Digital Extra

The stories of those most affected by the disaster

6/5: After the spill
Small fish markets sinking under weight of competition and fishing limits

5/22: A day in the life of a lobsterman
Kyle Broughton, a student at New Bedford (Mass.) High School, writes about his summer work as a sternman on the Sea Blitz 2.

2/9: The captain's report:
Read the exclusive first-person account of Captain Barney Turlo, who supervised the Coast Guard's efforts during and after the spill

2/8: Cleaned of oil, a duck takes to water
NARRAGANSETT -- After all the sound and fury of the North Cape oil spill, all its destruction of wildlife and disruption of human lives, a common duck claimed a quiet victory over the disaster yesterday on the gray waters of Narrow River.

1/28: `It's so sad'
A barge runs aground on the psyche of the Ocean State.

1/28: `They made a tremendous effort'
They washed oiled birds. They gathered dead and dying lobsters from beaches. They tramped through the muck of marshes, seeking out the oil that had invaded their waterways. They worked for hours, often in unpleasant conditions, and they did it without pay.

1/28: For the volunteers, a round of applause
NARRAGANSETT -- In the equivalent of a long, collective sigh at the end of a dizzying week, Save the Bay met with its volunteers yesterday for a round of thanks.

1/26: Teachers push textbooks aside
Makaila Gallup is fast becoming an expert on the oil spill.

1/23: On the fringes of the battle: Ingenuity, improvisation
A police officer racing for a fishing rod to help keep the advancing spill out of Charlestown Pond.

1/20: A Coast Guardsman leaps to the rescue
A Coast Guard fireman recounted yesterday how he plunged into a frigid and raging sea to save the crew of a blazing tugboat towing the ill-starred barge North Cape.