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THERE FOR AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT A 
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS.            

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>> Reporter: DAYTON, OHIO.      
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS BIT THEIR   

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FIRST AIRPLANE ALSO HERE AND    
CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER.        

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TODAY THE CITY IS AGAIN AT THE  
CENTER OF AN INNOVATION, A      

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DEADLY ONE SWEEPING ACROSS THE  
COUNTRY.                        

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SO YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?        
>> UH-HUH.                      

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>> Reporter: YOU SAID YOU HAVE A
NICKNAME FOR THIS STREET?       

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>> MORGUE AVENUE.               
>> Reporter: MORGUE AVENUE?     

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>> IT IS NOT MORGAN, HONEY, IT  
IS MORGUE.                      

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>> Reporter: WHICH HOUSES HAVE  
PEOPLE DIED IN?                 

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>> WHICH HOUSES HAVE THEY NOT   
DIED IN, REALLY.                

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>> Reporter: REALLY?            
>> REALLY.                      

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LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PLACES.    
I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT FIVÑ

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YEARS, AND IN THE PAST FIVE     
YEARS IT IS UNREAL.             

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I MEAN IN 47 MINUTES THERE WAS  
ALREADY NINE DEATHS.            

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>> Reporter: IN 47 MINUTES?     
>> ON THIS STREET.              

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>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE DYING   
FROM WHAT?                      

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>> DRUGS.                       
>> Reporter: OVER THE PAST TWO  

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YEARS FENTANYL, A SYNTHETIC     
OPIOID THAT CAN BE THOUSANDS OF 

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TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN, HAS 
BEEN FLOODING INTO PLACES LIKE  

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HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO,
WHERE THE OVERDOSE DEATH RATE   

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HAS BEEN SKYROCKETING.          
IN MAY THE COUNTY PASSED LAST   

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YEAR'S NUMBER OF DEATHS, AND    
OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THIS YEAR'S  

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TOTAL WILL BE DOUBLE THAT.      
AS THE DEATH RATE SKYROCKETS,   

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THE BODIES COME TO THE          
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORONER WHO   

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PERFORMS TESTS TO DETECT OVER   
TWO DOZEN VARIETIES OF FENTANYL.

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>> EVERY VIAL REPRESENTS        
SOMEBODY WHO HAS DIED.          

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>> CORRECT.                     
>> Reporter: SO THIS IS WHAT YOU

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CALL THE COOLER?                
>> THIS IS OUR COOLER, OUR MAIN 

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COOLER.                         
>> Reporter: WHEN DID THE BODIES

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ALL AROUND US COME IN HERE?     
>> OVER THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS.

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>> Reporter: AND EVERY -- EVERY 
DAY BODIES ARE CYCLING THROUGH  

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HERE?                           
>> YES, THESE TRAYS MOSTLY WILL 

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BE FULL BY TONIGHT.             
>> Reporter: WHAT'S THE         

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PERCENTAGE OF THE BODIES IN HERE
RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OVERDOSE     

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DEATHS FROM HEROIN OR FENTANYL? 
>> WE'RE AVERAGING 60% TO 70% OF

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OUR CASES NOW ARE OVERDOSES.    
WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT 2,000   

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OVERDOSES THIS YEAR.            
IF THAT CONTINUES, THAT'S ABOUT 

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10,000 FOR THE STATE OR MORE.   
>> Reporter: THE CORONER SAYS   

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NUMBERS ON THAT SCALE ARE A MASS
CASUALTY EVENT AND SHOULD BE    

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DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.   
UNTIL THEN, HE'S CERTAIN THE    

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DEATH TOLL WILL CONTINUE TO