Timothy Morrison, 44, of Katy, Texas, whose body was found Friday after an oil platform explosion in Lake Pontchartrain, is shown with his wife and children. (Family photograph provided by Athens Daily Review)
Posted on 10/21/2017 1:16:33 PM PDT by BBell
The five-day search for Timothy Morrison, an oilfield worker who disappeared when a storage platform exploded while his crew was cleaning it in Lake Pontchartrain, ended Friday afternoon (Oct. 20) with the discovery of his body about three miles west of the structure. A Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office helicopter spotted the body on the shoreline near the Jefferson-St. Charles Parish border just after 1 p.m., and authorities recovered it for an autopsy, Jefferson Sheriff Joe Lopinto said.
Morrison was one of eight men who were cleaning the Clovelly Oil Co. platform about 1 and 1/2 miles northwest of Kenner's Williams Boulevard boat launch when the explosion occurred Sunday night. The cause has not been determined. The other seven men, all injured, made it to a crew boat and returned to shore.
Morrison, 44, and his wife, Erika, had three children: John Patrick, Adriana and Katherine. The family lives in Katy, Texas, a Houston suburb. A memorial service is scheduled Sunday in Athens, Texas, where Morrison has relatives.
"I have spoken with numerous members of the family and let them know of the recovery efforts," Lopinto said. "Obviously they're upset, but on the other hand they're glad to have this closure."
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Timothy Morrison, 44, of Katy, Texas, whose body was found Friday after an oil platform explosion in Lake Pontchartrain, is shown with his wife and children. (Family photograph provided by Athens Daily Review)
Ah, so sad..Nice looking family.
RIP. Jeeze the kids look exactly like their parents. Poor kids.
Remember folks like this whenever you fill up your tank.
Prayers for his family.
Prayers.
Cute kids.
Thankful the body was recovered.
Prayers.
What a dick thing to say.
I don’t think the thought in one sentence followed the other, but rather two separate thoughts were expressed, a non-sequitor.
I didn’t read it that way.
Okay...Poor kids because their dad died....obviously.
My apologies.
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