Deepwater Horizon survivors meet Hollywood's portrayal of the disaster

By Steve Persall
Updated September 25 2016 - 6:14pm, first published 5:27pm
Mark Wahlberg on set during filming of <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>. Photo: Lionsgate
Mark Wahlberg on set during filming of <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>. Photo: Lionsgate
The oil rig's crew in the movie <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>. Photo: Lionsgate
The oil rig's crew in the movie <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>. Photo: Lionsgate

On a balmy night on dry land, hell breaks out again on the Deepwater Horizon. Not the oil rig that exploded on April 20, 2010, unleashing an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, but a partial replica built nearly to scale in an abandoned amusement park.

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