Piper Alpha Disaster.

[happy daze john in oz]

John, you and so many others did all you could, yes the doubt of being a survivor may hurt some, but that is always the case in any disaster.
The question when a good friend or family member dies in such,' why him and not me'.
Such feelings will never go away for some, the question, could I have done more?
Be proud of what you did, do not let the talk of others bother you.

[Keith Tindell]

My experience at any disaster where life is lost, is when its all been dealt with, someone of supposedly importance sits down with all the reports, and then questions, why did you not do this???, etc. Very nice from the comfort of an office, and time to study all. when i faced those questions, i always gave the same reply, at the time i made the decision, it was what i thought was best at the time. You always ask yourself, what if i had gone through that door, instead of the one i chose etc??, but you can only do your best, kt

[j.sabourn]

The same on a ship Keith , no matter how many lifeboat drills you have, at the end of the day the drills cover an abandonment of a ship in controlled circumstances , a disaster is where there are no controlled circumstances. The piper alpha was an absolute disaster of gigantic proportions , it would probably never have reached the huge and massive uncontrolled fire which was never extinguished until about a week later. If production had been shut down immediately on the first sign of a fault in the system. There is no escaping that fact, and yet there is no use repeating it too much, as enough has already been said. Memories are all that remains. I’m glad I made the effort to attend the 30 th. Anniversary as just an observer to see that those who died were still being remembered. For anyone unaware at the time I think the Tharos was the biggest fire engine in the world at that time. JS...