Several Quarantined in Yonkers

News 12 ^ | 5-16-02

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/16/02) YONKERS - St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers has been closed. The entire community surrounding 223 Nepperhan Avenue and Elm Street has been closed. At least two people are on life support. Reports say several hundred people have been quarantined.

Reports suggest that cyanide gas may be responsible.

Stay tuned to News 12 Westchester for continuing live coverage and Chopper 12 footage.

[DoughtyOne]

Lets hope your wrong on that.

[inflorida]

After watching the news channels for a while and getting no information on this story I decided to switch to the digital music channel...I'll get more updates from FR anyways.

[Senator Pardek]

Calm down - it was a joke. And the Brits did not come after Revere with cyanide gas, either.

[hole_n_one]

I just finished washing and waxing the Batmobile.......you can wash and wax your own pole.

[TomGuy]

Reporter on the video feed said terrorist act has NOT been ruled out. No hospital personnel have shown any contamination effects.

[RnMomof7]

I expect you to hold your breath and defend NY... (Let those of us west of the action know how it turns out:>)

[Myrddin]

By the way, cyanide has a slight aroma of almonds, but not everyone is able to smell it.

A sign on the wall of firm that uses cyanide gas in the manufacturing process, "If you're smelling almonds, you're already dead". Exposure to cyanide gas must be avoided.
These agents act by binding the iron (FE) component of the cytochrome c oxidase system, which controls the cellular respiration and exchange of oxygen. The treatment of this agent includes the administration of oxygen and nitrates. Standard military treatment includes administration of 10cc of 3% solution of Sodium nitrate followed by sodium thiosulfate (50cc of 25% solution) by intravenous. Some other medical authorities recommend the use of Amyal Nitrate crushable ampules followed by the nitrates listed above.

[firewalk]

I don't understand why I'm not seeing any more about this. Did the Mayor give the news conference yet?

[SamAdams76]

I wonder why this thread has been removed from Breaking News. It certainly seems breaking to me. Hopefully we will get some hard news on this before I go to bed. Guess the news media are too busy trying to make hay of what Bush knew prior to 9/11 to care about the possibility of another terrorist attack in progress.

[spunkets]

"There are 9 tons of cyanide missing ---I wonder how much damage that amount could do?"

It could be used to gas an area 12 meters high and 81 kilometers on 2 sides. Anyone unprotected in the area would die in 10 min.

[hole_n_one]

It could be used to gas an area 12 meters high and 81 kilometers on 2 sides. Anyone unprotected in the area would die in 10 min.

Source?

I'm in a mood....

[Aggie Mama]

Your response demonstrates why I so love Free Republic. =)

[RCW2001]

Because...

New Israeli incursion in Jenin

Connerly on TV tonight!

RADIO FREEREPUBLIC PRESENTS A RE-BROADCAST OF THE JACK THOMPSON INTERVIEW TONIGHT!

etc....

are much MORE "BREAKING" AND NEWSWORTHY... /sarcasm

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

MacGyver once used some photo fixer to save his boss's life after he was sprayed with cyanide. It was sodium thiosulfate. But he had him drink it. Maybe that was just artistic license (where would he get a hypodermic on short notice?)

[spunkets]

Source is spunkets. Just calc. the volume for 200mg/m³ given you've got 9.5 tons(they only recovered a 1/2 ton.) Here's some info on HCN(liberated from NaCN.

[spunkets]

9.5 tons NaCN, M.W.=59, HCN M.W.=27, molar vol.=22.4liters.

[Dan Day]

A sign on the wall of firm that uses cyanide gas in the manufacturing process, "If you're smelling almonds, you're already dead". Exposure to cyanide gas must be avoided.

Not true about the "if you're smelling almonds, you're already dead".

Way back in high school, one of my hobbies was collecting insects. At that time a common way to dispatch them after they were caught (without damaging them) was to put them into a "killing jar".

I made mine the classic way -- I got a tall glass coffee jar (the kind instant coffee comes in), and put an inch of potassium cyanide in the bottom, covered by an inch of sawdust, then an inch of plaster of paris (which is porous enough to let the fumes seep into the upper portion of the jar).

Aside: I got the potassium cyanide by asking my science teacher for some from the school chem lab supplies. He gave me the whole bottle and told me to bring back what I didn't use. Imagine that happening today.

I killed many insects in it (they died within 20 seconds, even with an insect's slow respiratory process), and it was still deadly after a couple of years of use. While using it I often got a good whiff of the contents myself. I "smelled almonds" many times, but I'm still here.

Today killing jars are usually made with ethyl acetate (nail polish remover) instead of cyanide, and have to be recharged every few weeks.

[hole_n_one]

Source is spunkets. Just calc. the volume for 200mg/m³ given......

The fact that you can get the 3 to do what it did is a good enough source for me.....

[PeteF]

How dare you kill those poor, helpless, innocent, little insects? You are a cruel, cruel man.

[Lady GOP]

Sorry am just catching this...are there any updates..?