>> ALL OF THEM HAD REPORTED
FEELING ILL, AND AS WAS
REPORTED ALREADY, WERE SEEN BY
THE MEDICS.
HOPEFULLY WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
SOME FOOD OR SOMETHING ELSE
THAT CAUSED IT.
>> Dana: OUGHT COP SEES
UNDERWAY ON THREE AMERICANS WHO
DIED AT A SANDALS RESORT IN THE
BAHAMAS.
LET’S BRING IN DR. MICHAEL
BODYEN FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.
WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED HERE?
YOU HEARD --
>> THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF
THESE KIND OF DEATHS AND
ILLNESS IS CARBON MONOXIDE.
IT IS ODORLESS, COLORLESS,
DOESN’T CAUSE MANY SYMPTOMS
EXCEPT VOMITING AND NOT FEELING
WELL.
THERE IS CARBON MONOXIDE
GETTING INTO THOSE APARTMENTS
MAYBE THROUGH SOME CONSTRUCTION
WORK THAT INTERFERED WITH THE
HEATING OR VENTILATION SYSTEM
COMES IN, THEY DON’T FEEL ALL
RIGHT.
THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AIR,
20% OXYGEN IN THE AIR CURES IT.
IF WE BREATHE IN AIR IT GETS
RID OF THE CARBON MONOXIDE.
THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY AT THE
HOSPITAL.
THEY COME BACK AND STILL OKAY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
GO TO SLEEP AND WHILE THEY’RE
SLEEPING THEY -- THE OXYGEN
LEVEL IN THE BRAIN GOES DOWN
BECAUSE CARBON MONOXIDE.
THEY GET CONFUSED.
ONE ENDS UP IN THE BATHROOM.
THEY DON’T FEEL WELL.
THINKS THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE
JOHN AND IS CONFUSED BECAUSE OF
THE LOW OXYGEN IN THE BRAIN AND
THEN COLLAPSES IN THE BATHROOM.
NOT KNOWING THAT HE SHOULD OPEN
A WINDOW.
IF HE OPENED A WINDOW OR WALKED
OUTSIDE.
>> Bill: THE SON TOLD ABC NEWS
SAID SHE COULDN’T MOVE.
LEGS AND ARMS ARE SWOLLEN AND
SHE COULDN’T MOVE AND SCREAMED
TO GET SOMEONE IN THE DOOR.
>> THAT’S WHAT THE MOM TOLD HIM
APPARENTLY.
SHE WAS CONFUSED WHEN THIS
HAPPENED.
SHE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
SHE WAS CONFUSED, SWELLING
ISN’T REALLY PART OF CARBON
MONOXIDE POISONING BUT I CAN’T
THINK WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE
SWELLING IN A SITUATION LIKE
THAT.
>> Bill: I COULD SEE IF MAYBE
IF THE ROOM WAS NEAR A GARAGE,
RIGHT?
>> THAT, COMMONLY.
>> Bill: THE FIRST THING YOU
SAID THERE IS THIS CAN TRAVEL
THROUGH REGULAR AIR DUCTS?
>> YES.
USUALLY THERE IS SOME DEFECT OR
SOMEBODY DOING CONSTRUCTION
WORK ON THE HEATING SYSTEM OR
CAN TRAVEL ESPECIALLY WITH
VENTILATION BE BROUGHT --
CREATED BY WHATEVER THE BURNING
OR HEATING GOES THROUGH THE
VENTILATION DUCTS AND IT GETS
SPREAD IN THE ROOM.
NOW, IT’S IN THE ROOM.
IT GOES UP.
IF THE WINDOW IS OPEN, THAT’S
WHY SOME PEOPLE THEY ARE IN
BETTER SHAPE.
BUT THEY GO OUT, BREATHE IN 20%
OF THE NORMAL OXYGEN.
THE OXYGEN GETS RID OF THE
CARBON MONOXIDE KILLS BY
ATTACHING TO THE RED BLOOD
CELLS AND PREVENTING THE RED
BLOOD CELLS FROM PICKING UP
OXYGEN.
AND THAT CAUSES BRAIN PROBLEMS
AND CONFUSION AND DEATH IF IT’S
LONG ENOUGH.
>> Dana: YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT
ABOUT JUST REMEMBERING TO CHECK
YOUR MONITORS AT HOME.
>> THE DETECTORS ARE INVALUABLE.
THIS IS AN OLD KIND OF THING.
THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
THEY WOULD PASS OUT FROM THE
CARBON MONOXIDE AND METHANE AND
LACK OF OXYGEN BEFORE THE
HUMANS.
AND --
>> Dana: WE’RE SAD FOR THE
FAMILIES.
I KNOW THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A
LOT AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE TO HELP US THINK IT
THROUGH.
>> Bill: NICE TO SEE YOU POST
COVID.
REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> Dana: THANK YOU.
>> Bill: WISH HER HAPPY