Good news! And “Good Job” to the engineers and workers who got it done.
My sentiments exactly. The HEROES here are the BP technicians that SOLVED this problem. The Politicians will step in front of them into the spotlight ... but it was always the techies and geeks guiding the ROV's, pouring over engineering programs to devise the new cap, etc. We'll never even get to know their names ... but they are on my personal "A List". Congratulations to the unknown heroes. And as angry as people might be at BP ... don't forget, yes, they caused the problem but ONLY THEY could solve it, and it looks like they have.
The moment where the cap dropped into place and there was noting, nada, nicht, coming out from under it was special. The special special moment will be if they shut all the valves and the pressure holds, or if they can’t but the only flow is to the vessels above. One or the other should happen within the next couple of days.