European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday novembers 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 grenade dropped As dare teen says Folkston a a a student who brought what he thought was a Dud grenade to school said a Friend dropped it on the floor twice after another Stu a Dent urged him to do it. The grenade exploded after the second drop injuring 12 students in the music class. The student who dropped it was in critical condition As doctors fought to. Save his feet and legs. Speaking from his Hospital bed Friday Gregory Douglas 17, said Shannon Guesser was holding the 40 my grenade when another classmate said drop it on the  Chesser did from 2 to 3 feet up. It bounced harm Lessly. " v. They said drop it a Little higher " Douglas re called. He picked it up and held it about 5 feet High i said Don t drop it i turned and when i turned background it went Boom " eight students remained hospitalized Friday after the blast at Charlton county High school. Twenty five students and a teacher who had her Back turned when the grenade was dropped were in the class room when the grenade exploded thursday. Chesser 16, was in critical condition at University medical Center and was scheduled for surgery sat urday so doctors could determine if his feet and legs could be saved Hospital spokeswoman Gerri Lowe said. \ " one other student was in serious condition and six including Douglas were in fair condition. Douglas said he found the grenade on a counter in his living room and took it to school without telling his parents. He said he had no idea it was live. Danny the boy s Stepfather has taken it apart and put it together several times he said. I thought it was dead. A Dud. He kept it boxed up and i thought he was going to throw it  the boy s Stepfather Danny Neely jr., told authorities that he brought grenades Home years ago while a civilian employee at fort Stewart an army Post said Ken Davis a spokesman for the Georgia emergency management Agency.  longer works there. He was arrested thurs Day night for Drunken driving after visiting his son in the Hospital. Police would not say whether Douglas or Neel would be charged. Taking explosives into a school is a violation of state Law and possessing explosives without License is a Federal crime. Removing government property from a base without permission also is a felony. ,. Special agent Larry Whitlock senior bomb technician for the Georgia Bureau of investigation said the grenade Douglas had is designed to penetrate an a Mored personnel Carrier then explode once it s inside Joe Hanlin an explosives enforcement officer wit the . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in Atlanta said the grenade must be launched in order to explode. He said the grenade probably was launched during exercises at fort Stewart and did not explode. But it was armed he.said.," when it was dropped it hit the ground in just the right Way to set it  Ery by the los Angeles times Riverside Calif. The mystery fumes that felled emergency room attendants As they treated a dying patient were most Likely the result of a bizarre Chain of chemical reactions in the patient s blood that produced an agent used in chemical weapons officials said thursday the potentially lethal toxin which caused six people to be hospitalized last february was created by an unusual con fluence of chemical reactions that began inside the body of Gloria Ramirez Accord ing to chemists at the renowned Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory there Are some emergency room personnel who could be very Lucky to be alive said Riverside county Corone Scotty Hill who released the report. The findings which scientists say May still be amended after peer review appear to resolve a baffling medical myst Tery. Although such an episode has no been previously documented scientists now worry that it could occur again be cause it probably was prompted by the use of a popular Home remedy for Acheson pains. If the scenario actually occurred the Lawrence Livermore report stated it might be a condition for More wide spread concern in other hospitals. County officials said they no longer be Lieve the attendants in the Riverside general Hospital emergency room succumbed to mass hysteria on the night of feb. 19, As the state department of health services previously concluded. Lawrence Livermore scientists said their hypothesis results from a scenario arms toxin re created in their laboratories. The Sce Nario produced the toxic Crystal dim Ethyl sulfite which is listed in scientific Litera Ture As a chemical warfare agent that can Lead to death. Scientists believe that inthe Ramirez Case the progenitor of the chemical reaction was the woman s presumed use Tif dim Ethyl sul oxide commonly known As Dimso. Although it is not prescribed in the United states it is sold on the Black mar Ket and can be obtained in Mexico authorities said. 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