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To: arno who wrote (2853)	10/16/2001 5:49:42 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

Oh Arno, it is sooooooo offensive that the U.S. uses its hi-tech weapons in this manner against the Afghan people. When will we wake up and realize that now we have become terrorists too????????? <g> Terrorizingevilisnotevil.com

To: arno who wrote (2853)	10/16/2001 5:49:59 PM
From: arno	Respond to of 14610

Hmmmm..... Intern in Boca anthrax case checks into Lauderdale hospital sun-sentinel.com & CBS4 October 16, 2001, 12:32 PM EDT Jordan Arizmendi, the AMI intern who became a brief focal point in the deadly Boca Raton anthrax investigation, checked into a hospital on Sunday morning and is being treated for pneumonia, several Miami television stations reported in their noon broadcasts Tuesday. Arizmendi, 23, is a senior at FAU and was majoring in communications when he worked for AMI, which publishes a number of tabloid newspapers that are sold in grocery stores. His internship at American Media Inc. ended in August. Weeks later, a photo editor at AMI's Sun tabloid newspaper died from the dreaded disease and another worker was hospitalized with it. News partner CBS4 TV said Arizmendi checked into Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale Sunday morning and was suffering from pneumonia-like symptons. CBS4 said tests are under way to determine if he has anthrax. The TV station also said that pneumonia can be a sympton of anthrax. A seemingly innocent e-mail to co-workers at the National Enquirer two months ago thrust Arizmendi in the national spotlight for one chaotic day. The e-mailed note said: “While I might be leaving you, I shall remain in your hearts and minds. You'll all remember me by all the little [gifts] I hid around the office." Arizmendi said the note meant nothing sinister but was meant to remind the staff of the bagels and cream cheese and other treats he often brought in and shared while working there. Arizmendi, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, was interviewed by the FBI as part of their investigation into the two anthrax cases at AMI. Arizmendi said two federal agents interviewed him. A day later he arranged a news conference at the school, where he and FAU officials said he had been cleared. The AMI mailroom worker was the second employee to be diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of anthrax. Officials now say anthrax spores have been found in the postal building where the man picked up the company's mail. Ernesto Blanco, 73, had earlier tested positive for exposure to the bacteria and was hospitalized, but health officials thought his illness was pneumonia. On Monday, they confirmed he had inhaled anthrax. Doctors performed surgery on Monday to insert tubes in Blanco's lungs to help him breathe, said stepdaughter Maria Orth. Blanco was downgraded from good to stable condition and remained in intensive care at Cedars Medical Center in Miami, Orth said Tuesday. A hospital official did not immediately return a phone call. Photo editor Bob Stevens, 63, who also worked in the American Media Inc. building, died Oct. 5 of the same disease. Health officials are optimistic Blanco will recover. He was already being treated for anthrax and his condition is improving. sun-sentinel.com