we know we should have these carbon monoxide detectors in the home but when you leave the house you re not thinking about this. more people need to recognize the symptoms to stop the problem. this . . steven nelson found unconscious in the basement of the seafood he managed. the 55-year-old pronounced dead at a hospital. 27 others people, seven of them first responders, sent to hospitals with symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. this is news you don t expect to hear. it is almost unexpectedly losing a loved one. the restaurant did not have a carbon monoxide detector. new york state fire code doesn t require them in restaurants. we assume something is in place. the reality is that there isn t anything in place.
this is one of two other recent incidents were people were killed or hospitalized after exposure to the deadly gas. alexander field has more on the details. this is very scary. it really is. over this winter, so many of us have experienced these severe temperatures. we know when it gets cold, the expoture to carbon monoxide gets more deadly. we don t always know what precautions have been taken in public places. that s why we need to know the signs of a problem. reporter: this morning crews at a busy mall, steven nelson found unconscious in the basement of a legal sea foods he managed. the 55-year-old pronounced dead at a hospital. 27 other people, 7 of them first responders, sent to hospitals with symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. this is news you don t expect to hear. it s almost unexpectedly losing a loved one.
be fatal but not if you catch it in time. our doctor adds of you fear you have carbon monoxide exposure, get out to the fresh air as soon as you can. laura, thank you. what a weekend, crazy details about the downfall over the world s most wanted drug kingpin and just how close he came to getting away. mexican marines working with agents from the united states captured this man, el chapo guzman. he is a drug cartel lead sore powerful he was on the forbes list of the world s richest people. his nickname means in spanish, shorty. mexican troops closed in on one of his homes near the pacific coast after more than a decade on the run. but as they stormed his hideout, el chapo managed to duck into a hidden tunnel drilled beneath his bathtub. they say this was just not an escape hatch but a sophisticated
the investigation this morning by homicide and arson detectives focuses on heating equipment. the source of deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. it is scary that we were just sitting there. reporter: they were at the cheesecake factory at the walt whitman mall in huntington, new york, when the wait staff told the entire restaurant to get out. somebody came over, i think it was one of the waitresses. she said that you had to leave. reporter: police and emergency responders were called to the mall after a report that a woman had fallen and hit her head in the basement of legal sea foods. when authorities arrived and began investigating, they themselves reported feeling nauseated and dizzy, symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. restaurants in the area immediately evacuated. we had to leave because i didn t want to blow up or anything like that. i didn t know how dangerous it was and they just told us to stay outside.
carbon monoxide poisoning. it is scary that we were just sitting there. reporter: cathy and ashley were at cheesecake factory at the walt whitman mall in huntington, new york, when the wait staff told the entire restaurant to get out. we were sitting at the bar having a glass of wine and somebody came over, i think one of the waitresses. she said you had to leave. reporter: police and emergency responders were called to the mall after a report that a woman had fallen and hit her head in the basement of legal sea foods. when authorities arrived and began investigating, they themselves reported feeling nauseated and dizzy, symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. restaurants in the area were immediately evacuated. we had to leave. because i didn t want to blow up or anything like that. so, i didn t know how dangerous it was and they just told us to stay outside. reporter: emergency crews found legal sea foods manager 55-year-old steven nelson unconscious in the basement. he was