Riley+M.

**BLACK BEACHES** ** July 15th 2010, cheers erupt at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Everyone on the coast is rejoicing because the burden that has been hanging over them like a boulder has finally been lifted. At this moment, relief is the only thing that the workers at BP feel because for 86 days the only thing that has been on the minds of the workers is the Gulf Shore oil spill. Over 11,000 workers have been sent to help clean up this enormous spill (Offshore and Onshore Cleanup). It occurred on April 20th at the Deepwater Horizon rig when the rig exploded, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others (Hamalainen). But, this spill hurt more than those 27 families. The 4.9 million barrels of crude that leaked also murdered many environments and animals, including 38 species that were already endangered (Preston). Many of the Gulf Shore’s fragile ecosystems were also covered in oil or completely destroyed. But even though the gulf oil spill greatly affected many animals and eco-systems of the coast, I believe that it was far more devastating to the people because the coast’s economy fell immensely, the gulf’s people lost a lot of what they loved, and Bp lost major business. **  ** ﻿ **

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