Menhaden: Most Important Fish in the Bay Page #2

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We have a boat and go out

in the bay all the time.

They got the results

on the water analysis.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

What do you have?

Uh, mercury levels

way above standards,

polycyclic acids, OPs,

PCBs that haven't

been legal in 20 years.

Endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals,

Viagra, estrogen, DDT,

- trace amounts of GRDF.

- Phew.

I mean, pretty much

you name it,

it's in there.

I mean, looky here.

Naw.

This whole stream

of toxin is following the current.

The what's following the what?

- You have a very thick accent sometimes.

- Sam.

This whole stream of toxin

is following the current.

- Yes.

- Look. It's going next to this little town.

Claridge.

Claridge.

There were

people who were concerned

about what was going on

in the bay.

With some of the townsfolk,

it did cause arguments.

Your chicken plants are putting

chicken sh*t in my bay...

...and they're killing.

The important thing, Jerry...

Jerry? The important

thing to understand

is that the EPA continues

to test the bay.

And it is really...

it's really their responsibility.

It's their responsibility.

Each one of these sheds has

approximately 32,000

chickens in it each.

Those chickens eat about

They do this all

very mathematically.

You know, I don't care what

people say about the bay.

I know it looks

a little different,

but all our kids have grown up

in the water in the bay.

So I don't know what all

the doom and gloom

is all about.

There's 45 million

pounds of chicken sh*t

dumped into the bay each year.

I mean, look at that.

That is entirely chicken sh*t.

And over here.

Look how close we are

to the water.

It's right there.

Chicken sh*t.

Water.

We gotta have

improvement in the economy.

We got to develop.

I say we develop

the hell out of the bay.

And then we can pay

to clean it up.

You know, a lot of people...

a lot of people...

gave me a hard time

when we put up

the desalination plant.

With that desalination plant,

we increased the capacity

for poultry farming

in the area.

The desalination plant

filtered water from the bay

so that people could drink it

and use it

for the chicken industry.

And everyone just assumed

it would take anything

harmful out of the water.

Your lawns benefit from that.

We have pools

that are in operation.

And last but not least,

I don't know about you,

but I think this is

the best darn water

I've ever tasted.

People were worried

about the economy and the water,

but mostly that

wasn't their focus.

They were just doing

the American thing.

You know, trying

to make a living,

dealing with their children,

enjoying their lives.

And everything seemed

really pretty good.

Someone do something.

Do something!

What's going on?

Mommy!

- What's going on?

- What happened?

Oh, my God.

Has anyone seen my husband?

What's happening to me?

Please help me.

I need my husband

and my kids.

I need to go to the hospital.

Someone needs to get me

to the hospital.

Almost done.

We should have a report

of who the winner is shortly.

I need to go to the hospital.

Someone needs to get me

to the hospital.

I've never seen

anything like that.

Ohh.

Ooh, are you getting that?

Are you getting that?

He just vomited.

Are you getting that?

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my God.

It's okay... miss, cut

the cameras, please.

It's all right, Tiffany. You're

almost done, sweetheart.

Danny, where are you?

This is a lens cap?

- Am I in frame?

- Mm.

This is Dr. Jack Abrams.

He was the head physician

in the emergency waiting room

at Atlantic Hospital.

He would actually end up

treating over 350 patients

over the course of that day.

And he would die

later that night.

Could you take

off your shirt, please?

Just... can you... turn around

a little bit more?

I'm just gonna point

this out to the camera.

CDC. Is this an emergency?

- Yes, it is.

- Are you a health professional?

- A doctor.

- Okay. Hold, please.

- Emergency operations.

- Yeah, hi.

This is Dr. Jack Abrams

over at the Atlantic Hospital

in Claridge, Maryland.

- How can we help you today?

- We're in the middle of some kind of bacterial outbreak.

This is Dr. Williams

in Communicable Disease.

Uh, you believe you may

have a bacterial case?

Uh, not one. 30.

What?

I got 30 people

in the waiting room

- at my hospital right now.

- What are the symptoms?

The entire group has broken out

in blisters, boils, lesions...

- Where?

- Face, legs, neck, chest.

I got a woman whose entire

backside is covered in boils.

- All right. When did this begin?

- This morning.

Today.

What do you think it is?

I have no idea what it is.

All right.

I'm gonna walk you through a

list of associated symptoms.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm gonna ask you

a couple more questions.

You been around any livestock?

Agriculture?

- No.

- Farm animals?

You spend a lot of time

in the sun?

No, not really.

More than usual?

Less than usual? Same?

Not really.

You know, it hurts

just in my bones.

What concerns me is we've had

a lot of people in today

who've had similar

symptoms to that.

Frankly, that's why

we're doing this.

If you wouldn't mind just

looking right into the lens

and saying your name?

- My name is Lamya Jezek.

- Great.

What am I supposed to say?

Oh, no.

You're fine.

I'm gonna ask you

a couple questions.

Okay.

I didn't know

it was a big deal.

I'm just asking to go

through a drive-through.

You're insane.

You do this every day.

- Okay, Grandma. Okay.

- It's like clockwork.

I'm sorry. Grab the

food, you're out.

That's why it's

a drive-through.

It's not a big deal.

Just go through.

Can you do it?

This is Officer Paul.

He's the one on the left.

He was actually the best man

at Officer Jimson's wedding.

What is that?

- What is that?

- They reported the first death

in Claridge

at 12:
42 PM.

Is he shot?

Check his pulse.

Oh, gosh.

I don't wanna do that.

He's dead.

I don't see any

bullet holes, though.

All right. Central,

this is SM 10-12.

We got a young white male

laid out on the corner of, uh,

Center and Hyde.

He's dead.

Go ahead and dispatch

EMS as soon as you can.

Is there anyone around?

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Huh?

- Whoo.

What do you think, Andrew?

Oh, you like that foot.

We're gonna go to Claridge,

see the fireworks, huh?

Do you know what fireworks are?

This is Alex

and Stephanie Talmet.

He was a very young,

very successful dentist

from Townsend.

And Stephanie,

she grew up in Claridge

before becoming a big-shot

lawyer in Baltimore.

We're gonna call them later

and they're gonna meet us there.

- That's their baby.

- You sure? They're gonna meet us?

They rented

a boat in Wilmington

to sail to Claridge

for the fireworks.

And that's why they

were headed this way.

All right. We're gonna

get this motorboat going.

We ready for this?

Where are you, ma'am?

My God. She's bleeding.

Ma'am?

I just got my camera.

She just ran out

into the yard, and...

Can you tell me what

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