1 00:00:10,532 --> 00:00:11,794 Usually when you gets the flu, 2 00:00:11,881 --> 00:00:13,317 it just passes in a day or two. 3 00:00:13,404 --> 00:00:15,363 This doesn't present like a flu. 4 00:00:15,450 --> 00:00:16,451 Bruce, we got some samples coming in from Florida. 5 00:00:16,538 --> 00:00:17,843 Not it! 6 00:00:17,930 --> 00:00:19,715 We need an anthrax expert. 7 00:00:19,802 --> 00:00:21,673 Patient's spinal fluid showed rod-like bacteria. 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,501 You better call the FBI. 9 00:00:23,588 --> 00:00:26,026 Anthrax uses its host as a live incubator and 10 00:00:26,113 --> 00:00:29,377 95% of confirmed cases worldwide are cutaneous, 11 00:00:29,464 --> 00:00:32,771 which means it gets into a cut where someone touches it. 12 00:00:32,858 --> 00:00:35,470 But Bob Stevens inhaled it, 13 00:00:35,557 --> 00:00:37,907 which is insanely rare unless it's aerosolized. 14 00:00:37,994 --> 00:00:39,517 O'CONNOR: I don't think AMI was the only media attack. 15 00:00:39,604 --> 00:00:41,389 What do you mean? 16 00:00:41,476 --> 00:00:42,955 O'CONNOR: The doctor thought it was just a spider bite. 17 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,045 REPORTER : And tragic news, 18 00:00:45,132 --> 00:00:46,568 we've just learned that photo editor Robert Stevens has died 19 00:00:46,655 --> 00:00:48,178 from his anthrax exposure. 20 00:00:48,265 --> 00:00:49,223 Results came back. 21 00:00:49,310 --> 00:00:50,224 It's Ames. 22 00:00:50,311 --> 00:00:52,443 Ames stream? 23 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:53,357 I didn't think it existed outside a high-security research labs. 24 00:00:53,444 --> 00:00:54,532 It doesn't. 25 00:01:01,887 --> 00:01:04,107 Hey, did somebody just pass you guys on the hallway? 26 00:01:04,194 --> 00:01:05,500 No, didn't see anyone. 27 00:01:05,587 --> 00:01:07,023 Really? 28 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:50,022 Shelly, get out of there! 29 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,459 Come on, the plane just hit the World Trade Center. 30 00:01:51,546 --> 00:01:53,635 We got to go now. We could be next. 31 00:01:53,722 --> 00:01:54,636 Come on people, get out of there, go, go, go. 32 00:01:54,723 --> 00:01:55,854 Everybody out. 33 00:01:55,941 --> 00:01:57,247 Come on, we got to evacuate. 34 00:01:57,334 --> 00:01:58,335 We need shelter, get off the phone. 35 00:01:58,422 --> 00:02:00,163 New York City is under attack. 36 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:01,556 Some plane just hit the World Trade Center, all right. 37 00:02:01,643 --> 00:02:03,210 They're alerting all military bases. 38 00:02:03,297 --> 00:02:04,602 We could be next. Come on guys, get out, guys! 39 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:05,734 Go! Go ahead, just leave your stuff. 40 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:06,952 Out, out, out, out, right out. 41 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:09,912 Move, move, move, move, move. 42 00:02:09,999 --> 00:02:13,220 GUMBEL : For us to tell exactly how large an aircraft it is 43 00:02:13,307 --> 00:02:16,614 there or whether or not that was intentional, um. 44 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:18,790 Go ahead, I'm sorry. 45 00:02:18,877 --> 00:02:20,792 FAA is banning all departures nationwide for any 46 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:22,968 flights heading through NYC airspace. 47 00:02:23,055 --> 00:02:24,666 And what about the 3,300 flights already in the air? 48 00:02:24,753 --> 00:02:25,841 Who's got NORAD on their line? 49 00:02:25,928 --> 00:02:27,321 What do we know? 50 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:28,800 Passenger list is already in, 51 00:02:28,887 --> 00:02:30,541 names of interest are being looked into, 52 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:32,369 but we're still waiting on the cargo manifests. 53 00:02:32,456 --> 00:02:34,110 Oh, these guys wouldn't have any check luggage. 54 00:02:34,197 --> 00:02:35,938 Anything they need they would already had on them. 55 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:37,896 Still, we can't rule out the potential of a bio-agent. 56 00:02:37,983 --> 00:02:39,855 These planes could've been used as a method of dispersal. 57 00:02:39,942 --> 00:02:41,378 Hit the highest point in the city, 58 00:02:41,465 --> 00:02:42,814 let gravity do the rest. 59 00:02:42,901 --> 00:02:44,599 Get the Hazmat units mobilized. 60 00:02:44,686 --> 00:02:47,863 I'll start running it up the chain. 61 00:02:47,950 --> 00:02:49,908 REPORTER : As reports came in, that the first hijack. 62 00:02:49,995 --> 00:02:51,649 Yeah, this is Ryker. 63 00:02:51,736 --> 00:02:53,782 We're on the road. We're on our way to New York. 64 00:02:53,869 --> 00:02:55,740 No, you have to wait. No. 65 00:02:55,827 --> 00:02:57,438 Until I can get a team on the ground, 66 00:02:57,525 --> 00:02:59,091 we can't rule out some sort of biological threat. 67 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,832 REPORTER : Both towers of the 68 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,007 World Trade Center have been hit by large... 69 00:03:02,094 --> 00:03:02,834 You got to be kidding me. 70 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:05,837 Come on, let's move! 71 00:03:05,924 --> 00:03:08,884 Yes, extreme heat can destroy a toxin like botulinum, 72 00:03:08,971 --> 00:03:11,800 but the spores that produce the toxic are heat resistant. 73 00:03:11,887 --> 00:03:12,931 Yes. 74 00:03:23,072 --> 00:03:25,466 Oh, my God. It's headed right for... 75 00:03:25,553 --> 00:03:26,902 The Pentagon. 76 00:04:05,897 --> 00:04:08,900 Oh. Oh, sir. 77 00:04:08,987 --> 00:04:10,946 I need you to please return to your seat. 78 00:04:11,033 --> 00:04:12,339 Sorry. 79 00:04:22,653 --> 00:04:24,786 You can't even stretch your legs on a flight anymore. 80 00:04:27,092 --> 00:04:28,920 Terrorists brought us all right to the edge. 81 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:37,059 So you think it's related? 82 00:04:37,146 --> 00:04:39,888 This new anthrax case at NBC? 83 00:04:39,975 --> 00:04:43,021 Related to what, 9/11 or the anthrax in Florida? 84 00:04:43,108 --> 00:04:44,849 Florida. 85 00:04:44,936 --> 00:04:48,592 Already know the answer to Al-Qaeda is a big old yes. 86 00:04:48,679 --> 00:04:50,899 Well, there hasn't been a case of inhalational anthrax 87 00:04:50,986 --> 00:04:55,207 since 1976 and suddenly you start seeing them? 88 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,861 It's all got to be connected. 89 00:04:56,948 --> 00:04:58,472 So that's an affirmative? 90 00:04:58,559 --> 00:05:02,258 Uh, no. That's a working hypothesis. 91 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:05,305 Start with the obvious but can't know more until we get 92 00:05:05,392 --> 00:05:06,741 some actual evidence. 93 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,747 BROKAW : Osama Bin Laden continues to 94 00:05:12,834 --> 00:05:16,228 make threats against America and our allies all over the world. 95 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,493 But it has not hampered the military's response. 96 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:23,671 Tonight, correspondent Michael Smith has this report. 97 00:05:23,758 --> 00:05:27,457 SMITH : After the airing of two shocking tapes made by Bin Laden, 98 00:05:27,544 --> 00:05:29,546 and then another by his followers, 99 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:33,463 the administration has asked the networks for restraint in 100 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:35,073 coverage of this crisis. 