Hi Everyone, I received this and thought I'd pass it along.
Subject: urgent
Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world gets sicker everyday!
Folks:
Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping handles. Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas.
Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.
My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida, Police
Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles! These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood. In the Jacksonville area alone, there have been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past five (5) months. We have verified reports of at least 12 others in
various states around the country. It is believed that these may be copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or seeing them reported on television. At this point no one has been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could test positive in a couple years.
Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking
up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE!
If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local
police department so they can collect the evidence.
PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS, THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE. Rose Lambert, Chief Aide to Supervisor Gerry Hyland, Mount Vernon District, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.
PLEASE READ THIS AND PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!!!!
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 26-04-06 20:04:41
This looks like the nigerian type hoax to create panic in public.
Gas stations are monitored by video cameras and hence the occurance of this will be very rare if not not at all. Besides, if this had actually happened, then it would have been shown/analysed in CNN which has not been the case.
TK
Sidenote : I remember that in 1996 or so, in chennai , there was a rumour that 2 people were infecting people with HIV needles in the bus. I belive that they (the public) killed the 2 people but i donot remeber if they were actually infecting people or not.
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Looks like HOAX.
Well, even if its true, I doubt the blood will remain warm and fluid coz it clots in secs. Secondly, the AIDS virus may not remain active more than few secs if the blood is out of its stream..
Hope, folks with Medical background can shed some light..
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RC,
Thanks for throwing the light!
Next time when I get such e mail; I would rather check for facts before sharing it.
I thought the article was going to talk about gas prices these days 
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Are you there?
The current price hike make sick.... no doubt.. Look at the Hawaii gas price..Ooh..
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Originally posted by BlueLobster
I thought the article was going to talk about gas prices these days
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The cowards never started,
The weak died on the way,
Only the strong arrived.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yK1i9cLAMM
