english: After telling ourselves for so long that our tools and technology can control nature, suddenly we were face-to-face with our weakness, with our lack of control, as the oil burst out of every attempt to contain it -- "top hats," "top kills" and, most memorably, the "junk shot" -- the bright idea of firing old tires and golf balls down that hole in the world.
non_english: Po tom čo sme si tak dlho hovorili, že naše nástroje a technológia dokážu ovládať prírodu, sme zrazu stáli tvárou v tvár našej slabosti, s nedostatkom kontroly, keď ropa vytryskla každého pokusu o jej skrotenie -- zakrytie, zasypanie a, najpamätihodejšia, odpadková strela -- skvelý nápad vystreliť staré pneumatiky a golfové loptičky do diery v zemi.