The Killing Fields

"In my heart and in my head, I can't seem to shake the responsibility that this come to a closure for the best interest of the people," McCoy says. "This could impact all of South Florida and our drinking water. Everybody in South Florida should be concerned about how this is cleaned up. But I'm sure a lot of people don't care about us. In the past five years, it has become crystal clear that they [government officials] weren't going to take us seriously. It became critical what I must do to keep this on the front burner to force people to do the right thing. I can't think of anything more important.