In a few hours, three quarters was gone and disappeared. It's kind of like to some degree the towers collapsing on 9/11.
"Such magnificent giant structures that you can't imagine coming down. Within a matter of a few hours, they're gone."
In 1988, Brian Krause was a 32-year-old with a love of racing cars. He also worked for the legendary oil well firefighter Paul "Red" Adair.
He was at a racing event in US when word came through of a huge explosion.
It was on board Occidental's Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea.