own worst enemies. Greed and Avarice are surely not helping.

@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын

That North Face jacket she is wearing is made out of oil?

@akjordan1680 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281well no shit huh cpt obvious

@JuanDeagle-sj2bt 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281 since your using the internet you must approve and agree with absolutly evrything being0 displayed on it ..or where you trying to make a different point ?

@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын

@@JuanDeagle-sj2bt I disagree with almost everything on CNN, anyone thats responsible for their own actions is what I agree with.

@JuanDeagle-sj2bt 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281 so you didnt have a point , o.k noted

@hacobkenenwau6244 2 ай бұрын

The worst part is the animals suffering

@mohmedhassan6875 2 ай бұрын

Where is bassem Youssef interview????

@randyworrell2662 2 ай бұрын

The oil not only effected Alaska it went all the way down the Western Seaboard all the way down passed California

@mkl5448 2 ай бұрын

He got let off way too easy, his decision-making basically murdered all those poor animals an impacted countless people vary significantly. His fine was a joke along with the community service.

@Slider68 2 ай бұрын

I remember when this happened well. Although the captain may have not been significantly impaired, alcohol does make you relaxed and tired. He might have stayed on the bridge had he not had those drinks. Realistically though, if he was still over the limit 10 hours after the incident and he hadn't had any more to drink, he must have been WAY over the limit during the crash.

@thestevenjaywaymusic7775 2 ай бұрын

It made me sick at the time, and still does. And Exxon are still making record profits. The world of big business today.

@michaelwinters7415 2 ай бұрын

And yet we still haven't learnt a bloody thing from it🤔

@colinhodder6110 Ай бұрын

Wrong, Tankers are now All Double Hulled, and many new regulations came into effect as a direct result of this disaster.

@lauramccoy766 2 ай бұрын

Alcohol tests 10 hours after the accident!!!?? What would the level have been immediately after the accident?

@michaeltaylor4271 2 ай бұрын

I don’t believe the captain right from the get go, he’s talking about how he went to the bridge and immediately puked in the toilet because he felt like he was kicked in the stomach? I don’t believe that actually happened and he added that in to get sympathy and to try and make himself look better. Or it was from drinking. Either way I would want to hear about a captain who came up and immediately took control and was decisive and knew what to do, a competent captain. He just makes himself look like he didn’t know what he was doing and wasent trained well enough..

@godofrock 2 ай бұрын

He was the captain it was his fault. The captain is in charge of his crew and ship. No one else he failed then exon failed then the state of Alaska failed in the cleanup. If you allow mining pumping or any risky ventures it is the state’s responsibility to address any problem caused by that venture not with tax dollars but with resources extracted from the venture in a bond to execute cleanup and economic damages.

@nancycornett9949 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@roberthughes5511 2 ай бұрын

Prior to the Exxon Valdez, I was employed with Exxon Marie Dept . I was on the Exxon Huston that came to relieve some of the oil that was still contained in the Valdez Valdez

@teekolinski491 2 ай бұрын

I remember after this happened, my parents switched to Dawn dish detergent. They were using it to clean all the wildlife. I grew up on Long Island along with Hazelwood. It was big news and gossip around that time.

@thenoseknows9391 2 ай бұрын

After 25 years, still denying he's an ALCOHOLIC 😡🤮😡🤮😡🤮😡🤮😡😡🤮

@steviec1156 2 ай бұрын

I was saying the same. He can't accept he is or was drunk.

@allaboutperspective650 2 ай бұрын

That's not you who decides if he's an alcoholic, you can be an abuser without being an alcoholic. I don't drink but I have been a heavy drinker.

@DebbieDerpSybilz 2 ай бұрын

Republican deregulation caused this....

@deidradahl2802 2 ай бұрын

He was not the only guilty one, his crew and employers must have known he was a drunk.

@danielbutler946 2 ай бұрын

As workers would come to clean don't think no operation took place evident U.S and Russia in Alaska.

@ScarletAdhesive 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad I watched this about that spill. I do remember the effects on the marine animals. That was sad. It's sad that we the people are so greedy for oil.

@veritas41photo 2 ай бұрын

Hazlewood's "emergency call" to the Coast Guard sounds like he is more than three sheets to the wind. If I were on his jury, this would be a factor tending to make me believe he was that much closer to criminal negligence (at best). Three drinks would be enough to put him over the limit for blood alcohol if he were driving a car; driving that ship under the influence of three vodkas on the rocks was much more dangerous.

