The legend of Colton H. Bryant

The tragic short life of Colton H. Bryant, a Wyoming roughneck in his mid-20s who in 2006 fell to his death on an oil rig owned by PattersonUTI Energy. He fell to his death because the drilling company had neglected to spend two thousand dollars on the mandated safety rails that would have saved his life. His family received no compensation. But they didn't expect to--they knew the company's ways, and after all as Colton would have said: "Mind over matter". This bittersweet story tells of Bryant's growing up in Wyoming and his eventual move to be part of the mineral boom by working the oil rigs.