mr. harrell's office? >> my best recollection? you know, like i sd earlier, i was -- it was between 9:30 and 9:40. you know, i can't pin it down to a certain time because i wasn't watching. >> ay. when you ran into mr. murray, when he told you that something bad had happened, do you recall or do you have an estimate of the approximate time whe you encountered mr. murray? >> it would have to be approxately 9:45, you know. >> okay. when you saw the -- >> counsel? >> yes? >> may i terrupt? >> absolutely. >> back to the initial couple questions mr. godfrey asked you with regard to did you hear alarms or did you see something and your response was i don't know, was that because you didn't hear it? >> that's because i -- i mean -- i mean stuff was happening so fast i don't know what i heard and what i didn't hear. i don't know. i mean, i -- >> yes. i just want to make sure. >> i mean, i don't know. >> his question was a yes or no answer and i just want to clarify you what meant by i don't know. that's all. >> well, you know, yes or no t

mr. harrell. >> that is correct. >> okay. thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. >> just one clarification here. so he told you to get off. >> donald madrine didn't tell me to get off. i told them i was getting off anhe just said, get off. >> okay. so you would have done it anyway whether he said get off or don't. >> that's correct. >> okay. halliburton? thank you, sir. >> no questions. >> joe? >> no questions. >> weatherford? >> no questions. >> annadoco? >> no questions. >> douglasbrown? >> jeff seely. how are you, sir? >> i'm fine. how are you? >> i want to pick up kind of where you left off and think you answered it but i want to be clear. as i understand it you get to the bridge. you say you're going to eds. captain says hold on let's not do it right now, right? >> that's correct. >> and then i think fairly soon thereafter you did hit it, right? >> probably 30 seconds because, i mean, we were right there by the panel and as i tell him, he said, chris, calm down. we're not eds'ing yet and he went over and talked to w

mr. harrell. >> that is correct. >> okay. you for your time. >> you're welcome. >> just one clarification here. so he told you to get off. >> donald madrine didn't tell me to get off. i told them i was getting off and just said, get off. >> okay. so you would have done it anyway whether he said get off or don't. >> that's correct. >> okay. halliburton? thank you, sir. >> no questions. >> joe? >> no questions. >> weatherford? >> no questions. >> annadoco? >> no questions. >> douglas brown? >> jeff seely. how are you, sir? >> i'm fine. how are you? >> i want to pick up kind of where you left offnd i think you answered it but i want to be clear. as i understand it you get to the bridge. you say you're going to eds. captain says hold on let's not do it right now, right? >> that's correct. >> and then i think fairly soon thereafter you did hit it, right? >> probably 30 seconds because, i mean, we were right there by the panel ands i tell him, he said, chri calm

mr. harrell. what did you talk to mr. harrell about? >> went to talk to jimmy and just as some general socializing. i hadn't seen him in about five months and he showed me their 2010 goals and some of their performance indicators. he had a new tracking chart that he was putting together, talked about that for a while. briefly spoke to randy ezell, senior tool pusher. i believe i stopped in the galley for something to drink. then i went to find my bags and get my room assignment. >> were you aware of any problems with the negative test, sir? >> no. >> were you aware that they ran a second negative test? >> at the time, no. >> when you had your meeting at around 1900 hours, was there any discussion at all about the negative test? >> there was no discussion at that time. don ladrain, our nighttime well site leader, came to me while we were eating in the galley and asked if i wanted him to attend the 7:00 meeting, and i told him no, we're not rolling out any new material, nothing that he probably hadn't heard, and that it was more important