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Monday, September 16, 2002The oldest and the youngest victims of the attacks seem to be among the few who have recovered completely. Ernesto Blanco, 74, returned to work early this year in Boca Raton, Fla., at American Media Inc., which publishes supermarket newspapers. Mr. Blanco said on a recent busy day that he was in very good health. "I forget some things, but because of my age," he said from his post at American Media. "I'm like a fish in the water, honest to God." The youngest survivor contracted cutaneous anthrax at the age of 7 months after his mother, a television producer, took him to visit her colleagues at the ABC studios in Manhattan. The infection, misdiagnosed for two weeks as a spider bite, became a systemic illness that caused a life-threatening blood disorder and kidney failure. The baby recovered fully, but his mother said doctors had cautioned her that kidney problems could in theory develop later, because the illness was so severe. In theory, these two were at the highest risk for complications because of their ages, yet they’re faring much better than the healthier postal employees. At the time of the attacks, it was the postal employees, too, who complained that the government wasn’t doing enough to protect them. Anyone else see a pattern here? posted by Sydney on 9/16/2002 08:02:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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