101 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,293 Uh, thanks for agreeing to see me. 102 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:40,209 I'm Dr. Marci Layton from the Department of Health. 103 00:05:40,296 --> 00:05:42,124 How are you doing Ms. O'Connor? 104 00:05:42,211 --> 00:05:44,169 O'CONNOR: How do you think? 105 00:05:46,084 --> 00:05:49,218 The guy in Florida, he died in days, didn't he? 106 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:51,220 Unfortunately, yes. 107 00:05:51,307 --> 00:05:55,529 However, I understand you went to see your doctor a week ago? 108 00:05:55,616 --> 00:05:57,835 Thought it was a spider bite, put you on Cipro? 109 00:05:57,922 --> 00:05:59,968 O'CONNOR: Mm-hmm. Okay. That's good. 110 00:06:00,055 --> 00:06:03,580 If it is anthrax, Cipro is our best defense against it. 111 00:06:07,410 --> 00:06:10,587 In five, four, three... 112 00:06:10,674 --> 00:06:12,937 SMITH : Intelligence related to terrorism. 113 00:06:13,024 --> 00:06:15,462 After six years serving as Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, 114 00:06:15,549 --> 00:06:17,942 Tom Ridge has retired. 115 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:21,337 Do you remember opening any mail or a package 116 00:06:21,424 --> 00:06:24,296 that may have contained some sort of a powder? 117 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:28,562 Uh, the mail in question likely arrived a week or two ago. 118 00:06:28,649 --> 00:06:30,912 O'CONNOR: Casey and I open mail all day. 119 00:06:30,999 --> 00:06:32,957 I can't, I can't remember if... 120 00:06:34,872 --> 00:06:35,960 Memory could be a tricky thing, 121 00:06:36,047 --> 00:06:37,309 just take a breath, okay? 122 00:06:39,921 --> 00:06:42,445 If there was a piece of mail that was flagged, 123 00:06:42,532 --> 00:06:45,013 something seemed off or threatening, 124 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,711 who would you have alerted? 125 00:06:47,798 --> 00:06:52,673 O'CONNOR: I would, uh, I'd contact security. 126 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,588 Okay. 127 00:06:54,675 --> 00:06:56,807 Now think back to the last time you called security about 128 00:06:56,894 --> 00:07:02,291 something suspicious, maybe there was a particular phrase, 129 00:07:02,378 --> 00:07:06,251 or message, a color? 130 00:07:09,254 --> 00:07:11,039 O'CONNOR: A green bag. 131 00:07:11,126 --> 00:07:14,869 The, yeah, the last time I called security on a letter, 132 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:17,872 they took it away in a green shopping bag. 133 00:07:27,316 --> 00:07:29,405 - Agent Ryker? - Yes. 134 00:07:29,492 --> 00:07:31,363 - Agent Moore? - How's it going? 135 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,017 I'm Dr. Layton, New York's Public Health 136 00:07:33,104 --> 00:07:35,237 Director of Communicable Diseases. 137 00:07:35,324 --> 00:07:37,413 Apologies for the rushed retrieval but with 138 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:39,807 one nightmare scenario after another, 139 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:42,287 didn't have time to wait around for your baggage claim. 140 00:07:42,374 --> 00:07:45,203 So, I saw O'Connor's wound. 141 00:07:45,290 --> 00:07:47,902 - Necrotic eschars? - Yeah. 142 00:07:47,989 --> 00:07:50,382 It sure looks like cutaneous anthrax lesion to me. 143 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,254 Okay. Did they find the letter or the envelope, 144 00:07:52,341 --> 00:07:53,864 however the anthrax was delivered? 145 00:07:53,951 --> 00:07:55,953 No, not yet. But it's been flagged. 146 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,651 It should be in the building. 147 00:07:57,738 --> 00:07:59,348 Good. We need to get our hands on it. 148 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:03,700 All the mail at AMI was incinerated. 149 00:08:03,787 --> 00:08:08,009 Info on 30 Rock, it's where NBC News is located. 150 00:08:08,096 --> 00:08:09,532 It's not your typical office building, 151 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:11,273 massive tourist destination, 152 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,449 iconic landmark. 153 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:15,712 When were you first alerted to the situation over at NBC? 154 00:08:15,799 --> 00:08:18,149 Late last night. 155 00:08:18,236 --> 00:08:20,587 Took Tom Brokaw calling half New York to get the situation taken seriously. 156 00:08:22,371 --> 00:08:24,634 Ground Zero. 157 00:08:30,118 --> 00:08:31,989 RYKER : 30 days. 158 00:08:35,297 --> 00:08:37,168 Still burning. 159 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:41,608 We call it Hell's Chimney. 160 00:09:08,460 --> 00:09:10,332 REPORTER : The United States Government 161 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:12,856 says you should be on alert because new terror attacks 162 00:09:12,943 --> 00:09:15,163 could come at any moment. 163 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:16,817 REPORTER 2 : The enemy is hidden, the enemy is very often 164 00:09:16,904 --> 00:09:18,732 right here within our own country. 165 00:09:18,819 --> 00:09:20,211 REPORTER 3 : Law enforcement nationwide has 166 00:09:20,298 --> 00:09:22,126 been put on the highest state of alert. 167 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:23,563 REPORTER 4 : National Guard troops are 168 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:25,260 stationed throughout the airport. 169 00:09:25,347 --> 00:09:27,001 REPORTER 5 : Operation enduring. 170 00:09:27,088 --> 00:09:28,785 PRESIDENT BUSH : I want justice. 171 00:09:28,872 --> 00:09:30,918 REPORTER 6 : Kill and demoralized. 172 00:09:31,005 --> 00:09:32,484 REPORTER 7 : Front lines in Northern Afghanistan, 173 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,225 direct hit from laser guided bombs. 174 00:09:34,312 --> 00:09:36,140 Explosions were heard near the Kabul Airport. 175 00:09:36,227 --> 00:09:39,535 PRESIDENT BUSH : Wanted dead or alive. 176 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:53,549 Hello? 177 00:09:53,636 --> 00:09:54,419 KURZ : Bruce, I know you put in a long day, 178 00:09:54,506 --> 00:09:55,986 but we need you. 179 00:09:56,073 --> 00:09:57,988 Biopsy came in for testing. 180 00:09:58,075 --> 00:09:59,076 I'll be right there. 181 00:10:33,937 --> 00:10:38,028 Diane? Sweetheart? 182 00:10:38,115 --> 00:10:40,814 Di? Di? 183 00:10:40,901 --> 00:10:41,989 I have to go. 184 00:10:42,076 --> 00:10:43,164 The lab needs me. 185 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:45,819 Okay. 186 00:11:02,313 --> 00:11:04,489 What's the status? 187 00:11:04,576 --> 00:11:06,709 Status is its too damn dark outside for you to be so awake. 188 00:11:06,796 --> 00:11:08,972 Sue me for wanting to help stop the bad guys. 189 00:11:09,059 --> 00:11:10,800 So, where did this biopsy come from? 190 00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:12,367 The city that never sleeps. 191 00:11:12,454 --> 00:11:13,716 See you in there. 192 00:11:13,803 --> 00:11:15,152 Okay. 193 00:11:15,239 --> 00:11:17,372 Who's towel is this? Am I your maid? 194 00:11:17,459 --> 00:11:18,503 Put it in the bin. 195 00:11:24,901 --> 00:11:26,250 Layton says they can't keep up with all 196 00:11:26,337 --> 00:11:27,948 the hoax letters that are coming in. 197 00:11:28,035 --> 00:11:29,950 You really think we'll find this thing? 198 00:11:30,037 --> 00:11:31,386 We need to. 199 00:11:31,473 --> 00:11:32,604 It's just a matter of tracking it. 200 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,215 Assuming it's just one. 201 00:11:34,302 --> 00:11:36,826 - Are you with the FBI? - Yes. 202 00:11:36,913 --> 00:11:38,436 I need a microbiologist. 