@Lifechanging9393 2 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s $27,000 per person if they divide that money straight up but hold up don’t forget the lump sum the lawyer gonna take so everybody will be lucky to even see $13,000 each smh said the one who really made the money is is the lawyer

@JermaineSantana721 2 ай бұрын

Crazy

@aurtisanminer2827 2 ай бұрын

If he still blew above the limit ten hours later then he was definitely hammered during the accident.

@CMane 2 ай бұрын

Yup. ‘MAN’ will ultimately be our demise.

@danielbutler946 2 ай бұрын

Planned for region Alaska

@terri200 2 ай бұрын

An alcoholic doesn't need to constantly crave a drink. Binge drinkers can be alcoholics also. He had enough alcohol in him that it could be smelled 2 feet away.

@RegDunlop69 2 ай бұрын

Exxon still hasn’t paid

@mikjb 2 ай бұрын

Are samples still being taken of the ecosystem? Blood and tissue from the plants and animals including the humans. So how do the beaches get cleaned? Or can they?

@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын

Its a disaster.

@mikjb 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281 Yes and sadly not the only one and not the only kind. I know in my state where any type of earthworm is an invasive species...they have found plastics in the worms in wilderness areas. I so not think we know how completely we have screwed the planet. I am fighting my second type cancer. My mom died of her third type. What we do to the web we do to ourselves.

@CT-vm4gf 2 ай бұрын

They can’t ever really clean it up. It’s estimated that only 7% of the spill has been recovered. It dispersed over thousands of miles of coastline.

@airtale8725 Ай бұрын

How to notice an evil person: they are invested in oil.

@gerrywood3584 2 ай бұрын

Makes me cry the animals

@danielbutler946 2 ай бұрын

There is a pyramid in Alaska and much more still undiscovered.

@mrzip3206 2 ай бұрын

Oil and water, like cnn and ratings

@twinstarr1438 2 ай бұрын

So sad for wildlife

@sisvswann1897 2 ай бұрын

Wasn’t the Captain drunk?? and they had to pay out a whole Lotta money

@littlerobbie9648 2 ай бұрын

believe in Google? I asked, What is plastic made of and why is it harmful? Almost all plastics are made from chemicals that come from the production of planet-warming fuels (gas, oil and even coal). Our reliance on plastic therefore prolongs our demand for these dirty fuels. Burning plastics in incinerators also releases climate-wrecking gases and toxic air pollution.

@brandoncamper2420 2 ай бұрын

And they still richer than a muhfuh

@13bgunbunny46 2 ай бұрын

Old news [yawn]

@lucmarchand617 2 ай бұрын

When this happen my brother work on great lakes said this give everybody bad rap about this still today in calgary alberta dowtown oil company still talk about sad.😮

@Dan-cb5xx 2 ай бұрын

The caption is not the only professional who's been charged w/ dui. But, we must forgive him for making a mistake bc how can we expect to be forgiven for our mistakes if we can't forgive others for theirs? The captain must forgive himself too. I wish him well

@edbrown6985 2 ай бұрын

A drunk captain.

@samanthadmamb5598 2 ай бұрын

I don't know why he couldn't just see the ship through the crossing and then let the third mate take over. Maybe the alcohol contributed to this

@CarbonRevo91 2 ай бұрын

You like to trust your crew people and he could’ve been exhausted. I commercial fish in Prince William Sound, right around Bligh Reef, and I am routinely left up to piloting the boat when my captain is tired. Granted it’s not a 900+ foot tanker, but still. Simple directions were given, you think the guy is fine and it turns out he wasn’t. Mistakes do happen. Think of many times a tanker has entered and left Valdez since this accident and how many issues there have been. The success rating is through the roof…the downside is just that when a mistake does happen, it’s huge.

@dwaynejones1555 2 ай бұрын

Captains should be observing all course corrections. Alcohol rules should apply to pilots of ships like aircraft. Should have been SOP. Practice safety procedures or find out deficiencies the hard way. And never say never!

