Dozens Sickened At Downtown Building (Washington)

[Minstrel Boy]

Dozens Sickened At Downtown Building

Investigators Look For Cause

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 St., Northwest, and a triage area is being set up at nearby Murrow Park.

Because of the problem, 19th Street is closed at K Street.

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

http://www.nbc4.com/news/3698839/detail.html

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Bush or Cheney touring the building?

:)

[swag]

2. Ha, I used to work at 1909 K, and dozens were sickened daily

by the smells wafting up from the ground-floor McDonalds.

[ignatius 2]

3. Just saw on Bloomberg, it was a pepper spray prank. No text

as of yet.

[yellowcanine]

4. That cruise ship virus has sickened people at two Univ. MD events

recently. Maybe this is the same thing?

[yellowcanine]

5. Oops - no - apparently a pepper spray involved, eye irritation.

I need to read the article before responding next time.

[demnan]

6. So that's what they have in store for us now

n/t

[LibertyLover]

7. Pepper spray incident

I work at 21st and Penn. I wondered why there were so many ambulance sirens going off. Thanks for the information.

[BenDavid]

8. Teenagers Release

Pepper Spray and causes 20 to 30 folks to have eye irritations.... Latest from CNN 12.45 pm c t

[leftofthedial]

9. Faux News "coverage" of the Repuke Nazional Con

was showing on the cafeteria TV, sickening many.

[DulceDecorum]

10. It was Osama

and the weapons of mass destruction.