Pacific Environmental Corp. employees toss dead fish into a barrel on the La Mariana Sailing Club dock in the Keehi Lagoon in Honolulu on Thursday, September 12. A cracked pipe leaked about 233,000 gallons of molasses near the Honolulu Harbor and is being blamed for the killing of marine life. The cracked pipe has been repaired and is no longer leaking molasses.
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Pacific Environmental Corp. employees toss dead fish into a barrel on the La Mariana Sailing Club dock in the Keehi Lagoon in Honolulu on Thursday, September 12. A cracked pipe leaked about 233,000 gallons of molasses near the Honolulu Harbor and is being blamed for the killing of marine life. The cracked pipe has been repaired and is no longer leaking molasses.
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John Hernandez of Kailua, Hawaii, describes the effect that the molasses spill will have on marine life in Honolulu Harbor and nearby Keehi Lagoon on September 12. A leak in a pipeline to a Matson Navigation ship spewed as many as 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of the sticky stuff into the water
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John Hernandez of Kailua, Hawaii, describes the effect that the molasses spill will have on marine life in Honolulu Harbor and nearby Keehi Lagoon on September 12. A leak in a pipeline to a Matson Navigation ship spewed as many as 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of the sticky stuff into the water
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A variety of dead marine life collected by Pacific Environmental employees is seen inside the storage barrel.
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A variety of dead marine life collected by Pacific Environmental employees is seen inside the storage barrel.
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Placido Shim gaffed these dead fish as they were floating past his boat on Wednesday, September 11.
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Placido Shim gaffed these dead fish as they were floating past his boat on Wednesday, September 11.
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A Pacific Environmental employee skims the water in the Kapalama Basin in Honolulu on September 11.
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A Pacific Environmental employee skims the water in the Kapalama Basin in Honolulu on September 11.
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Workers from Pacific Environmental pump out the broken Matson pipeline, located under the neighboring Horizon shipyard dock in Honolulu, on September 11.
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Workers from Pacific Environmental pump out the broken Matson pipeline, located under the neighboring Horizon shipyard dock in Honolulu, on September 11.
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