5 magnitude. i want to wrap up with francine finn. she s on the phone with us from san diego. i just want to wrap up, fran and thank you, first of all, for taking your time out of your 4th of july holiday. i want to make sure that people understand certainly not making light of this. in southern california, this is what happened. you are prepared for it. sometimes you are reminded to be prepared for it. i know you live across the street from balboa park, which is basically central park of san diego. are the people out there going about their business, fran? you know, they appear to be. we did have a neighbor that called us to say that they felt a little dizzy. i think everyone is feeling it differently. we re lower down the building. we re on the third floor.
home. cnn previously reported the case of kalen cano and her boyfriend tom who both fell ill after smelling chemicals in their room in 2017. according to medical records, their doctors in colorado think they were exposed to organophosphates, toxic chemicals found in pesticides that poison them. the abdominal cramping and gi upset lasted for a few weeks. you said drooling? drooling. sweat. bad sweat, tearing. dizzy. dizzy, nauseous. yeah. and abdominal cramping was the worst, that was the hardest symptom to deal with. so much pain. bahia principe hotels and resorts says it can t comment on specific allegations but did send a statement to cnn saying the safety and comfort of our guests and staff stand at the core of our company values. and that we regularly audit all hotels in respect to health and safety. and consistently receive high
in dominican republic. what s unclear is what caused them. several report smelling a strong chemical odor in their rooms before getting sick. many suffering stomach cramps, diarrhea, and malaise that lasted after they returned home. cnn previously reported the case of calen and her boyfriend who fell ill after smelling chemicals in their room in 2017. according to medical records, their doctors in colorado think they were exposed to toxic chemicals found in pesticides that poisoned them. the abdominal cramping and the gi upset lasted for a few weeks. and you said drooling? sweat? yeah. bad sweat, tearing. dizzy, nauseous. and abdominal cramping was the worse. it was just so much pain. reporter: the hotels and
weeks. and you said drooling. yeah. bad sweat, tearing. dizzy, nauseous, and abdominal cramping, that was the hardest to deal with. so much pain. reporter: the resort says it can t comment on specific allegations, but did send a statement to cnn saying the safety and comfort of our guests and staff stand at the core of our company values. and that we regularly audit all hotels in respect to health and safety and consistently receive high certification scores for hygiene. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. drew, thank you. right now the world is watching and waiting. president trump has just announced new sanctions against iran, and these are personal. plus, 11 people die after a skydiving plane goes down in a fiery crash. what we re learning about the plane s history, coming up. do you push through migraine?
then her boyfriend tom schwander started feeling it too. they say they were sweating, drooling, dizzy, nauseous. it wouldn t go away. neither would the smell in their hotel room. we saw a housekeeper outside and called her in to see if she could come in. she walked maybe five, six feet into the room and turned around and said, i m not doing that, and got on her walkie-talkie to the front desk and said, something s going on with this room. she refused to come in and clean it. reporter: they had seen someone spraying plants near the air conditioner outside their room. they assumed it was pesticide but the hotel wouldn t say what it was. they switched rooms twice. it didn t help. it progressed over the rest of our trip and a couple of weeks after. a couple of weeks? yeah. the abdominal cramping and the gi upset lasted for a few weeks. and you said drooling? sweat? bad sweat, tearing. dizzy? dizzy, nauseous.