before he hit the water, i noticed it was yancy keplinger. as we were swimming trying to pull the raft away from the rig, i could see the heller that -- helideck. i saw an individual running. before he splashed into the water, he was looking at us. that was mike williams. shortly after that, i noticed we were not going any further from the rig. about that time, someone hollered out that the painter line was still on the rig. i noticed the white painter line going up into the smoke. i heard it chad murray behind me start screaming for help. looked to see. about 60 yards away, there was a rescue craft. i saw two flashing lights and the water. one of those was getting hauled into the boat. seconds later, the second person was hauled into the boat. the rescue craft started driving towards us. we were hollering that we needed a knife. when they got about 10 15 feet from us, and individual came up to the ballot the boat -- to the boat with a large pocket knife. curt swam to get the knife and cut the rope. i immediately started swimming and pulling