Drillship crew in Gulf says they were not evacuated for Hurricane Ida, still stranded with no rescue in sight | KLFY
GULF OF MEXICO (KLFY) — Over 100 men are stranded on a drillship after suffering through Hurricane Ida while in the Gulf of Mexico.
They say the companies who were supposed to evacuate them before the storm hit never did.
Crew members on Noble’s Globetrotter II drillship saw they were forced to ride out horror-filled hours of Hurricane Ida on the ship in the Gulf of Mexico over 100 miles from Louisiana’s shore.
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It’s taking in water now, it’s leaning, and they’re still out there. However, they have no idea when they’re going to be rescued.
“I mean I was watching grown men with life jackets hold on for dear life crying in the hallway. It was bad,” the anonymous crew member said.
He says 80-foot waves and 150 miles an hour winds slammed their ship for hours.
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“We’re still out here. We have no clue when we’re getting off of here. We can’t go outside. It’s too dangerous out there. There’s stuff everywhere- broken cranes, electrical wires, chemicals,” he said.
“We’re in the living quarters just like prisoners, just stuck in the living quarters.”
What’s even worse, he says, is that Shell and Noble aren’t staying in contact with them on the ship.
“Nobody’s telling us anything. I know we’re taking in water in the back, and we don’t know what’s going on- if helps coming or when it’s coming.”