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normally found

in the Pacific.

It's been making a number of

appearances in the Atlantic.

Last year, they found a

two-and-a-half-foot one

trying to burrow its way

into a submarine.

The thing thought it

was a dead whale.

(scoffs) Are you making this

up? This looks Photoshopped.

No, it's real.

So, how's that getting

into the water supply?

Sacerdoti:
Well, at normal

scale, they're quite common.

The fishermen

call them "sea lice. "

Yeah, but, I mean,

it's this big.

How's it gonna get through

a filtration system?

Well, what about

the larvae?

All right, now we're bringing up

more questions than we can answer.

We gotta find out what

happened to those two divers.

Yeah?

Let's go.

Okay, here we are.

We got a nice break

in the weather.

So, we're gonna go catch

the current out to Claridge,

take an up-close, personal

look at these parasites.

See what we're dealing with.

See, you take

a look around,

it's beautiful.

It's breathtaking.

One of the most beautiful

estuaries in all of America.

You'd have no idea

what's underneath.

How was that? Was that

not very good at all?

- Jacqueline:
Great.

- What?

(laughs)

- That was very good.

- Okay, one more time.

A little crisper.

I feel like I'm sitting

very strangely.

Do people sit

like this? Okay.

Now bring

the camera to me.

I'm gonna get us

some beauty shots here.

Get a sense of place here.

You wanna see the vista,

here, and the sun.

Beautiful water.

Beautiful, placid water.

You have no sense

of how the ecosystem's

actually being affected.

You have no idea of the

nightmare underneath here.

(splashing)

Take an up close and personal

look at these parasites.

See what we're actually

dealing with.

We'll go take

a look ourselves.

(breathing)

(muffled screams)

Donna's voice:

You can see in this footage

that the oceanographers dove

right into a school

of fully-grown isopods.

This is not

the sea lice variety

or the larvae.

This is what killed them.

And what killed

those young teenagers.

The question we

continue to ask is,

did the authorities

not look at this footage?

Or chose not to reveal it?

Donna:
Jim?

Jim?

Do you hear that?

(faint music playing)

I hear something.

(faint moaning)

Jim:

Yeah, I hear it.

(whispers)

It's this way.

(moaning intensifies)

Do you f***ing

hear that?

It's like a moaning

or something.

Can you come closer?

(screaming)

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Donna:
Oh!

(wheezing)

What do I need

to do, Doctor?

What do I need to do?

Well, I would suggest that

you and your staff

leave the hospital.

My staff left

20 minutes ago.

Well, good.

That's wise.

Wise? That's...

why is that wise?

Well, because

the bacteria...

uh, the... once it's

entered the human body...

it's a miracle you aren't infected

already, as a matter of fact.

- I'm... I'm fine.

- Well, that's good.

But what I'm

saying is that,

at this point,

it is too late, Doctor.

And I strongly suggest

that you leave immediately.

Look, I have people

in pain here.

I'm amputating feet,

I'm amputating legs,

I'm amputating arms.

You want me to get up

- and just leave the hospital?

- Yes, we're aware of that,

Doctor,

and we are sorry.

You need to get...

you need to get somewhere.

But don't come here 'cause

they're not gonna help you.

And they're not helping me.

It looks like there

are dead bodies up there.

- Dead people. They're not breathing.

- How can people be dead?

They just collapsed and no

one's coming out to get them.

- Nothing. Nope. No one.

- And no one's helping?

Jennifer, is

your tongue hurting?

Mine hurts so badly.

I'm just...

I'm really scared.

I don't know

what to do.

I just... I don't

wanna hang up.

I don't wanna be

by myself.

I can't get anyone...

Stephanie:
Can you see

my parents? Are they here?

There's a bunch of dead sh*t

in the water.

- Stephanie:
Whoa.

- What is that stuff?

That is weird.

Sheriff:
Have you heard

anything from the governor yet?

Stockman on radio:

Yes, Lee. I talked to him.

The governor wanted to know

if we should call

And I told him to give us

a few more hours

Some of the folks have nothing

wrong with them, for heaven's sake.

And the CDC doesn't even know

if it's contagious.

- We've got the National Guard isolating us...

- (man screaming)

...from surrounding communities

as a preventative measure.

If we get people in here

with those hazmat suits,

all hell's gonna

break loose.

Now listen, Lee. Right now

we've got no media on this

except that student running

around with a camera.

And the FBI

shut down her blog.

And, Lee, you

and your deputies

have got to get

on top of this.

Sheriff:
I lost all

contact with my deputies

about 30 minutes ago.

Stockman:
What?

I'm not getting any

response from my guys.

(groans) Well, we shut

down all the towers

to kill the cell phones,

but it shouldn't

affect you guys.

Why don't you swing by

and pick me up right now?

I wanna get a firsthand look

at what's going on out there.

All right, I'll be by there

in about five minutes.

Jim:

You okay?

I don't think I've ever been

so scared in my whole life.

Is the blood off my face?

- What?

- Is the blood off my face?

No, you've got

a ton on your side.

What the...

- Donna:
What?

- What is that?

Donna:

What is it?

Jim:

Holy sh*t.

- Donna:
F***.

- What the f***?

- Donna:
Oh.

- Oh, my God.

- (Donna gasping)

- Look at his face.

- Donna:
Oh, my God.

- Jim:
Look at his face.

(Donna screaming)

Donna's voice:

Oh, my God.

Look at me,

I was running in a circle.

I mean,

if it wasn't...

if this wasn't

a tragedy situation,

it would actually

be somewhat comedic.

Um...

I was just

so f***ing scared.

L... I never reported

another thing after that

until I made this film.

I...

(sighs)

That was actually

the last footage we shot.

Alex:
Well, I'll come and

get the rest of the stuff

when we figure out

where we're going.

(scoffs)

Where are you leading us

other than off of this dock?

Alex, where do you think?

I have no idea.

I can't get

a hold of them.

This is quite a greeting,

isn't it?

- Oh, come on.

- This is pretty nice.

You know,

would you please...

- it's...

- All documented.

This is the quietest

4th of July I have ever seen.

We missed the fireworks?

What the hell's going on?

Yeah, what's with that?

Is it necessary

to get video of this?

Yes, I am filming

the lack of fireworks

so we can show your parents

we were here

- for the nonfestivities.

- Oh, great. You know, they'll...

Donna's voice:
When Alex and

Stephanie got to Claridge,

more than 700 people

had died.

And here they were,

coming in with a baby.

Alex:
... this celebration

for 4th of July.

If you would turn the damn camera

off and help me look for them,

that might be

a little more useful.

Oh, you're doing great.

You're doing just...

- This is fantastic. I love it when you...

- This is ridiculous.

Make me be the grown-up and

you don't do any of the work.

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