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Suffering in the CMAQ |
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by Zoe Mitchell
(No verified email address) |
21 Apr 2001
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8:54pm Sat Apr 21 '01
The CMAQ is a gas filled pit. It is miserable, but we write... |
For the past 30 or so minutes police have been spraying teargas down the stairs toward the CMAQ. As people have run into the office from the streets they have brought the gas with them. It is miserable, but we continue to work.
There is something truly unique about the dedication of the peeps at the CMAQ. The room reeks of gas. Everyone is coughing and blowing their noses. People are calling for medics is a variety of spaces.
Outside in the hallway, people escaping the gas are standing. It is impossible to get to the restroom to clean the gas off, without inhaling more. My lungs are so damaged from the past two days, that I am having a terrible time breathing and I am only in the office. I can't go outside. My face is also itching again and I feel terrible.
I've been feeling sick for the past couple of hours. I definately blame it on the gas, because unlike other places where gas has been used, it can't be escaped. The streets are filled with gas, hours after it is sprayed. The indoor locations, which have been contaminated, haven't seemed to air out at all.
Currently 10 CMAQ journalists are fanning a baby, who is crying in the office. The baby continues to cry in pain.
To be perfectly honest, I can't really think right now. I'm writing it to tell all of you, that we will continue producing coverage. Even when it is really difficult to, even when what's going down in the streets=what's going down upstairs, or in the building itself. We have to, because the corporate media won't.
**An update: the cops have retreated from the top of the stairs. On their way out, they sprayed a huge amount of teargas. Nice way to say goodbye.**
**Another thing: This will probably be my last post from Quebec, unless something really terrible happens...I am supposed to be back in DC by Monday, but with all the ridiculous shit the cops are pulling, it is impossible to tell if I will get out of this hell today...or tomorrow.** |
See also:
http://dc.indymedia.org
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Baby Moved To Safety |
by ML
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Current rating: 0
22 Apr 2001
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An update:
Gabe, a 7-month old baby of a food-not-bombs volunteer was in the CMAQ space for protection from the gases ouside, but suffered the effects of the gas that seeped into the building anyway. The baby was tearing and screaming with a flush face for 15 mins until medics treated him and moved him to another area. |
