Gone
Here you’ll find documents, maps and video resources to add to your knowledge of this story.
- Mapped approximate area of Oasis fuel spill at Wheeler-Sack Airfield.
- Watch extended versions of Jeff Cole’s interviews with Colonel James Meyer and Mike McKinnon.
- A timeline of events that led up to this 7 News investigation.
- Summary Report by the Army Corps of Engineers on the spill, in pdf form.
- Fuel Gain/Loss Report showing fuel lost from April, 2003 to November, 2006, in pdf form.
Below, our archive of news stories and Jeff Cole’s video reports on the spill.
7 News Investigates: ‘Gone’ Part 3
There’s no denying that Fort Drum is now faced with cleaning up one of the worst environmental messes in its history. Fort Drum officials will spend the next decade concentrating 44 feet beneath... Read more »
7 News Investigates: ‘Gone’ Part 2
Fort Drum officials blame failed policies for the leak of hundreds of thousands of gallons of jet fuel that leaked into the ground at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field. During a four-month investigation, 7 News... Read more »
Feedback: 7 News Investigates: “Gone” Part I
7 News Reporter Jeff Cole first went to Fort Drum’s Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field in March, where wells were collecting spilled jet fuel that was flowing in the ground. Army officials stood their... Read more »
The 5 Day Forecast
