图片新闻【8】Chemi-biological Panic

NEW YORK -- Oct. 1, 2001 -- In the weeks since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many people have come to fear chemical, biological and even nuclear attack. Sales of gas masks, bottled water, antibiotics, radiation detectors and survival gear have soared, as have worried calls to doctors. Pediatricians have been swamped with questions about vaccinations against such exotic diseases as smallpox and anthrax. A broker leaves the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 17. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

纽约 -- 2001，10，1 -- 在世界贸易中心和五角大楼袭击事件发生后的几周里，很多人开始担心遭受生化武器甚至核武器攻击。防毒面具，瓶装纯净水，抗菌素，辐射探测器和防护服的销量剧增，因过分担心而打电话给医生请求帮助的人数也猛增。儿科医生们也为回答有关通过接种以防止诸如天花和炭疽病这些已不常见的疾病的问题而应接不暇。图为一经纪人在9月17号离开纽约证券交易所时的情景。

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