@GeorgePrice-vp6td 2 ай бұрын

I want to sea in the merchant Marine . How many years. The first part of my career going to sea . We're on the older brake bulk ships. Toward the end of my career I went on the tankers 2 valdese where the money was. And I know that Prince William sound . Valdez narrows. The really nasty weather we had to deal with anyways. From what I understand and the shortest way I can explain in a nutshell. Talking to the people who are on the vessel. Right off the bat Hazelwood is lying. He was passed out. You left the bridge way too early you left the second mate . In charge of the bridge who was on March while they were and a ice field and Prince William sound. The people that told me what happened was the second mate was so involved watching the radar watching for icebergs. He was not watching. Closely enough course comands . The sailor that was on the wheel or that was driving the boat the ship was incompetent. He was a very bad quartermaster. He didn't know what he was doing. You say you have a compass. He was givencourse changes. Any went the wrong way to steer that course. Anyway of Hazelwood would not love the bridge. And would have been sober. Because this person that was their said Hazelwood had a bad problem of being drunk all the time. And turning the ship over early he drank heavy in port hell he was drunk all the time I heard.. he should have been made accountable he was drunk when his accident happened. I can't remember if they gave him a breathalyzer but I think by the time the Coast guard got there the alcohol wore off he's lying if he says he's sober he should have been held accountable and did at least 10 years in prison you're lucky we can't be accountable I make people accountable for the bad things they do they're going to keep doing them that goes with everything

@GymLone 2 ай бұрын

thanks for the disaster guys. F Exxon

@danielbutler946 2 ай бұрын

Not human plan but course

@mikeallosso 2 ай бұрын

Raise a toast to old St. Joe.

@johnmurray9526 2 ай бұрын

Why is this so repetitive? Unwatchable

@VeVe-bx2ii 2 ай бұрын

على امريكا التحرك للسيطرة على عدن ووقف دعم الحوثيين من قبل السعوديه و الاماراثيين عدن هي الرءه يتنفس منها الحوثيين و لابد من نقل البنوك لمقراتها من صنعاء لعدن دون ابطاء .

@alysonturcin-weller7443 2 ай бұрын

I am not watching this. The Captain was drew and so were the crew.

@middleclassretiree 2 ай бұрын

Why do people always refer to abusing drugs and or alcohol when it’s the exact opposite drugs and alcohol abuse you. Those 2 things have ruined countless lives and I have yet to meet anyone that has ruined drugs or alcohol there’s a never ending supply of both as a matter of fact

@ashlibabbitt8609 2 ай бұрын

That's what it looks like when I wash my bush in the bathtub: An oil slick.

@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын

TMI

@ashlibabbitt8609 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281my bush is really oily, that's all

@davemitchell6281 2 ай бұрын

@@ashlibabbitt8609 Try washing it more often?

@KBuchanan0470 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@ashlibabbitt8609 2 ай бұрын

@@davemitchell6281my dad likes it STANKY

@Saturday288 2 ай бұрын

Which one are you? I'm you only worse.

@oumski6893 2 ай бұрын

❤😮

@thenoseknows9391 2 ай бұрын

He should have been put in PRISON for 30 YEARS 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@cashbrooks7223 2 ай бұрын

There calling him a drunk When it's a rock under the water

@cashbrooks7223 2 ай бұрын

@@costidisa I know enough to tell you to shut up

@BlueTickCH Ай бұрын

@@costidisa theres no more schools in america dont you see all the protesters 😢

@stoopidpursun8140 2 ай бұрын

The other day my kid was taking a bath and I pooped in his tub. His mom thought he did it and was screaming. Also it wasn't my kid, I don't know whose kid it was. It wasn't even my house. And the mom might have been screaming because I was in her house with my pants down. I don't know, I was really drunk. Just like the captain of this ship.

@BlueTickCH Ай бұрын

I still dont gwt it did he poop or did you

@t.r.campbell6585 2 ай бұрын

Wow, we are going back in history on this one.

@SmokytheBear6969 2 ай бұрын

LMFAO!!! They were having a meeting about spending money on the ship & whether to upgrade to stop from likely "Immanent" danger because the ship is not of standards for the job. At that same city for that meeting the ship hits & starts 1 of the worst ecological disasters we've see! these companies have shown time & time again that they cannot be trusted with public safety because profits always win out. BEOING

@VeVe-bx2ii 2 ай бұрын

اطالب بتحرك دولي لوقف الحصار المفروض علينا اطالب بعودة you العمانيه الخليوبه للعمل في عدن .

