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Poggy fish lie dead stuck in oil in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulpher, Louisiana June 20, 2010.
Friday, Jul. 16, 2010

Open quoteIt's like putting a Band-Aid on a dead man.Close quote

  • JEFF USSURY,
  • a crabber in New Orleans, on BP's announcement Thursday that it had capped its leaking well, stopping the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in 86 days
Photo: Sean Gardner / Reuters | Source: NYT