203 00:11:38,523 --> 00:11:40,047 Dr. Layton said he was on his way over. 204 00:11:40,134 --> 00:11:41,396 You're talking to him, Mr. Brokaw. 205 00:11:41,483 --> 00:11:43,006 I'm Special agent Matthew Ryker. 206 00:11:43,093 --> 00:11:44,442 Oh, Agent Ryker, my assistant called 207 00:11:44,529 --> 00:11:46,140 authorities days ago. 208 00:11:46,227 --> 00:11:49,709 And apparently testing is log-jammed and I'm... 209 00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:52,363 for the life of me, trying to figure out why it is that this 210 00:11:52,450 --> 00:11:54,104 is not a higher priority. 211 00:11:54,191 --> 00:11:55,802 Well, it's my understanding that the CDC's 212 00:11:55,889 --> 00:11:57,804 been swamped with samples from Florida. But I... 213 00:11:57,891 --> 00:11:59,153 Now listen, I've had enough of that, okay? 214 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:00,676 And no action. 215 00:12:00,763 --> 00:12:02,069 I've got a sick employee upstairs and 216 00:12:02,156 --> 00:12:03,723 we've had enough of the runaround. 217 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:06,247 We still don't know what Erin has. 218 00:12:06,334 --> 00:12:08,249 Well, I just flew in from D.C. 219 00:12:08,336 --> 00:12:09,946 I've only been on the ground a couple of hours but we have 220 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:11,600 the best minds in the field working on it. 221 00:12:11,687 --> 00:12:13,254 I've pulled them out of bed to do it. 222 00:12:13,341 --> 00:12:15,386 And Dr. Layton will make sure the CDC's on it. 223 00:12:15,473 --> 00:12:17,258 You should have results by tomorrow. 224 00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:19,477 Hmm. 225 00:12:19,564 --> 00:12:23,220 Well, I'm trusting you agent because my next call is to Ashcroft. 226 00:12:23,307 --> 00:12:24,482 Excuse me. 227 00:12:29,052 --> 00:12:30,706 You think he's just worried about his assistant? 228 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:33,230 No, he's right. 229 00:12:33,317 --> 00:12:35,058 But this thing will start going sideways fast if 230 00:12:35,145 --> 00:12:37,365 we start taking special consideration to big titles. 231 00:12:37,452 --> 00:12:39,323 Copy that. 232 00:12:39,410 --> 00:12:42,500 Elevators are just around the corner. 233 00:12:42,587 --> 00:12:44,067 Until we find a source, 234 00:12:44,154 --> 00:12:46,069 we need to shut down the entire building. 235 00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:47,201 Whoa, whoa, whoa, I thought you just said we were 236 00:12:47,288 --> 00:12:48,985 just here as a specialist? 237 00:12:49,072 --> 00:12:50,073 As a specialist, I'm telling you we need to 238 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,335 shut the building down. 239 00:12:51,422 --> 00:12:53,337 On whose authority? 240 00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:54,817 Just tell everyone this investigation now falls under 241 00:12:54,904 --> 00:12:57,559 Operation Noble Eagle. 242 00:12:57,646 --> 00:13:00,127 Hey, uh, should we call Copak first? 243 00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:01,737 I mean, if we're gonna be pulling the Presidential card? 244 00:13:01,824 --> 00:13:03,870 If not now, then when? 245 00:13:03,957 --> 00:13:06,437 Listen Sergeant, somewhere in this building is a lethal agent 246 00:13:06,524 --> 00:13:08,744 and we cannot let anyone else be exposed. 247 00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:14,315 Which way? 248 00:13:14,402 --> 00:13:16,143 Uh, it's up here to the right. 249 00:13:16,230 --> 00:13:18,841 Thousands of employees, acres of office space. 250 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:23,193 Any idea how much mail must come through a building like this? 251 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,282 Single letter is like finding a needle in a... 252 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:32,550 I'd prefer a haystack. 253 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:34,248 I take it you're the agent asking for me? 254 00:13:34,335 --> 00:13:36,076 What can I do for you? 255 00:13:36,163 --> 00:13:38,687 What's your hate mail protocol? 256 00:13:38,774 --> 00:13:41,559 I wouldn't call it much of a protocol. 257 00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:44,519 Any threatening letters get funneled down through here. 258 00:13:44,606 --> 00:13:48,349 So you fellas collect it for testing. 259 00:13:48,436 --> 00:13:51,439 It's a little backed up right now because of Ground Zero. 260 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,357 Chris, clear out this whole area and 261 00:13:56,444 --> 00:13:58,141 let's get a Hazmat team in here. 262 00:13:58,228 --> 00:14:00,056 We're gonna go through every single piece of mail. 263 00:14:00,143 --> 00:14:01,710 That letter's got to be in here somewhere. 264 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,206 Check everything carefully. 265 00:14:19,293 --> 00:14:22,339 The letter Erin opened has to be here and if you find 266 00:14:22,426 --> 00:14:24,951 anything with powder, stop immediately. 267 00:14:25,038 --> 00:14:26,996 We need to preserve all the source as we can. 268 00:14:27,083 --> 00:14:28,476 This one has a flagged corner. 269 00:14:28,563 --> 00:14:30,260 That's on the right. 270 00:14:30,347 --> 00:14:31,566 Right. 271 00:14:33,133 --> 00:14:35,613 Copy that. 272 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:37,093 We're almost halfway through the mail here, sir, 273 00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:39,226 still nothing. 274 00:14:52,021 --> 00:14:53,544 What the hell? 275 00:14:57,070 --> 00:15:00,116 Hey, hey. 276 00:15:00,203 --> 00:15:02,466 This building is contaminated. 277 00:15:02,553 --> 00:15:04,773 Why are people flooding in here like it's any other Friday? 278 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:06,253 Agent Ryker, it wasn't my call. 279 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:07,863 Then whose was it? 280 00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,038 Not that it's your business. 281 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:10,605 Mayor Giuliani. 282 00:15:10,692 --> 00:15:12,346 The call was mine. 283 00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:14,261 No one is shutting down 30 Rock. 284 00:15:14,348 --> 00:15:16,524 Mr. Mayor, you're not hearing me. 285 00:15:16,611 --> 00:15:19,483 Really? Because it seems you're not hearing me. 286 00:15:19,570 --> 00:15:22,486 You're not the acting superior in this jurisdiction. 287 00:15:22,573 --> 00:15:24,358 Erin O'Connor is infected. 288 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:26,882 Not only are all of her colleagues at risk but so is 289 00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:29,363 every person who steps into the building. 290 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:32,279 We need to evacuate, we need to get a hazmat team in there 291 00:15:32,366 --> 00:15:34,194 so we can scan every inch of the place. 292 00:15:34,281 --> 00:15:35,412 Do you have a positive test, 293 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:37,153 a confirmation on the victim? 294 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,807 No, not yet. 295 00:15:38,894 --> 00:15:42,506 Any other sick workers? Any proof? 296 00:15:42,593 --> 00:15:46,467 I'm talking absolute that anthrax is in this building. 297 00:15:46,554 --> 00:15:48,295 That's why we're searching. 298 00:15:48,382 --> 00:15:50,210 Just because one person who might have it, 299 00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:52,516 might've been exposed weeks ago, uh, 300 00:15:52,603 --> 00:15:55,519 is already being treated and nobody else is showing symptoms, 301 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:57,869 yet you're trying to shut down one of the, 302 00:15:57,957 --> 00:15:59,654 the busiest buildings in my city. 303 00:15:59,741 --> 00:16:01,656 Sir, with all due respect. 