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June 4, 2010

Widow: Rig Victim Worried of Safety Conditions Before Explosion
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The widow of one of the eleven victims of the rig explosion that
triggered the spill has revealed her late husband expressed concern over
safety conditions shortly before his death. In an interview with NBC
News, Shelley Anderson said her husband, Jason, took steps to ensure his
family would be prepared should anything happen to him.

Shelley Anderson: "Everything seemed to be pressing to Jason about
getting things in order, in case something happened, teaching me how to
do certain things on the motor home so that I could go and do things
with the kids and make sure that I knew how to do everything. They were
getting pressure from someplace higher up to do things that maybe
weren’t exactly the way Jason thought that they should be."

Reporter: "Weren’t as safe as they should be?"

Shelley Anderson: "It was a safety issue, right."



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