Wow.. I'm surprised you know who he is. He's a local hero here. I worked a blowout on an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico with his company in the 80's (West Cameron 648). He never came out, but did fly over a few times in a chopper..lol
Also had dinner with him once (really I was just at his table and he never spoke to me but I was there!).

I saw "The Hellfighters" when I was a kid.