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HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. —
“A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals…Restaurant manager Steven Nelson was found unresponsive in the basement on Saturday night and pronounced dead at a hospital…
Authorities initially went to the restaurant after receiving a call about a woman who had fallen and hit her head in the basement. Rescue workers who arrived at the scene started to feel lightheaded and nauseated and suspected a carbon monoxide leak, officials said.
The restaurant was evacuated and 27 people were treated at hospitals. All of those impacted by the fumes were restaurant employees, police or ambulance workers…”
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“…he came home so ill they went to the emergency room where doctors told him he may have a blood disorder…the next few days when Nelson returned from work were torturous. “I found him kneeling at the bed saying, ‘I feel like I’m dying.'”