304 00:16:01,743 --> 00:16:03,527 You're here looking through a microscope but, uh, 305 00:16:03,614 --> 00:16:04,746 I've got to see the big picture. 306 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:06,574 Okay. 307 00:16:06,661 --> 00:16:09,490 Well here's an image, anthrax spores do not die off. 308 00:16:09,577 --> 00:16:11,709 They settle, they lie in wait. 309 00:16:11,796 --> 00:16:14,538 What we are talking about is a ticking time bomb. 310 00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:17,063 Mayor Giuliani, please. 311 00:16:20,675 --> 00:16:22,938 Plenty of twisted pricks get their rocks off 312 00:16:23,025 --> 00:16:24,853 by scaring people. 313 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,898 If they shut down every building that had a hoax, 314 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,031 wouldn't be a building open come Christmas. 315 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:32,904 Do you have any idea what the good people of this city have 316 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:33,949 been through these last weeks? 317 00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:35,690 I understand. 318 00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:36,996 Hell, the city gets threats every day. 319 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:41,217 I need at least the third floor. 320 00:16:41,304 --> 00:16:44,568 NBC and its adjacent offices. 321 00:16:44,655 --> 00:16:48,050 Look, I can use the freight entrance. 322 00:16:48,137 --> 00:16:53,229 Mr. Mayor, you haven't seen what this bacteria does to a body. 323 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:06,938 Clear the entrance. Let's move, guys, move. 324 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:08,766 Just make sure it's taped off. 325 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,770 Block that corner off. 326 00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:15,599 And you guys got to rotate it out of the suit. 327 00:17:15,686 --> 00:17:17,036 We've only got the third floor, 328 00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:18,602 but make sure you swab everything. 329 00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:19,864 Copy that. 330 00:18:01,776 --> 00:18:06,346 Didn't they say the subject had a lesion indicating cutaneous anthrax? 331 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:08,957 It's negative. 332 00:18:09,044 --> 00:18:10,263 Negative? 333 00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:20,099 I think maybe we should test it again. 334 00:18:21,578 --> 00:18:23,189 We tested it twice, Bruce. 335 00:18:23,276 --> 00:18:24,886 Are you in a hurry to get out of here? 336 00:18:24,973 --> 00:18:27,280 After 20-plus hours of straight lab work? 337 00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:29,325 Yes, Bruce, I am. 338 00:18:29,412 --> 00:18:31,153 I don't know about you, but if I'm gonna do that again, 339 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,068 I'm gonna need some sleep. 340 00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:35,592 Hey, Simon. 341 00:18:35,679 --> 00:18:36,898 Did you open my... 342 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:15,154 I'll call you back. 343 00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:16,807 There's a flight leaving at 12:25. 344 00:19:16,894 --> 00:19:18,374 Great. Get me on it. 345 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:27,775 Morning, sir. 346 00:19:27,862 --> 00:19:29,864 Wasn't trying to be nosy, but I was looking for you earlier. 347 00:19:29,951 --> 00:19:31,866 Susan said you were up in the Director's office. 348 00:19:33,128 --> 00:19:34,651 Yeah. 349 00:19:34,738 --> 00:19:37,698 Lot of heads rolling this morning? 350 00:19:37,785 --> 00:19:41,354 Just a friendly reminder that we either 351 00:19:41,441 --> 00:19:46,576 get out front of this story or we become the story. 352 00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:49,536 Hmm, locking horns right out of the gate? 353 00:19:49,623 --> 00:19:50,798 With the Director? 354 00:19:50,885 --> 00:19:52,800 No. We go back. 355 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:57,674 - Princeton, right? - Yeah. 356 00:19:57,761 --> 00:20:00,895 Before the bronze star, Purple Heart. 357 00:20:00,982 --> 00:20:04,768 He took the law firm, Attorney General route and 358 00:20:04,855 --> 00:20:07,206 I dedicated my life to the bureau. 359 00:20:07,293 --> 00:20:09,382 My mistake. 360 00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:12,036 Always easier climbing new stairs than the ones 361 00:20:12,123 --> 00:20:14,604 you've been slogging up for years. 362 00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:16,345 Well, Van Harp's keeping me busy, 363 00:20:16,432 --> 00:20:18,478 but if you need extra hands on the anthrax case. 364 00:20:18,565 --> 00:20:21,263 Oh, Ryker's on it. 365 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:23,918 I know the cells in our AOR better than anyone, sir. 366 00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:25,615 If I start pulling agents off 367 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:28,357 9/11 without confirmation this is an attack. 368 00:20:28,444 --> 00:20:30,403 Of course, sir. 369 00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:32,231 But if it is, this whole thing could blow wide open. 370 00:20:45,548 --> 00:20:48,159 We went through everything in there. 371 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,161 Did you find the letter? 372 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:54,035 I thought we had something but it was just a hoax. 373 00:20:54,122 --> 00:20:55,515 I don't know what to tell you. 374 00:20:55,602 --> 00:20:57,125 There's no anthrax letter in that room. 375 00:20:57,212 --> 00:20:59,083 That makes no sense. 376 00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:01,608 That lesion on Erin O'Connor's shoulder is no hoax. 377 00:21:01,695 --> 00:21:03,566 That letter's gotta be here somewhere. 378 00:21:03,653 --> 00:21:05,307 About that, they just brought in O'Connor's biopsy. 379 00:21:05,394 --> 00:21:07,788 And? 380 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:11,008 - Tested negative. - What? 381 00:21:18,842 --> 00:21:21,105 Actually, O'Connor's been on Cipro for days. 382 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:23,891 Once Cipro is established in the bloodstream, 383 00:21:23,978 --> 00:21:27,590 I'm thinking it could result in a false gram-negative. 384 00:21:27,677 --> 00:21:29,723 Dr. Zaki over at the CDC is working on an 385 00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:32,900 experimental strip to expedite gram-positive testing. 386 00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,380 It'll be more conclusive. 387 00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:35,424 Give them a call. 388 00:21:35,511 --> 00:21:36,730 Yeah. 389 00:21:38,514 --> 00:21:40,473 Things are good. 390 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,040 Lately with Diane and the kids, 391 00:21:43,127 --> 00:21:45,565 everything's clicking. 392 00:21:45,652 --> 00:21:49,133 I mean, the only stressful thing is... 393 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:51,919 And how has work been lately? 394 00:21:52,006 --> 00:21:53,268 And other than that, 395 00:21:53,355 --> 00:21:56,097 how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? 396 00:21:56,184 --> 00:21:57,490 Do you want to expand on that? 397 00:21:57,577 --> 00:21:59,230 Stressful. 