Published May 06, 2010, 02:46 PM
Workers late Thursday started lowering a giant concrete-and-steel box over the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the sea in a risky and untested bid to capture most of the gushing crude and avert a wider environmental disaster.
Giant box lowered in Gulf to battle oil spill
Updated 10:56 P.M.Workers late Thursday started lowering a giant concrete-and-steel box over the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the sea in a risky and untested bid to capture most of the gushing crude and avert a wider environmental disaster.
By: Harry R. Weber and Tamara Lush, Associated Press
