The number of legionnaires has grown. A list of locations has samples that tested positive for the bacteria. Reporter some guest at the op oprey house hotel had no idea legionnaires disease was found in a cooling tower here. So far, no one at the hotel has gotten sick. The Hotel Manager says the cooling tower is being disinfected. We are taking steps to be sure we are safe. Making sure that no one gets sick by this bacteria. The outbreak is growing. 57 people have gotten sick and three have died. Health experts are trying to track down the source. So far, theyve checked 22 buildings and 17 of them have cooling towers. Three of the buildings tested positive for the bacteria. The hotel, concourse plaza shopping krernt center and lincoln hospital. Now you have me a little bit worried. The three people that died were all middle aged and had preexisting health problems. Legionnaires doesnt spread person to person. You can only get it by breathing in bacteria. Whatevers in the atmosphere get
At just under at the airport here. I would say 100 feet below us. Only 100 feet from the wing. Was the drone doing so close to the tower notified other flights of the potential danger near one of the nations busiest airports. The airliner with five crew members and 154 pass season goes din need to take action and landed safely. A collision the drone could have caused damage similar to a bird strike or worse. Take off and landing the critical phases of flight where you need total concentration. Quite frankly, it is very dangerous. This could can can be into a turbine engine and the same thing as, you know, hitting a bird. On the down from, passengers wonder why anyone would be flying a drone anywhere napper the airport. When you hear this binges like that. People get very nervous. So somehow they have to restrict that but he you know, on the other hand you see more and more drones and you go to costco and you can buy and the faa does have rule ares on the books banning drones from flyin
Over . By simply inhaling the air we breathe, thats how 65 people in the south bronx were sickened with the potentially deadly legionnaires disease. Four of them have died and 55 remain hospitalized. Thats public, you know, public places, thats very scary at a father. Reporter the outbreak was first detected on july 10th after all 17 commercial rooftop ac units were tested in the area, five came back positive for the area. The affected sites are lincoln hospital, concourse plaza, the opera house hotel, Verizon Office Building and the streamlined plastic company. Legionnaires disease is not contagious. Health officials suspect people were infected by inhailing the mist given off by infected units. Once a year inspectors from the city should go around and then thats part of maintenance. Reporter symptoms include high fever, coughing, aches, but it is highly treatable if you receive prompt medical attention. Officials say the water supply here in the bronx is completely safe. Still, many
We have a developing story on long island. Two swimmers caught in a dangerous rip tide. See the dramatic search and rescue. But first, a growing health scare in the bronx. The legionnaires disease spread to more people and more buildings and growing more deadly. Good evening. Im diane macedo in for cindy hsu. The number of legionnaires cases has jumped in the last 24 hours. 65 people are infected from the disease, up from 57 cases last night. The death toll has risen from three to four and test results show five buildings are now affected. Cbs 2 news dave carlin tells us how investigators are trying to stop the outbreak. Reporter bronx residents worried and they want answers after new cases and new locations including this verizon office building. Scary. I have a little one that i have to worry about. And got to take precaution. I didnt know it was so close to home. Reporter the Health Department confirmed a fourth death from an outbreak of legionnaires disease in the south bronx. 65 c
Im diane macedo. Im Andrea Grymes Vanessa Murdock is back from the slide she was on yesterday. It will be upper 80s. Gorgeous start to your day. No clouds out there. We will see sunshine for the duration of your sunday. I am loving the forecast yet again. I am greatly appreciating this cool, dry start to the day. We are at 54 right now in monticello. 56 in sparta. Yaphank at 58. Toms river 67 degrees. In the city, its 71 as we start off sunday. On the vortex satellite and radar, skies are clear, low pressure is to thank. Yesterday was breezy. We expect lots of sunshine, winds on the calmer side at 5 to 10 and a great day. We warm to 9 00 a. M. , 77 with sunshine. By noon 83. Likely a few more clouds. 3 00 we reach the daytime high of 88 under mostly sunny skies. By 6 00 its 82. Notice today we dont have that feels like list on the screen. Thats because low humidity again today means exactly what your thermometer reads is what it feels like out there. Coming up in the full forecast, we