398 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,232 I mean, you know, we're at the epicenter of this 399 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,280 anthrax business and the country under attack. 400 00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:07,500 Haven't been able to see the kids much lately. 401 00:22:07,587 --> 00:22:09,023 It's quite common to pull away when there is 402 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:11,068 stress in the workplace. 403 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,462 There is nothing common about my work. 404 00:22:13,549 --> 00:22:15,986 What's happening there? 405 00:22:16,073 --> 00:22:17,814 What's adding anxiety? 406 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,614 Bruce? Where did you just go? 407 00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:36,355 Sorry. 408 00:22:40,750 --> 00:22:43,057 I know 9/11 really rattled you, 409 00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:45,364 but it's good that you've come here for more support. 410 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,022 My work at USAMRIID, dealing with DOD, 411 00:22:52,109 --> 00:22:55,591 it's high clearance stuff. 412 00:22:55,678 --> 00:22:58,507 These conversations are confidential. 413 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:08,082 Since the situation in Florida, 414 00:23:08,169 --> 00:23:13,217 things have been unhinged. 415 00:23:13,304 --> 00:23:17,744 And now with New York, the samples keep flooding in and 416 00:23:17,831 --> 00:23:22,575 it's up to us to separate the hoaxes from the real deal. 417 00:23:24,664 --> 00:23:27,188 We're this line of defense nobody even knows exists. 418 00:23:29,277 --> 00:23:31,410 Would you say you feel under-appreciated? 419 00:23:32,889 --> 00:23:35,326 What? No. 420 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:39,026 What I'm saying is that it's just us in there, 421 00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:40,419 this select group of scientists, 422 00:23:40,506 --> 00:23:42,377 some of us barely know each other. 423 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:44,335 Even in a vacuum, how do you trust someone with something 424 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:50,516 so paramount as the safety of our nation? 425 00:23:50,603 --> 00:23:53,344 Bruce, do you suspect someone at work 426 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,477 is possibly involved? 427 00:24:08,011 --> 00:24:09,404 This way. 428 00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:18,065 They're still working on those contaminants as well. 429 00:24:18,152 --> 00:24:19,458 Yeah, they are. 430 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:55,162 I assure you, 431 00:25:55,249 --> 00:25:56,337 this won't get blown out of proportion. 432 00:25:56,424 --> 00:25:58,208 Better not. 433 00:25:58,295 --> 00:25:59,427 I asked for a babysitter and was promised you'd have an 434 00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:00,950 iron grip on the situation. 435 00:26:01,037 --> 00:26:03,257 Mayor. 436 00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:05,172 Sir. 437 00:26:05,259 --> 00:26:07,827 We just got results from Erin O'Connor's latest biopsy. 438 00:26:07,914 --> 00:26:10,394 She's positive for anthrax. 439 00:26:10,481 --> 00:26:12,179 Her first test was a false negative because 440 00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:14,094 she'd already been on Cipro. 441 00:26:14,181 --> 00:26:16,009 Didn't I already give you what you asked for? 442 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:17,880 We need to do a lot more than close off one floor. 443 00:26:17,967 --> 00:26:20,056 Anthrax is here. 444 00:26:20,143 --> 00:26:22,015 - Who ran the test? - CDC. 445 00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:24,191 Brand new testing method. 446 00:26:24,278 --> 00:26:26,106 And by new, is that some sort of experimental thing? 447 00:26:26,193 --> 00:26:28,804 And? 448 00:26:28,891 --> 00:26:30,458 Unless you have any new proof that 449 00:26:30,545 --> 00:26:32,242 she got it here at 30 Rock. 450 00:26:32,329 --> 00:26:34,157 How is a positive biopsy result not enough? 451 00:26:34,244 --> 00:26:35,550 Ryker. 452 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:37,334 I'll take that as a no. 453 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:38,945 Mayor Giuliani, the press is ready for you. 454 00:26:39,032 --> 00:26:40,599 And Assistant Director Mawn is standing by. 455 00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:42,252 Thank you. 456 00:26:44,254 --> 00:26:45,952 You gotta understand, 457 00:26:46,039 --> 00:26:48,302 the local team is doing everything by the book. 458 00:26:48,389 --> 00:26:50,913 They're good. 459 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,959 But they need more to go on. 460 00:26:53,046 --> 00:26:55,483 Conjecture is the enemy here. 461 00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:58,878 You get an attack letter in an evidence bag and hold it up in 462 00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:01,663 front of the cameras, I can get us anything we want. 463 00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:04,666 We went through every inch of that mailroom. 464 00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:06,886 Erin knows she handed the letter off. 465 00:27:06,973 --> 00:27:09,410 Then you jumped a step when you retraced it. 466 00:27:11,238 --> 00:27:14,154 The truth is never about what should have happened. 467 00:27:18,158 --> 00:27:20,813 Thank you all for coming. 468 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:23,163 I just wanna be clear that we're, we're, 469 00:27:23,250 --> 00:27:24,773 we're talking with you today because 470 00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:27,733 we're being overly cautious. 471 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,300 All employees, as well as areas of the building that 472 00:27:30,387 --> 00:27:33,173 may have been exposed will be tested. 473 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,262 We're missing something. 474 00:27:35,349 --> 00:27:37,264 We've been through every piece of hate mail twice. 475 00:27:39,048 --> 00:27:41,007 Mailroom doesn't bag them, though, do they? 476 00:27:41,094 --> 00:27:42,791 Uh, no. 477 00:27:42,878 --> 00:27:44,184 I think security guards collect potential threats 478 00:27:44,271 --> 00:27:45,838 from each floor. 479 00:27:45,925 --> 00:27:48,536 Which guard handles the mail from NBC? 480 00:27:48,623 --> 00:27:50,886 GIULIANI : After a long talk with the CDC, 481 00:27:50,973 --> 00:27:52,888 the chances that this is contained, uh... 482 00:27:54,368 --> 00:27:56,196 What do you need, pal? 483 00:27:56,283 --> 00:27:58,415 FBI. 484 00:27:58,502 --> 00:28:01,070 We're looking for a letter that was addressed to Tom Brokaw, 485 00:28:01,157 --> 00:28:02,724 came in a green plastic bag. 486 00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:04,160 Seen anything like that? 487 00:28:04,247 --> 00:28:05,553 I don't know. 488 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,990 It can be anywhere in here. 489 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:09,600 Start over there. 490 00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:14,736 While the powder in the letter, uh, 491 00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:16,825 proved negative for anthrax, 492 00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:20,002 a skin biopsy did test positive. 