The next morning, Dan Dalgard arrives at the Reston facility and sees one of the monkey caretakers wearing a protective suit outside the building, against Dalgard’s direct orders. Meanwhile, the rest of the team faces the arduous task of euthanizing the 65 remaining monkeys in Room H. This time, when Nancy opens up the dead monkeys, she can clearly identify the signs of Ebola. After suiting up, Nancy joins the group in Room H, where she selects four monkeys to euthanize and take back to Fort Detrick for testing.
She reminds the soldiers to look out for any rips in their suits and also to be wary of aggressive monkeys who might bite. Shortly after Jerry enters the building, Nancy Jaax arrives at the site. Dalgard is surprised to see Jerry and Captain Haines wearing space suits but proceeds with giving them a tour of the room. The workers direct Jerry and Captain Haines to Room H and then inform Dan Dalgard. Jerry realizes that all entrances to the hot area have not been sealed off as they previously thought.
After making sure that the seals in their gloves and boots are thoroughly taped, Jerry and Captain Haines enter the building through a make-shift gray zone - an intermediate area between the hot zone and the outside world.Īs they open the door into the hot zone, Jerry and Captain Haines see two Hazelton workers walking toward them wearing only basic respirators.
The two men move to the staging area, where they put on racal suits - field biological hazard suits that contain a battery-powered ventilation system. Haines has experience with scuba diving, so Jerry feels comfortable that his partner will not panic in the space suit. Jerry Jaax is first to enter the facility, along with Captain Mark Haines, also a veterinarian in the Army. To help maintain this image, the team members are all dressed in civilian clothing and do not put on space suits until they enter the monkey house.
Laboratory Monkey.” Colonel Peters is quoted extensively in the story, but he asserts that the military operation at Reston is nothing more than routine. The front page story of The Washington Post that day reads: “Deadly Ebola Virus Found in VA. The next morning, Jerry Jaax, Gene Johnson, and the rest of the team gather at USAMRIID to collect equipment before setting off for the monkey house.
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