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Jad Abumrad

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They were choking.

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Hundreds of them were falling to the ground.

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What is the gas doing to them exactly?

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I think what it's doing is it's, uh, if you breathe it in, it sort of irritates your lungs to the extent that they sort of fills up with fluid so quickly that you sort of drown in your own phlegm.

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So they were actually drowning?

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Literally drowning on land.

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Wow.

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Yellow mucus was frothing out of their mouths.

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Those who could still breathe would turn blue.

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This is a description of hell.

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Yeah.

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But Haber saw it as a wonderful success and wished that the Germans had been better prepared to exploit it because he felt like they really could have made a terrific advance if they had had more confidence.

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And he is celebrated for it.

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He gets promoted to the rank of captain.

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And he goes home for a few days a hero.

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But when he gets there, he has to contend with his wife.

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Clara Imarvar.

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Clara.

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Also from Breslau, also from a Jewish family.

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And also a scientist.