US fishermen fear for livelihood as oil spill looms

  • 14 years ago
Local fishermen braved the choppy waters of the Mississippi River to pull up their catch in the marshes as an estimated 210,000 gallons of crude continued streaming daily from the Deepwater Horizon rig that sank on April 22. US President Barack Obama has described the unfolding nightmare offshore as "a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster." Duration: 01:51

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