The Bay Page #6

chicken excrement,

um...

Go on.

There was a small leak from

a nuclear reactor in 2002.

- God damn it.

- But we weren't expecting it to hit the bay

till 2014.

But it is coming

through the ground,

so it could've

hit earlier.

Are people drinking

this water?

Of course not. The bay is

brackish. You can't drink it.

There is a level of seepage

into local wells

and of course the

desalination plant in Claridge.

Stockman:

With that desalination plant,

we have increased

the capacity

for poultry farming

in the area.

Those chickens

drink about

2,000 gallons

of water a day.

I think the NEF said it was

0.3 liters of dirty water,

so there could be radium

or tritium in there.

Sam's voice:
... endocrine

disruptors, pharmaceuticals...

EPA:
Algae, agricultural

runoff, chicken excrement...

There was a small leak from

a nuclear reactor in 2002...

And you don't warn anyone?

Well, it's not under

our regulations

to test for

radioactivity levels in water.

Look... half the water in America

probably has some leaks in it.

Don't you regulate

the water?

The filtered water has met

all regulatory standards.

- That dome over there...

- Activist:
5 million pounds of chicken sh*t

dumped into the bay

each year.

This is the best darn water

I've ever tasted.

(saw buzzing)

Donna:
What are you doing?

Let's go back this way.

- Jim:
Just hold on.

- What are you doing?

I can't...

I'm burning up.

Let me just put

some water on my face.

Jesus.

Donna's voice:
That's

my cameraman, Jim Hoyt.

- Hey, Katie Couric.

- Donna's voice:
Um...

Can you just chill

the f*** out for two seconds?

I think that's the only time

we actually ever see him.

- That's not an insult. I like her.

- He died that night.

- Jim:
I know you do.

- A lot of this footage

is thanks to him.

Man on phone:

Governor's office.

Abrams:
Yeah, hi.

This is Dr. Jack Abrams.

I'm at the Atlantic Hospital

in Claridge.

I need to speak

to the governor immediately.

Man:
The governor is away from his desk.

Jennifer:
I don't

understand how the nurses

are just hurrying by

and they're not even stopping.

Look at that.

She didn't even stop.

- Man:
Look, I am.

- There are like 20 feet in front of us.

- Woman:
Jesus.

- Daughter:
Dad!

- (honks horn)

- Stop honking the horn!

- Please stop texting.

- I'm not texting.

Daughter:
Oh, my God. She

just said "YouTubeing. "

Abrams:
We're having an

outbreak of some kind here.

A medical outbreak

down here in Claridge.

People are dying here.

I have been speaking

to the CDC

They are moving

at a snail's pace...

- as soon as he gets back.

- What do you mean, you have it?

Well, go. Go out there and

document everybody that you see.

Don't document me.

Don't waste the damn film.

Donna's voice:
Nobody

ever got off that bridge.

It was shut down

for three days, actually.

Um...

I did a lot of research.

There's no record

of who ordered it shut down.

Alex:

I got it on autopilot.

- Oh, good.

- Yeah.

- GPS is amazing.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, well...

- They said take the next right, though.

And I don't know

what they're referring to.

- Just go around in circles.

- That's fine by me.

Jim:
You know, we don't have to be here.

They're not gonna

post any of this.

The FBI are not

gonna allow it.

Donna:
Well, there's a little

something called the First Amendment.

- Is it rolling?

- Yeah, we're rolling.

Good evening.

This is Donna Thompson

reporting from what used to be

the fairgrounds

of the July 4th party...

(man yelling, moaning)

- Did you hear that?

- Yeah, what was it?

What the f*** is that?

- (people screaming)

- (microphone drops)

I'm sorry,

I'm sorry.

(woman screaming)

Man over computer: You say

you were hearing these screams

all across...

(transmission scatters)

I'm sorry. The Skype

broke up a little bit.

What did you say?

Just echoing

through the air?

I mean, all different

directions?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, there...

it was very faint,

but it was very,

um, prominent.

I heard them

coming from here.

I've heard them

coming from there.

It was far away,

but...

it was very

ghostlike.

You know, I...

And the pain in the people's

voices, I could hear them.

They were

like cries or...

like cries for help.

But you didn't know

where anyone was?

No. I had no idea

where anybody was.

Dispatch:
Be advised.

Need you to respond

to the corner of

St. James and Highmarket.

We just got a phone call

in reference to

hearing some screaming

or some type of

loud verbal noises

from across the street.

(siren blaring)

You think it's, like,

a group or one person?

- I don't know.

- Like, maybe one of those cults, you know?

Like they were talking

about on the radio?

I don't know.

All right.

Stay here and keep

your eyes out, huh?

- (woman screaming)

- Man:
What was that?

(man screaming)

Did you hear that?

(baby crying)

(knocks on door)

Jimson:

Police, open up.

(continues knocking)

Police, open up.

I'm gonna go in.

Hello?

Hello?

This is Donna Thompson

reporting from what used to be

- the fairgrounds of the July 4th party.

- (screaming continues)

Um, at the moment, we are not

quite sure what's going on.

(Jimson screams

over radio)

(gunshots echo)

Paul on radio:

Central, this is SM 10-12.

Be advised,

shots fired,

shots fired

at 352 St. James Street.

Send assistance

immediately.

(door slams)

Central, advise.

Did you copy?

Central, please advise.

Do you copy?

Send backup.

A shot has been fired

- Jim?

- At 352 St. James Street.

- Central, be advised...

- Jim, are you in there?

I don't know if

anyone's listening there.

I'm gonna enter

the premises now.

SM 10-18 is

currently inside.

- Please send backup.

- Jim?

Jim!

I'm coming in!

I'm coming in!

- Paul:
Oh, my God. What's this?

- Man:
Please!

What are you doing?

Jim:
They're all dying, they're

all dying. Look at them all.

Paul:
No way. What have you done, Jim?

Oh, my God.

I don't know...

I don't know what they are.

- What is on those people?

- I don't know what it is.

It's crawling

on their bodies.

(man screaming)

Let's get out of here!

- (man moaning)

- Did you cut it off?

Paul:

You can't do this.

You can't do this!

Oh, my God!

Get it off,

get it off!

(screaming)

(gunshot)

Jim, wait.

Jim, no, no, no, no!

It's me, Paul.

(gunshot)

This is Cessna 1-5-7.

Man:

Go ahead, Cessna 1-5-7.

Cessna 1-5-7:
I'm just trying to

figure out what the hell's going on.

I know they shut down all

the roads going into Claridge,

but now I'm flying over

the water here

and there's just, like,

a shitload

of dead fish everywhere.

Man:

Did you say "dead fish"?

Cessna 157:
I don't

know how many, but, um...

it goes as far

as I can see.

So you just got this?

CDC staffer:
Yeah, from

a research professor

at the University

of Maryland.

And this, uh,

Cymothoa exigua?

Do we have any

information on this?

Sacerdoti:
Yeah, the exigua

is a crustaceous isopod

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