:06:02
Let's go back to the phones. Woburn,
you're on the air.
:06:07
Mr Schlichtmann,
it's Anne Anderson.
:06:09
- Hello.
- How are you?
:06:11
Very well. You? Sounds pretty.
:06:14
How come you never call me?
:06:16
- If I had your number, I would.
- You have it.
:06:20
- I do?
- You have no idea who I am?
:06:23
- Is this Ricky?
- No.
:06:26
You see, my son died of leukaemia
two years ago.
:06:29
- Your firm is handling the case.
- We are?
:06:32
The reason I'm calling you here
:06:35
is because my calls to your offices
have gone unreturned for weeks.
:06:40
- Sorry, your name was?
- Anne.
:06:42
- Anne...
- Anderson.
:06:44
I'm writing that down.
I'm gonna take care of this.
:06:51
Why don't you come up to Woburn
:06:53
and actually meet a few of those
people whose pain is your pain?
:07:00
Let me picture this.
:07:02
She called you, she cried.
You felt sorry and you cried.
:07:06
- Now she's mad.
- It's a good case.
:07:09
- She's not crying now!
- An orphan, but good.
:07:13
12 deaths over 15 years from
leukaemia - eight of them children.
:07:17
- That's unusual?
- Statistically. It's a small town.
:07:20
She lost a child?
:07:23
They think it's something to do
with the city's drinking water
:07:26
which they say tastes funny.
:07:28
What was she like before?
:07:30
- Do want to hear what it's about?
- No, I don't!
:07:33
I'd like to hear about it.
:07:38
Thank you, Kathy.
:07:40
There's a report here
from state inspectors
:07:43
saying that the water
from two city wells
:07:46
is contaminated - or was
before they shut them down -
:07:49
with something called...
I can't pronounce this...
:07:53
trichlorethylene...ethylene,
:07:55
which the EPA lists
as a probable carcinogen.
:07:57
- Stop.
- There's more.
:07:59
No, from a financial standpoint,
this is not a sound investment.