Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [BIOWAR] Investigators seek mysterious coughing man

1999-02-14 Thread revcoal

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Investigators today were trying to trace a mysterious man who walked
through a MARTA car coughing and staggering just seconds before
passengers began having trouble breathing.

MARTA authorities said today they still have no idea what forced 21
passengers from one car of a southbound train to seek treatment at
Grady Memorial Hospital.

This sounds very similar to the incidents a few years ago where someone
would show up at an emergency room in critical condition, emitting some
sort of 'something' which incapacitated the ER personnel...


However, Dee Baker, a spokeswoman for MARTA, said investigators had
found no one who saw anything sprayed. She said the investigation was
centered on a man dressed in "a heavy coat and shorts" who entered the
car through a back door at the West End station.

A strange getup...if it was warm enough for shorts, why the heavy coat?

Except as a means to easily conceal something...but then why not wear long
pants, and not call attention to oneself?


The man coughed uncontrollably, gasped out an expletive, walked up the
aisle clutching at seats to keep himself balanced and staggered out
through the middle door, she said. Seconds later, on the two-minute run
to Oakland City, passengers began falling ill.

Based on this description, my guess is that he was concealing something in
the coat, and that whatever the substance was, it accidentally leaked
before it was supposed to, thereby contaminating the person carrying it...


 She said investigators had found no one who noticed the man at West
End before or after he passed through the car.

It's normal in the Atlanta area for men to wear a 'heavy coat' with
shorts?


MARTA Police Chief Gene Wilson said he had conflicting reports about
what the man looked like.

None of which are being provided to the public?

Perhaps it was 'Eric Rudolph', the non-person the feds created to have a
convenient 'terrorist' scapegoat...


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[CTRL] Fwd: [BIOWAR] Investigators seek mysterious coughing man

1999-02-13 Thread Kris Millegan





This is starting to sound like something from the X-Files!

http://www.accessatlanta.com:80/news/1999/02/12/gasattack.html
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February 12, 1999

Investigators seek man who walked into car coughing
By Jack Warner and Joshua B. Good, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Investigators today were trying to trace a mysterious man who walked
through a MARTA car coughing and staggering just seconds before
passengers began having trouble breathing.

MARTA authorities said today they still have no idea what forced 21
passengers from one car of a southbound train to seek treatment at
Grady Memorial Hospital.

Doctors sent home everyone except a 14-year-old boy whose throat swelled
shut. Hospital staffers inserted a tube to his lungs to keep him
breathing, said Dr. Philip Shayne, a Grady emergency room spokesman.

The boy was in satisfactory condition today, said Grady spokeswoman
Barbara Vogel.

"He's doing very well," Vogel said. "His breathing problems are
looking   better. "

Officials shut down the Oakland City MARTA station, disrupting the
commute for two hours during the evening rush hour. The station was
operating normally today.

The FBI's domestic terrorism squad joined the investigation because of
reports that a man sprayed something into the train, said Celestine
Armstead, spokeswoman for the FBI's Atlanta office.

However, Dee Baker, a spokeswoman for MARTA, said investigators had
found no one who saw anything sprayed. She said the investigation was
centered on a man dressed in "a heavy coat and shorts" who entered the
car through a back door at the West End station.

The man coughed uncontrollably, gasped out an expletive, walked up the
aisle clutching at seats to keep himself balanced and staggered out
through the middle door, she said. Seconds later, on the two-minute run
to Oakland City, passengers began falling ill.

"He seemed to have been exposed to the same thing or something similar
as the passengers," Baker said.

 She said investigators had found no one who noticed the man at West
End   before or after he passed through the car. She said they were
checking to see whether he showed up on security videos at the station.
No one saw him spray anything, she said. "He had his hands covering his
mouth or holding on to the seats."

MARTA Police Chief Gene Wilson said he had conflicting reports about
what the man looked like.

The first victims were the seven riders, the first MARTA police officer
to enter the train at 6:12 p.m., and a MARTA rail supervisor, Wilson
said.

Of the 21 victims, those most seriously affected coughed, felt tightness
in their chests, had eye irritation, felt nauseated and had difficulty
breathing.

Medical care for the victims began at the MARTA station. Atlanta
firefighters hosed off victims, dousing the fully clothed people with a
light stream of water. Ambulances took them to Grady.

At the hospital, the victims stepped off the ambulances and into
plastic  decontamination tents. Hospital staffers escorted the victims
through a series of showers.

Because no one knew what the substance was, Grady workers placed all
sheets, towels and materials in red hazardous waste bags. They also
drained the shower water into barrels, instead of letting it go into the
Atlanta sewer system.

Those who were released were given green hospital scrubs to wear
because their clothes were confiscated by the FBI to identify the
substance, Vogel said.

Every emergency employee who came into contact with the victims from
the train went through the same decontamination process at the scene and
then again at Grady.

Staff writers Mike Morris, Gita M. Smith, Doug Payne and Cory McDonald
contributed to this article.

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