Story:
GULF OF MEXICO (05/7/2010) - A mission to the bottom of the sea to try to stop the oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico started early today. A 100-ton concrete-and-steel box was close to being placed over the oil leak on the Gulf floor to try to capture the oil.
A crane late Thursday lowered the box that will collect 85 percent of the oil spewing into the Gulf and funnel it up to a tanker. Eventually the crane would give way to underwater robots that will secure the contraption over the main leak at the bottom.
If all goes well, the box could be working by Sunday.
The BP gas company says that the box is the best they can do but it might not work.
BP is in charge of cleaning up the mess. It was leasing the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon that exploded 50 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers on April 20 and blowing open the well. It has been leaking 200,000 gallons a day ever since.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) How is BP going to capture the oil that is leaking into the ocean?
4) If all goes well, when will the box be working?
5) What did BP say about the box?
6) How many gallons a day of oil is leaking?
7) How many workers died in the original explosion?
Info from MSNBC, Video from Guardian
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