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Anthrax Scare Prompts School Lockdown
An eighth-grade student yesterday intentionally exposed classmates to an inert sample of anthrax, forcing a New Hampshire high school to be locked down for several hours, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 19). Officials said the 25-year old slide being used in a science class contained a preservative that would kill the agent. The boy took the slide apart and rubbed it on other pupils as a prank, said one student at Wilton-Lyndeborough High School “He was kind of joking around, saying that he was going to give everybody anthrax and stuff like that,” Amanda Pelletier told WMUR-TV. Administrators learned of the incident at 10:50 a.m. Hazardous materials crews sealed the building, forcing 500 students and faculty to remain inside between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., AP reported. “It was really scary,” said student Tanja Pellerin. “When I heard it was anthrax, I was, like, ‘Oh my God. I just want to go home’ because I know I'm safe there.” It took some time to determine the source of the anthrax and whether it was dangerous, said Wilton Police Chief Brent Hautanen. Students who came into contact with the pathogen were instructed to wash their forearms, hands, face and neck, AP reported (Associated Press/Boston Globe, Nov. 23).
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