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A First Hand Account of the BP Oil Spill

By Jasmyn Belcher

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Oswego, NY – Oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, six weeks after an oil rig exploded, killing eleven people.

North Country Public Radio Reporter, Brian Mann is in New Orleans, covering the disaster for NPR.

WRVO's Jasmyn Belcher speaks with Mann about what he's seeing.

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