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From: "Moore, Cassie M" <Cassie.Moore@PSS.Boeing.com>
To: "'LaMar'" <lordfoul@accessone.com>, "'mike'" <mcarlson@mail.gte.net>,
Theodore Barry <Theodore.Barry@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: FW: Don't take drinks from Strangers
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:49:28 -0800
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> >> A PUBLIC SERVICE AANOUNCEMENT FROM DOMINIC F. SANTILLO
> >>
> >> READ:
> >>
> >> A friend of mine from UT passed this story onto me from the Daily
> >> Texan - the University of Texas newspaper. Apparently it occurred
> >> during Fall Premier -- a UT tradition that is a celebration of the
> >> end of midterms. - Jeff
> >>
> >> This guy went out last Saturday night to a party. He was having a
> >> good time, had a couple of beers and some girl seemed to like him
> >> and invited him to go to another party. He quickly agreed and
> >> decided to go along with her. She took him to a party in some
> >> apartment and they continued to drink, and even got involved with
> >> some other drugs (unknown which). The next thing he knew, he woke
> >> up completely naked in a bathtub filled with ice. He was still
> >> feeling the effects of the drugs, but looked around to see he was
> >> alone. He looked down at his chest, which had CALL 911 OR YOU WILL
> >> DIE written on it in lipstick. He saw a phone was on a stand next
> to
> >> the tub, so he picked it up and dialed. He explained to the EMS
> >> operator what the situation was and that he didn't know where he
> >> was, what he took, or why he was really calling.
> >>
> >> She advised him to get out of the tub. He did, and she asked him
> to
> >> look himself over in the mirror. He did, and appeared normal, so
> she
> >> told him to check his back. He did, only to find two 9-inch slits
> >> on his lower back. She told him to get back in the tub immediately,
> >> and they sent a rescue team over. Apparently, after being
> examined,
> >> he found out more of what had happened. His kidneys were stolen.
> >> They are worth 10,000 dollars each on the black market. (I was
> >> unaware this even existed.)
> >>
> >> Several guesses are in order: The second party was a sham, the
> >> people involved had to be at least medical students, and it was not
> >> just recreational drugs he was given. Regardless, he is currently
> >> in the hospital on life support, awaiting a spare kidney. The
> >> University of Texas in conjunction with Baylor University Medical
> >> Center is conducting tissue research to match the sophomore student
> >> with a donor.
> >>
> >> This was on 20/20 several weeks ago...My wife the nurse has
> >> confirmed that this is indeed going on. Please be careful, and
> >> bounce this message to anyone and everyone you can think of.
> >>
> >> These messages have been edited only in that all the forwarding
> >> marks and source address have been removed (there were a lot of
> >> them).
> >>
> >> I wish to warn you about a new crime ring that is targeting
> business
> >> travelers. This ring is well organized, well funded, has very
> >> skilled personnel, and is currently in most major cities and
> >> recently very active in New Orleans. The crime begins when a
> >> business traveler goes to a lounge for a drink at the end of the
> >> work day. A person in the bar walks up as they sit alone and
> offers
> >> to buy them a drink. The last thing the traveler remembers until
> >> they wake up in a hotel room bath tub, their body submerged to
> their
> >> neck in ice, is sipping that drink. There is a note taped to the
> >> wall instructing them not to move and to call 911. A phone is on a
> >> small table next to the bathtub for them to call. The business
> >> traveler calls 911, who have become quite familiar with this crime.
> >> The business traveler is instructed by the 911 operator to very
> >> slowly and carefully reach behind them and feel if there is a tube
> >> protruding from their lower back. The business traveler finds the
> >> tube and answers yes The 911 operator tells them to remain still,
> >> having already sent paramedics to help. The operator knows that
> >> both of the business traveler's kidneys have been harvested.
> >>
> >> This is not a scam or out of a science fiction novel, it is real.
> It
> >> is documented and confirmable. If you travel or someone close to
> >> you travels, please be careful.
> >>
> >> From: Patty Radford
> >>
> >> Yes, this does happen. My sister-in-law works with a lady that this
> >> happened to her son's neighbor who lives in Houston. The only good
> >> thing to his whole story is the fact that the people doing this
> >> horrible crime are very aware of what complications can happen
> >> afterwards, and take detailed precautions to set up the room before
> >> leaving. The word >from my sister-in-law is that the hospital in
> >> Las Vegas (yes, Vegas) prior to transferring him back to Houston
> >> stated that these people know exactly what they are doing. The
> >> incision, etc. was exact and clean. They use sterile equipment,
> etc.
> >> and the hospital stated that other than the fact that the victim
> >> loses a kidney there have not been any reports of other
> >> complications due to non-sterile, etc. tactics that were used.
> >>
> >> From: Kathy White
> >>
> >> Sadly, this is very true. My husband is a Houston Firefighter/EMT
> >> and they have received alerts regarding this crime ring. It is to
> >> be taken very seriously. The daughter of a friend of a fellow
> >> firefighter had this happen to her. Skilled doctors are performing
> >> these crimes (which, by the way have been highly noted in the Las
> >> Vegas area). Additionally, the military has received alerts
> >> regarding this.
> >>
> >> This story blew me away. I really want as many people to see this
> >> as possible so please bounce this to whoever you can.
> >>
> >> Please think when you drink.
> >>
> >> PLEASE DON'T TAKE DRINKS FROM STRANGERS!!!!
> >>
> >> Please get this out soon so that people may be warned!
> >>
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