@notapplicable-zn9us 2 ай бұрын

Less environmental risk with the use of renewable energy such as solar.

@andrew300169 2 ай бұрын

Laughable nonsense

@notapplicable-zn9us 2 ай бұрын

@@andrew300169 🤌

@treeglass 2 ай бұрын

So you have done absolutely zero research into your claims. Keep coming back.

@notapplicable-zn9us 2 ай бұрын

@@treeglass Defenders of fossil fuels (Coal, oil & natural gas) argue that fossil fuels inherently come from clean natural solar energy; that was once metabolized by now deceased carbon based lifeforms. This green washing does not justify the environmental pollution, climate change, extreme weather events and harm to our health that comes from the use of fossil fuels. The combustion of fossil fuels emit harmful emissions that pollute the air we breathe with carbon dioxide, irritants and particulate matter. There is a better alternative; we can obtain free abundant clean renewable energy directly from the 4.6 billion year old inexhaustible sun which is expected to last another 5 billion years. Clean solar PV energy is 100% emissions free, has no mechanical moving parts, requires no fossil fueled transportation, no vibrations, no noise, no combustion, no pollution, no fumes, no thermal discharge waste, no odors, does not heat water to turn steam turbines . . .

@notapplicable-zn9us 2 ай бұрын

@@treeglass 🤌

@martinhumble 2 ай бұрын

Capitalism

@user-wr6vy3rb7h 2 ай бұрын

الكل فارح ومستبشر بقدوم عيد الفطر المبارك ونحن اليمتيمات ليس لنا احد الا الله ثم رحمتكم يا اهل القلوب الرحيمه والايادي الكريمه احنا بناتكم نإعاني ونتالم ارحمو من في الارض يرحمكم من في السماء انا داخله على الله ثم عليكم يا اهل الخير حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل في من اوصلنا الى هاذا الحال 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 6 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 15 الف يمني والان علينا 45 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه خواتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني بقدر استطاعتك مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم00967717415667 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا`°`^``{`}|π√`^~÷......،......

@Wolfcamp555 2 ай бұрын

Oil is 100% natural organic and fully biodegradable.

@littlerobbie9648 2 ай бұрын

amen...believe in Google? I asked, What is plastic made of and why is it harmful? Almost all plastics are made from chemicals that come from the production of planet-warming fuels (gas, oil and even coal). Our reliance on plastic therefore prolongs our demand for these dirty fuels. Burning plastics in incinerators also releases climate-wrecking gases and toxic air pollution.

@costidisa 2 ай бұрын

Asbestos, cyanide, arsenic, lead, and mercury are also "organic"...your comment will not biodegrade well.

@Wolfcamp555 2 ай бұрын

@@costidisa the oil spilled biodegraded long ago and your comment is shot down already 😆. You people are something else.

@CT-vm4gf 2 ай бұрын

@@Wolfcamp555Nope, it absolutely didn’t. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

@Wolfcamp555 2 ай бұрын

@@CT-vm4gf yeah it biodegraded long ago. Btw, gasoline is 100% natural too. They call it condensate. Comes straight out of the ground.

@RoTinHellJoeBurden 2 ай бұрын

Dam you, Trump... why did you spill all that oil? That will be the next witch hunt indictment... lol...

@skepticalfan 2 ай бұрын

You trump supporters are so dumb. Trump had been getting away with breaking the law for many years. It's about time you start paying for that.

@andrew300169 2 ай бұрын

No need Trump has done and said so many vile things we don’t need to make stuff up.

@RoTinHellJoeBurden 2 ай бұрын

@andrew300169 did you really reply with "you don't have to make stuff up"??? You Libs been making up BS stuff since 2015, and so far, it's been proven to be lies..

@seanmccartney5177 2 ай бұрын

Try New News

@winstonmcintosher2702 2 ай бұрын

Im lamenting CNN can we have real news please!! whats going on in ukraine😂😅

@andrew300169 2 ай бұрын

Same a last week and months before, Russia attacks and looses 1,000s of men and 100’s of vehicles to gain a small field.

@tylerlormand5644 2 ай бұрын

pay for cable ud know act like somebody owe u something hell nah

@tiboregoldberger6817 2 ай бұрын

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