A year after Deepwater Horizon explosion, 3 survivors still struggling

Three rig explosion survivors speak outSTORY HIGHLIGHTSSurvivors say the scars from the disaster have taken their lives away Medical records: Survivors have been diagnosed with multiple mental issuesOne says he wakes up screaming from nightmaresTransocean says its focus is on providing support for employees (CNN) -- For some survivors of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, escaping the inferno of the doomed rig made them feel like they'd cheated death.

But living with the scars of what they witnessed that night, and the memory of the 11 men who perished when the rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana a year ago, has in many ways taken their lives away.

"I remember feeling invincible when it first happened. I remember driving in my truck on the way home after the rig exploded and (I) pushed the gas (pedal) to the floor and never let off it," says Daniel Barron.

But the high Barron felt from surviving didn't last long.

"You have that guilty conscience of, 'Okay, I made it, that's great, but then these guys didn't.' Was there something I could have done to save more people?"

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