To: My Favorite Headache

Dozens Sickened At Downtown Building

Investigators Look For Cause

POSTED: 1:05 pm EDT September 1, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Officials say several dozen people have been sickened in a downtown office building.

D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Alan Etter said this is being treated as what he calls a "mass casualty" incident.

Ambulances are lining up in the area around 1990 I Street, Northwest, and a triage area is being set up at nearby Murrow Park.

There's no immediate word on what the problem is.

Stay with News4 and nbc4.com for the latest updates to this developing story.

42 posted on 09/01/2004 10:12:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thank you...you found what I found

56 posted on 09/01/2004 10:14:19 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Absalom, Absalom, Absalom....)

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Carbon monoxide poisoning is my guess.

60 posted on 09/01/2004 10:15:06 AM PDT by OneTimeLurker

To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am sure this will be spun as one of those "mass hypnosi" things like the plane a few months ago where 10 ppl got sick. They tried to say one person puked and started a chain reaction.

206 posted on 09/01/2004 2:25:56 PM PDT by L`enn

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