http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0408/508760.html
Mysterious Illness Sickens Multiple People at Reagan National
It is believed that most of the afflicted passengers may have attended the same event prior to arrival at the airport.
Thank you celtic-cat.
Here’s a small update:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1380373
“Emergency Teams Tend to Ill Travelers at National Airport”
April 3, 2008 - 11:18pm
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesman Rob Yingling says the authority’s fire department received calls for sick people at various locations around the airport starting around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Yingling says the 12 travelers had similar symptoms including nausea and all were planning to depart on flights from the airport. He says seven people were taken to area hospitals in non-life threatening condition, four have continued with their travels and one is being cared for at the airport.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He says there’s no indication that their illnesses are terrorism-related and they are investigating whether the illnesses were caused by a common food exposure.”