The Bay
an environmental mystery.
...debris along the beach
as far as the eye can see.
(news reports
overlapping)
A large fish kill
has struck
along the shoreline of the
Biologists tell us there
were up to a million...
She captured reams
of dead fish
Fishery staff are
baffled at what caused
these hundreds
of dead fish...
Up to 5,000 blackbirds
fell within
a one-mile area...
Roughly two million...
Dead fish on the shores
of Rio de Janeiro...
Two million fish
here along Chesapeake Bay...
Thousands of birds started
falling from the sky...
(voices coalesce)
...investigation
is ongoing...
They got me up 4:00
in the morning,
told me we had birds
falling out of the sky.
Reporter:
Scientists don'tknow what killed them.
Man over speaker:
To your left...
look over to your left.
Okay, you can see
that's where the footage
about where you can,
uh, address...
- what that was about, okay?
- Okay, sounds good.
Okay, why don't we start off?
If you could just
fill us in
with basic details...
Okay.
Uh, my name
is Donna Thompson.
I was a
Communications major
at American University
covering the July 4th
festivities
in Claridge, Maryland,
on July 4th, 2009.
No cam... hey.
This is the first time
I am speaking publicly
about the disaster
that happened.
(clamoring)
- I was there.
- (sirens blare)
Let's follow it.
(sighs)
Man over computer:
You okay, Donna?
Donna?
- Yeah.
- Okay?
- Are we gonna be all right?
- Yeah, I'm sorry.
a little easier to talk about.
Okay, tell me when
you're ready and, um,
you can continue.
- Okay.
- I know it's hard. Go ahead.
Um...
my name is
Donna Thompson.
For three years,
I and a few others
about what happened
in Claridge,
Maryland,
on July 4th, 2009.
But sometimes words
have no impact.
But now, with the help
of a website
- all of the digital information
- (crowd chattering)
That was recorded that day
has been obtained.
All of the digital information
that was confiscated.
Now, I don't know
if anyone
I don't know if anything
as a result of me
putting this out there,
but I do know that
I can't move on
with my life
until this story
is told.
You know,
it's just, um...
it's hard to explain
what this town used to be like.
Well, it's 6:
00in the morning
with "Mike in the Morning"
on this beautiful day,
Good morning, Chesapeake,
and good morning, America.
- Listen, I'm your marathon man.
- (bell rings)
- (firework pops)
- What does that mean?
Hopefully you're gonna be
with me day and night
as I am with you
and we can celebrate.
I can't think
of a better way to celebrate
than a little music
from the heartland.
Donna's voice:
I usedto come here every summer
with my folks.
It's hard to explain what
this town used to be like.
I mean, it was fun.
It was where I had
my first crab dinner,
So, uh, that's the mayor
right there.
Mayor John Stockman.
He actually used to run
and then one day he just
up and got everyone
to vote for him for mayor.
Right there, that's Martin
and Helen Wycoff.
They were both involved in a lot
of community service programs.
actually died that day.
Cameraman:
Three, two, one.
Good morning,
Maryland.
- Oh, wait. Sorry.
- Cameraman:
It's okay.Donna's voice:
Honestly,why didn't anyone tell me
my pants
were too tight?
I'm sorry. It's just that every
time I look at this footage,
it's...
it's a little difficult,
and I have this tendency
to overcompensate
a little bit.
- So... - Man over computer:
So you use humor, uh,
to hide those emotions.
- I understand.
- Right.
I mean, maybe
you should've gotten
a voice actor
or something to do this.
- I don't know.
- (record scratches)
Okay, okay.
I gotta stop this.
I've been getting
too many phone calls,
too many complaints.
For those of you
who do care,
it is Aaron Copland.
That's a piece
from "Our Town. "
What do you say we kick
the energy up a little bit, huh?
Donna's voice:
I was just a summer intern.
I was just so excited
I was gonna be
actually interviewing
people.
I think it's every girl's dream
to be Miss Crustacean.
I hope it's the beginning
of something much, much bigger.
I want to thank my parents
for their support
and my sister Taylor
for always being there for me.
Good morning, Maryland.
This is Donna Thompson,
and I'm in Claridge, Maryland.
Claridge is the host
of our annual
Eastern Chesapeake
July 4th party.
And I will be here all day
to cover the events.
It is my great pleasure
to announce
the beginning
of the 57th Annual
Claridge Crab Eating
Spectacular.
(cheering)
Am I in the frame?
Donna's voice:
So, thisis good old Claridge.
It was founded in 1903,
supposedly by a fisherman
who ran around here
and liked it so much that
he started a crab restaurant.
- What's your name?
- Tyler.
And have you been preparing
for a while for this?
Not very.
Donna's voice:
All of it is, or was,
a whole population
of 6,200.
There's a pretty big
chicken industry,
a bunch of restaurants,
and a whole lot of money
is made from summer tourism
on the water here.
(water splashes)
Barker:
Good job!
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