Running Aground
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Excerpt of Radio Transmission, 1989, Whole Truth.
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"Yeah. Ah, it’s Valdez back. Ah, we’ve— ah, should be on your radar there— we’ve fetched up, ah, hard aground north of, ah, Good Island off Bligh Reef. And, ah, evidently, ah, leaking some oil, and, ah, we’re gonna be here for a while." - Captain Joe Hazelwood.
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At 12:04 am on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez collided with Bligh Reef, rupturing eight of its eleven oil holds. Eleven million gallons of the 53 million gallons the tanker was transporting spilled into the ocean, polluting 1,300 miles of the coastline in Prince William Sound.
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 1989, ABC News.
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Trackline of Exxon Valdez, 1990, NTSB.
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