>>> ACTION 9 NEWS AT 5:00. >> OUR TOP STORY, A POTENTIAL
SUPER SPREADING EVENT HAS OCCURRED AT THE PITTSBURGH
FEDERAL BUILDING WITH MORE ON THIS WE GO TO
DYLAN BERTRAM AT THE SCENE DYLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS STORY
IS GOING REALLY -- VIRAL SOME? >> UH, THAT'S IN POOR TASTE,
ASHLEY, AND I APOLOGIZE ON YOUR BEHALF
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING
TO CONTACT ANYONE WHO VISITED THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE FEDERAL
BUILDING TODAY, HOME TO THE LEGAL CHANGE OF NAME OFFICE,
AFTER AN EMPLOYEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
I'M JOINED BY TWO WOMEN WHO WERE ON THE WAY UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR
TO CHANGE THEIR NAMES WHEN IT WAS EVACUATED.
TELL US YOUR NAMES AND WHAT HAPPENED
>> EDITH PUTHIE. >> I'M SORRY
>> I SAID EDITH PUTHIE >> I'M FLATTERED, MA'AM, BUT NO
THANK YOU. >> NO, EDITH PUTHIE IS MY NAME
>> IRMA GERD >> OH MY GOD IS RIGHT.
>> NO, IRMA GERD IS MY NAME. >> OH, I SEE
I'VE GOT IT NOW. I'M SORRY.
MISS PUTHIE, JUST CURIOUS. WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING ON
CHANGING YOUR NAME TO? >> WELL, I WAS THINKING OF ANY
NAME THAT'S NOT EDITH PUTHIE >> DYLAN, I HATE TO PULL YOU WAY
FROM MISS PUT HICHLT E JUST AS YOU WERE GETTING INTO IT BUT I'M
TOLD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A STATEMENT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. KEVIN JOSEPH FROM
PITTSBURGH'S CONTACT TRACING PROGRAM.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO LOCATE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE
NAME CHANGE OFFICE TODAY BURTON ERNIE
ALMA HOLZHERT. BEN LADDEN
AND DEEPA DADDY. >> MM.
WHATEVER YOU SAY, GIRL SORRY.
>> WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR DUNCAN DIXON-COFFEY.
FINN GURBANG AND MOE LESTIN JR.
[ LAUGHTER ] NOW I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE
RUMOR ABOUT TESS TICHOL. A YOUNG WOMAN WHO VISITED THE
NAME CHANGE OFFICE TODAY REPORTS SHE LOST HER SENSE OF
TASTE AND SMELL ARE FALSE. IN FACT, THE TESS TICHOL I JUST
EXAMINED SMELLED AND TASTED GREAT.
>> IT DID? >> GOOD FOR YOU, MAN
I'M SORRY. >> THANK YOU
>> ALL RIGHT WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES PEELED IN
CASE TESS TICHOL POPS OUT. NO WORD ON WHEN THE OFFICE WILL
REOPEN, LEAVING MANY WHO WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR NAME FRUSTRATED.
LIKE THIS MAN, MR. MIKE RODICK >> OH, IT'S, UH, RODICK.
YOU STRESS THE RO. RODICK
SORRY TO BE ANNOYING, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
>> NOT A PROBLEM MIKE RODICK WAS ONE OF A -
>> SORRY I'M THE WORST, BUT THE LONGER
YOU PAUSE BETWEEN MIKE AND RODICK THE BETTER IT IS FOR ME
NOTHING CRAZY. JUST LIKE MIKE, LITTLE PAUSE,
RODICK >> OKAY.
MAYBE IT'S EASIER IF I JUST CALL YOU BY WHAT YOUR NAME WILL BE?
>> SURE. I'M GOING WITH MY MOM'S MAIDEN
NAME, LITT L-I-T-T.
>> OKAY. GREAT.
I'M HERE WITH MIKE LITT. >> SORRY, DYLAN.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS AN UPDATE
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FIND MIKE LITT LATER AND FINISH WHAT YOU
STARTED THERE. BUT, NOW LET'S GO TO DR. JOSEPH.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK THIS MAN WHO WAS TURNED AWAY FROM THE
NAME CHANGE OFFICE BUT STUCK AROUND TO HELP US CONTACT TRACE.
MR. JEFFREY EPSTEIN. >> JEFFREY B. EPSTEIN.
>> IN MY BOOK, JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS A HERO.
>> YOU FORGOT THAT "B" AGAIN VERY IMPORTANT "B.
>> I'M PROUD TO CALL JEFFREY EPSTEIN A FRIEND
>> YOU -- YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.
>> THANK YOU >> ALL RIGHT
WELL, I THINK WE CAN ALL APPLAUD WHAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN DID
ASHLEY >> DYLAN, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE
MORE TIME. ANY CHANCE OF GETTING BACK TO
MIKE LITT? >> UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS RIGHT
UNDER MY NOSE, BUT I LOST HIM. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL, YOU STAY DOWN THERE AND KEEP POKING AROUND
>> I WILL, BUT NO PROMISES IT'S A REAL MESS DOWN HERE
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I BET
MORE ON THIS STORY AS IT DEVELOPS
FOR ACTION 9 NEWS I'M ASHLEY SPITZER-SWALLOWS.
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