493 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:25,225 And since this incident could date back as early as September 25th, 494 00:28:25,312 --> 00:28:27,618 there's a decent shot that, uh, 495 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:29,620 anyone who might have been exposed, uh, 496 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:31,013 would be by now. 497 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,101 That is our hope. 498 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:36,323 I encourage everyone not to overreacting. 499 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:40,631 NBC's in control of the situation and cooperation with 500 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:45,898 governmental agencies, that's including the CDC and the FBI. 501 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:48,814 If anyone receives any suspicious mail, 502 00:28:48,901 --> 00:28:53,993 the best thing to do, contact the police or FBI. 503 00:29:08,398 --> 00:29:11,140 Get out. 504 00:29:11,227 --> 00:29:13,142 Leave the sandwich. 505 00:29:14,535 --> 00:29:18,974 Chris, stay back. 506 00:29:19,061 --> 00:29:21,934 I'm vaccinated, but you need to leave. 507 00:29:22,021 --> 00:29:23,805 And get that guy on Cipro. 508 00:29:31,247 --> 00:29:33,597 REPORTER : Excuse me, Mr. Giuliani. 509 00:29:33,684 --> 00:29:35,295 REPORTER 2 : Mayor, clarify what the CDC told you today? 510 00:29:35,382 --> 00:29:38,298 Exactly how safe is 30 Rock right now? 511 00:29:38,385 --> 00:29:42,693 GIULIANI : The CDC and the FBI have informed us that the 512 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,479 chances that this is contained are very good. 513 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,483 Any connection to 9/11? 514 00:29:52,138 --> 00:29:54,096 I'll let our local Assistant Director Mawn answer that. 515 00:29:54,183 --> 00:29:55,315 Mawn? 516 00:29:55,402 --> 00:29:57,970 Thank you, Mayor. 517 00:29:58,057 --> 00:30:00,973 MAWN : Uh, at this moment, we see absolutely zero link to 9/11. 518 00:30:22,211 --> 00:30:23,909 So it is terrorists. 519 00:30:23,996 --> 00:30:25,562 Our forensics might find more, 520 00:30:25,649 --> 00:30:28,391 but I'm not seeing any identifiers, Dr. Layton. 521 00:30:28,478 --> 00:30:30,176 And there's no obvious fingerprints, 522 00:30:30,263 --> 00:30:31,917 there's no hair. 523 00:30:32,004 --> 00:30:34,093 The envelope has been taped, not licked, 524 00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,660 so we're not gonna pull any DNA evidence. 525 00:30:36,747 --> 00:30:38,401 The letter itself is photocopied, 526 00:30:38,488 --> 00:30:41,056 so we're not gonna get any ink samples. 527 00:30:41,143 --> 00:30:44,930 They did leave us something to go off of, postmark. 528 00:30:45,017 --> 00:30:47,280 Maybe it could be traced back to the point of origin. 529 00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:49,456 Right. And track it down to where it was first dropped off. 530 00:30:49,543 --> 00:30:51,371 Yeah. Follow up with the postal service. 531 00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:52,676 Okay. Got it. 532 00:30:54,504 --> 00:30:56,419 If this is a match for Florida, 533 00:30:56,506 --> 00:30:59,248 we've got a full-blown bioweapons attack on our hands. 534 00:30:59,335 --> 00:31:03,035 Question is, who else is a target? 535 00:31:03,122 --> 00:31:05,864 Well letters were sent to AMI and NBC. 536 00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:09,171 I'm starting to think this is an attack on the media. 537 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:14,133 First showed up over a week ago. 538 00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:16,265 My doctor prescribed antibiotics. 539 00:31:16,352 --> 00:31:18,441 He said it was a spider bite. 540 00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:20,443 But it's not, is it? 541 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:23,142 What's important is that it looks to be resolving. 542 00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:25,448 We'll need to run some tests, though. 543 00:31:25,535 --> 00:31:27,146 Whatever you need to do to take down the cowards 544 00:31:27,233 --> 00:31:28,538 who are doing this. 545 00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:34,849 Do you remember opening any suspicious mail? 546 00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:37,417 Something that might look similar to this letter here. 547 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,945 I remember an envelope just like this. 548 00:31:47,514 --> 00:31:49,385 I didn't open it, though. 549 00:31:49,472 --> 00:31:51,474 What do you mean? 550 00:31:51,561 --> 00:31:55,304 The letter, I, I never opened it. 551 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:57,306 We got a case at the Post. 552 00:31:57,393 --> 00:31:59,569 A woman with a cutaneous wound on her finger. 553 00:31:59,656 --> 00:32:01,658 And I just got word that Dan Rather's assistant over 554 00:32:01,745 --> 00:32:04,139 at CBS tested positive. 555 00:32:04,226 --> 00:32:05,836 RYKER : She noticed the lesion a couple of days ago. 556 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,795 Did you find any letters at CBS? 557 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:09,971 No, but we did find spores, 558 00:32:10,058 --> 00:32:11,625 some of them at Rather's desk. 559 00:32:11,712 --> 00:32:13,975 Look, uh, I'm at ABC News right now. 560 00:32:14,062 --> 00:32:16,064 Um, I got a lot of newsrooms to sweep. 561 00:32:16,151 --> 00:32:18,066 RYKERS : What about you? What's your status? 562 00:32:18,153 --> 00:32:20,373 I'm heading into the mail facility in Trenton now. 563 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:22,766 I'll let you know if the postmark gets us anywhere. 564 00:32:22,853 --> 00:32:25,247 RYKER : Good. Thanks. 565 00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:27,554 All right, uh... 566 00:32:27,641 --> 00:32:31,688 Rest assured, the tests we will be performing are just a precaution. 567 00:32:31,775 --> 00:32:34,996 Uh, several employees at other news outlets have 568 00:32:35,083 --> 00:32:38,739 tested positive for anthrax, so we wanna make sure that 569 00:32:38,826 --> 00:32:42,177 everyone here at ABC News is safe. 570 00:32:42,264 --> 00:32:44,223 Special Agent Ryker. 571 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:46,877 As Assistant Director Copak may have mentioned, 572 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:49,532 we will need to know the names of anyone who came to visit 573 00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:51,752 you here at work over the past two weeks. 574 00:32:54,624 --> 00:32:57,279 Everyone, please, please, let's, let's stay calm. 575 00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:04,330 WOMAN : Hey, honey. 576 00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:05,809 Is he any worse? 577 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:08,203 Getting pretty fussy. 578 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:12,033 He's, he's little owie is looking kind of ugly. 579 00:33:16,037 --> 00:33:18,605 Is everything okay? 580 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,651 Excuse me, ma'am. 581 00:33:21,738 --> 00:33:22,652 Hi, my name is Agent Moore. 582 00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:24,350 I'm with the FBI. 583 00:33:24,437 --> 00:33:25,394 Uh, I'm just looking for your floor manager. 584 00:33:25,481 --> 00:33:26,613 Uh, Quinton? 585 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,180 What'd he get himself into? 586 00:33:28,267 --> 00:33:29,746 Uh, no, he's not in any trouble. 587 00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:31,270 I just got a couple of questions for him. 588 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:34,012 Quinton! Feds are looking for ya! 589 00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,232 He's right in there. 