Anthrax fears invade Jacksonville

SCOTT EARP
11-21-2001

HAZMAT team enters building. Photo by ANITA KILGORE A white substance that shut down city hall for more than two hours Thursday turned out to be negative for any anthrax spores. The lab report, which came in yesterday, brought a collective sigh of relief from all city hall employees. On Thursday, Kerri Harrelson, a receptionist/mail clerk with the city, was going about her daily routine of opening the mail. During this time, a suspicious glob which appeared to be “not quite wet, but not quite dry” appeared on the corner of her desk. Believing the substance spilled out from the stack of mail she was opening, Harrelson alerted her supervisor, who put a plan into action to evacuate the building and notify emergency personnel. “This is something I never thought I would have to worry about,” explained Jeanne Jordan, city clerk, “that my mail clerk would not be safe doing her job.” For rest of the article, subscribe to The Jacksonville News or pick up a copy at your local rack.

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