590 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:39,452 Thanks. 591 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:45,849 - You see these hash marks down here? - Right. 592 00:33:45,936 --> 00:33:47,721 That big metal beast out there doing all the 593 00:33:47,808 --> 00:33:49,766 clanking stamps the code, then sends it on down the line 594 00:33:49,853 --> 00:33:51,855 to the others to be sorted accordingly. 595 00:33:51,942 --> 00:33:54,945 Okay. Meaning the code then serves as a, sort of, 596 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,860 road map for the letter's journey? 597 00:33:56,947 --> 00:33:59,559 Uh, this one, after leaving here was dispatched to 598 00:33:59,646 --> 00:34:02,083 our route that covers 30 Rock. 599 00:34:02,170 --> 00:34:03,911 Okay. 600 00:34:03,998 --> 00:34:06,044 And where might the letter been dropped off before it 601 00:34:06,131 --> 00:34:08,307 made its way to this facility? 602 00:34:08,394 --> 00:34:10,222 Could have been any box in our region. 603 00:34:10,309 --> 00:34:12,702 One of our blue boxes, if I had to guess. 604 00:34:12,789 --> 00:34:14,530 Blue boxes? 605 00:34:14,617 --> 00:34:17,316 Okay. How many of those blue boxes are we talking? 606 00:34:17,403 --> 00:34:19,100 Over 600. 607 00:34:42,341 --> 00:34:44,212 Thought you went home already? 608 00:34:46,214 --> 00:34:48,260 Got called back in. You? 609 00:34:48,347 --> 00:34:50,479 Yeah. Same. 610 00:34:50,566 --> 00:34:52,046 You know, I'm practically drowning in 611 00:34:52,133 --> 00:34:54,222 samples that need testing, and now word is, 612 00:34:54,309 --> 00:34:57,007 we're about to get new spores from the New York letter. 613 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:59,575 How much you wanna bet if it turns out to be Ames just 614 00:34:59,662 --> 00:35:01,142 like the Florida strain. 615 00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:03,144 You sound pretty confident. 616 00:35:03,231 --> 00:35:04,841 Well, you wanna know what worries me? 617 00:35:04,928 --> 00:35:08,758 If it is Ames, only advanced labs have it. 618 00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:16,201 Then how'd Al-Qaeda get ahold of it? 619 00:35:16,288 --> 00:35:18,246 Exactly. 620 00:35:22,032 --> 00:35:24,905 This thing, this thing could get messy. 621 00:35:37,787 --> 00:35:39,006 You heading out? 622 00:35:39,093 --> 00:35:40,616 Yeah. 623 00:35:40,703 --> 00:35:43,315 I just have some things to finish up first. 624 00:35:43,402 --> 00:35:48,407 Well, suit yourself. 625 00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:49,451 Goodnight, Bruce. 626 00:35:49,538 --> 00:35:50,757 Good night. 627 00:36:35,584 --> 00:36:37,151 DOCTOR: We tried administrating oral antibiotics but 628 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:39,240 little Joey keeps spitting them up. 629 00:36:39,327 --> 00:36:41,373 We're running out of options. 630 00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,592 How long has the infection been active? 631 00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:46,160 I can't tell you any more than the father did. 632 00:36:46,247 --> 00:36:49,032 He said his wife and the baby came by the office a few days ago. 633 00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:51,470 We don't have many options to stave off the spread of 634 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:53,123 the infection in an infant. 635 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,908 Anthrax isn't something you stave off. 636 00:36:54,995 --> 00:36:56,562 If it's already systemic, 637 00:36:56,649 --> 00:36:58,216 which this is, this boy needs to be on Cipro. 638 00:36:58,303 --> 00:36:59,695 I told you, he can't keep them down. 639 00:36:59,782 --> 00:37:01,175 No, no, not oral, intravenously. 640 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:02,916 It's his only shot. 641 00:37:03,003 --> 00:37:05,571 Agent, this is my ICU, my call. 642 00:37:05,658 --> 00:37:08,443 Do not mistake this update as anything more than 643 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:10,445 a professional courtesy. 644 00:37:10,532 --> 00:37:12,708 Before today, I was one of only a handful of people in 645 00:37:12,795 --> 00:37:15,755 this country to have ever seen a case of anthrax in a human. 646 00:37:15,842 --> 00:37:18,192 And babies? 647 00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:21,021 Ever seen an anthrax case in an infant before? 648 00:37:21,108 --> 00:37:22,849 You wanna take a guess at the odds of a human weighing less 649 00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:26,461 than 20 pounds surviving that much Cipro intravenously? 650 00:37:26,548 --> 00:37:28,463 Is it better than zero? 651 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:31,553 Because those are Joey's odds if we don't kill the anthrax. 652 00:37:38,386 --> 00:37:40,127 Oh, you're up late. 653 00:37:40,214 --> 00:37:42,956 Correction, I'm up early. 654 00:37:43,043 --> 00:37:45,480 You, my friend, are the one that's up late. 655 00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:48,353 Well, you know, can't sleep. 656 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,920 WILLIS : What's new? So I got your text. 657 00:37:51,007 --> 00:37:53,793 So, what's got you up before the dawn? 658 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,405 WILLIS : The Patriot Act Bill, has everyone on Capitol Hill 659 00:37:57,492 --> 00:37:59,320 scrambling right now. 660 00:37:59,407 --> 00:38:00,887 You know, half the groups I lobby for don't even 661 00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:03,585 know which way they want this vote to go. 662 00:38:03,672 --> 00:38:05,674 Turns out that allowing the FBI to freely spy on 663 00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:08,808 Americans makes some folks uneasy. 664 00:38:10,244 --> 00:38:12,072 You know this isn't public, 665 00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:15,641 but the anthrax we found, all signs point to it leading 666 00:38:15,728 --> 00:38:18,034 back to Florida. 667 00:38:18,121 --> 00:38:19,862 WILLIS : Well, you're afraid that'd be the case. 668 00:38:19,949 --> 00:38:21,255 Only it's worse. 669 00:38:21,342 --> 00:38:23,692 Several victims. 670 00:38:23,779 --> 00:38:25,825 One's an infant. 671 00:38:25,912 --> 00:38:29,176 Jesus, Matthew. 672 00:38:29,263 --> 00:38:31,221 WILLIS : I know word around D.C. 673 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:34,050 is that it's terrorist that's behind these letters. 674 00:38:34,137 --> 00:38:35,704 Is that what you're thinking? 675 00:38:35,791 --> 00:38:38,925 Well, Al-Qaeda declared war on 9/11. 676 00:38:39,012 --> 00:38:41,797 No reason to think they'd stop with the first strike. 677 00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:55,855 WILLIS : You still there? 678 00:38:55,942 --> 00:38:57,291 Matthew? 679 00:38:57,378 --> 00:39:00,555 Uh, yeah, I'm still here. 680 00:39:00,642 --> 00:39:05,255 Uh, why don't we talk more once I get back to D.C., okay? 681 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,606 WILLIS : Yeah, sure. 682 00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:09,129 Call me when you land. 683 00:40:31,124 --> 00:40:36,303 Bruce, do you suspect someone at work is possibly involved? 684 00:40:41,047 --> 00:40:42,788 The other night I swabbed a few places around 685 00:40:42,875 --> 00:40:46,008 USAMRIID looking for something peculiar. 686 00:40:46,095 --> 00:40:47,793 Peculiar, meaning? 687 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,273 Connected to the anthrax attacks obviously. 688 00:40:52,188 --> 00:40:54,147 And? 689 00:40:56,192 --> 00:40:57,933 Inconclusive. 690 00:41:01,067 --> 00:41:06,333 Bruce, at minimum, this is a massive burden 691 00:41:06,420 --> 00:41:08,466 you've taken upon yourself, 692 00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:11,077 and worst case a matter of National Security. 693 00:41:11,164 --> 00:41:13,383 Yes, I'm aware. 694 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,864 Have you considered as a means of lifting this 695 00:41:15,951 --> 00:41:17,997 burden contacting the authorities? 696 00:41:18,084 --> 00:41:19,215 Possibly the FBI? 697 00:41:19,302 --> 00:41:20,782 What if I'm wrong? 698 00:41:20,869 --> 00:41:22,262 What if this colleague is innocent, 699 00:41:22,349 --> 00:41:23,655 I could destroy his entire world. 700 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:27,310 No. 701 00:41:29,443 --> 00:41:31,184 Not without something concrete. 702 00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:34,840 HALSTROM: I understand your trepidation. 703 00:41:34,927 --> 00:41:37,886 Will you at least consider it, please? 704 00:41:49,942 --> 00:41:52,248 No need to wait around on our account. 705 00:41:52,335 --> 00:41:54,163 I was just heading to the field office. 706 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:56,426 I thought I'd stop by and check in on your son. 707 00:42:02,824 --> 00:42:04,957 Doctors still won't say much. 708 00:42:05,044 --> 00:42:08,743 Though from what they have said, 709 00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:10,832 it sounds like making it through the night was 710 00:42:10,919 --> 00:42:13,966 a pretty major milestone. 711 00:42:14,053 --> 00:42:16,098 So, thank you for that. 712 00:42:16,185 --> 00:42:17,535 No need to thank me. 713 00:42:17,622 --> 00:42:19,624 - I didn't do any. - Don't. 714 00:42:19,711 --> 00:42:21,190 The pediatrician said you talked him into 715 00:42:21,277 --> 00:42:23,889 the intravenous treatment. 716 00:42:23,976 --> 00:42:25,412 I'm happy to help. 717 00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:31,505 Excuse me. 718 00:42:33,725 --> 00:42:36,118 Dr. Layton? 719 00:42:36,205 --> 00:42:37,946 LAYTON : Hey, our teams got their hands on that letter 720 00:42:38,033 --> 00:42:40,166 that infected the woman at the Post. 721 00:42:40,253 --> 00:42:42,081 Here's the troubling thing, 722 00:42:42,168 --> 00:42:43,517 the letter is still sealed. 723 00:42:43,604 --> 00:42:45,258 No one opened it, 724 00:42:45,345 --> 00:42:47,695 not even ripped a corner or something? 725 00:42:47,782 --> 00:42:49,523 No. 726 00:42:49,610 --> 00:42:51,699 The powder must've worked its way around the seal. 727 00:42:51,786 --> 00:42:54,136 The things is we've been operating under the assumption 728 00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:57,139 that just a few spores couldn't infect anyone. 729 00:43:00,447 --> 00:43:02,884 MILLER : To know how to do this, 730 00:43:02,971 --> 00:43:05,670 make sure that they don't link up with people like Osama bin Laden 731 00:43:05,757 --> 00:43:08,542 uh, for not panicking in the situation. 732 00:43:08,629 --> 00:43:10,979 I think most of what we're going to see will... 733 00:43:11,066 --> 00:43:13,634 Hey, any leads on the letter? 734 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:16,419 Not yet. It's with the CDC now. 735 00:43:16,506 --> 00:43:18,291 Get a load of this. 736 00:43:18,378 --> 00:43:20,946 News got their hands on some tidbit and it's blowing up 737 00:43:21,033 --> 00:43:23,644 all over the airwaves. 738 00:43:23,731 --> 00:43:26,734 KING : Should we be concerned that Iraq may be able to do that? 739 00:43:26,821 --> 00:43:29,824 MILLER : I have always been concerned about Iraq. 740 00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:34,263 I share the concern about Iraq's biological weapons program. 741 00:43:34,350 --> 00:43:37,353 Uh, I found it very curious indeed that Saddam Hussein... 742 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,138 Iraq? 743 00:43:39,225 --> 00:43:42,315 No, no, this is, I've had a couple of calls 744 00:43:42,402 --> 00:43:45,753 from Washington already. 745 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,929 Fumbled my way through. 746 00:43:48,016 --> 00:43:49,931 It's like talking to people about a party they think 747 00:43:50,018 --> 00:43:51,759 you were invited to. 748 00:43:51,846 --> 00:43:54,632 Is Al-Qaeda even in Iraq? 749 00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,200 Iraq's bioweapons capabilities were shut down after the war. 750 00:43:58,287 --> 00:44:00,550 As far as you and I have been told. 751 00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:02,204 PRESIDENT BUSH : It's clear that, uh, 752 00:44:02,291 --> 00:44:07,035 Mr. Bin Laden is a man who's, uh, an evil man. 753 00:44:07,122 --> 00:44:08,994 REPORTER : FBI investigators are frantically 754 00:44:09,081 --> 00:44:11,823 searching for leads in the case and the CDC has been 755 00:44:11,910 --> 00:44:14,695 quick to provide testing and laboratory services. 756 00:44:18,307 --> 00:44:19,961 OPERATOR : You have reached the 757 00:44:20,048 --> 00:44:22,094 Federal Bureau of Investigation tip line. 758 00:44:22,181 --> 00:44:24,966 If you are calling in regards to an open investigation, 759 00:44:25,053 --> 00:44:27,099 press one. 760 00:44:27,186 --> 00:44:29,623 REPORTER : Infections in humans and especially... 761 00:44:36,717 --> 00:44:37,762 Hey. 762 00:44:37,849 --> 00:44:39,241 Hi. 763 00:44:39,328 --> 00:44:40,547 Who are you calling, Bruce? 764 00:44:40,634 --> 00:44:42,680 Oh, just work stuff. 765 00:44:42,767 --> 00:44:44,290 All right. 766 00:44:54,256 --> 00:44:57,869 In five, four, three... 767 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:01,263 Good evening. 768 00:45:01,350 --> 00:45:03,091 Tonight we find ourselves in the unusual and 769 00:45:03,178 --> 00:45:07,487 unhappy position of reporting on one of our own. 770 00:45:07,574 --> 00:45:09,576 REPORTER : Anthrax, war, terror and 771 00:45:09,663 --> 00:45:13,188 threats of more, the USA is in an 772 00:45:13,275 --> 00:45:15,930 understandable state of anxiety. 773 00:45:16,017 --> 00:45:18,541 REPORTER 2 : It is concern in the county about anthrax as a weapon. 774 00:45:18,628 --> 00:45:20,500 REPORTER 3 : How does the FBI find out 775 00:45:20,587 --> 00:45:22,894 who is responsible for sending out anthrax? 776 00:45:22,981 --> 00:45:25,113 MAN : We don't have enough information to know 777 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,507 whether this could be related to terrorism. 778 00:45:27,594 --> 00:45:29,030 REPORTER : Reinforced by the President 779 00:45:29,117 --> 00:45:31,511 that more terror attacks could be coming. 780 00:45:31,598 --> 00:45:34,166 REPORTER 2 : In Rockefeller Center, an anthrax case in NBC. 781 00:45:34,253 --> 00:45:36,995 BROKAW : But NBC was not the only target. 782 00:45:37,082 --> 00:45:41,086 Anthrax spores were also found on the desk of my colleague 783 00:45:41,173 --> 00:45:43,479 Dan Rather at CBS. 784 00:45:43,566 --> 00:45:47,396 Other news outlets including ABC and the New York Post were 785 00:45:47,483 --> 00:45:49,616 targeted as well. 786 00:45:49,703 --> 00:45:53,533 And today anthrax attack victim Robert Stevens was laid 787 00:45:53,620 --> 00:45:55,709 to rest in Florida. 788 00:45:55,796 --> 00:45:58,190 Our thoughts are with his family. 789 00:45:58,277 --> 00:46:00,932 The other two original victims from Florida are recovering. 790 00:46:02,934 --> 00:46:05,371 But now with multiple attacks along the Eastern Seaboard and 791 00:46:05,458 --> 00:46:10,855 no suspect yet identified, our nation is gripped with fear. 792 00:46:10,942 --> 00:46:13,771 We can only hope there will be no more victims.