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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AIR FORCE ACADEMY 2 cadets found dead on campus within 48 hours

BY HEATHER BENIT Stars and Stripes Two cadets who were due to graduate from the Air Force Academy in May were found dead in their rooms on campus last week. The first death occurred Thursday, the academy said in a statement released after an on- line briefing for staff and cadets, most of whom left campus just over two weeks ago as the insti- tution stepped up its fight against the coronavirus. Two days later, officials told the community in another on- line briefing that a second cadet had been found dead in his room at the Colorado Springs, Colo.- based academy, several cadets and an alumnus told Stars and Stripes, asking not to be named because they were not authorized to comment. The first death was not caused by the coronavirus or foul play, the academy said in a statement, providing no further details about it. No official statement has been released about the second death. Neither cadet has been identi- RELATED STORIES fied, but several other cadets and an alumnus said both of the de- In Stuttgart, Army says US soldiers with premature twins ceased were male “firsties” from squadrons 7 and 8. They would medically evacuated from S. Korea have graduated and been com- Page 4 missioned as second lieutenants in May. DOD to give virus data Special pay OK’d for some troops Because both deaths “hap- pened behind closed doors,” isolated in temporary lodging academy officials “want cadets BY JOHN VANDIVER tions within the military and concerns that Page 5 with the doors open more,” said Stars and Stripes the combat readiness of the force could be an alumnus with knowledge of put at risk by the fast-moving virus. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort the situation. STUTTGART, Germany — The Pentagon Such concerns came into focus last week arrives in NY to assist in virus fight The only cadets remaining on on Sunday ordered the home of U.S. Europe- when the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft campus are graduating seniors an Command to stop reporting the number carrier was forced to pull into port in Guam Page 6 and a handful of others, includ- of coronavirus infections within its military because of a coronavirus outbreak among its ing international students, who community in a move that could reverberate sailors. Get the latest on the virus outbreak couldn’t head home when most across all U.S. forces. In Stuttgart, home to EUCOM and U.S. of the nearly 4,000 cadets at the The Army in Stuttgart said it can no lon- Africa Command headquarters, 80 infec- stripes.com/coronavirus academy were dismissed in mid- ger release the number of coronavirus cases tions were reported as of Sunday morning, March. The unprecedented move based on a Defense Department directive by far the most of any American military A woman wearing a face mask walks by was taken to allow seniors to be that cited operational security concerns. base overseas. In all, there are at least 125 graffiti painted on the shutter of a closed housed in individual rooms, where “DOD will release numbers through their coronavirus infections within the military in restaurant in Athens on Monday during a they also take online classes, so official platforms,” the Army in Stuttgart Germany alone, based on a Stars and Stripes lockdown order by the Greek government they can follow social-distancing said in a statement. tally of infections. to control the spread of the coronavirus . guidelines, which are considered The decision comes amid a spike in infec- SEE VIRUS ON PAGE 5 THANASSIS STAVRAKIS/AP SEE CADETS ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9534 Companies having to resort to virtual layoffs Euro costs (March 31) ...... $1.08 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.53 Dollar buys (March 31) ...... €0.8803 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.4402 British pound (March 31) ...... $1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press fied employees on a live Zoom pany said. 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BY KIM GAMEL “This makes us misjudge who has signaled would be a red line. AND YOO KYONG CHANG is the real chief executive in the KCNA reported earlier Mon- Stars and Stripes U.S.,” according to the statement day that the North had success- attributed to a new foreign min- fully test-fired “super-large” SEOUL, South Korea — North istry official in charge of negotia- multiple rocket launchers on Sun- Korea warned on Monday it has tions with Washington. day in a step toward operational lost interest in nuclear talks with “The reckless remarks made deployment. the United States, a day after the by Pompeo seriously impaired South Korea’s military said communist state test-fired what the signboard of dialogue put up Sunday that two short-range bal- it called “super-large” multiple by the U.S. president as a decoy listic missiles had been fired by rocket launchers. to buy time and create the envi- the North, flying more than 140 The challenges came as the ronment favorable for himself,” miles, with a maximum altitude North has stepped up military ac- KCNA reported, adding the North of nearly 20 miles before splash- tivity in recent weeks in what ex- had “dropped the interest in dia- ing into the sea off the eastern perts say is a bid by the regime to tighten its grip on power amid the logue with further conviction.” coast. coronavirus pandemic and to try “If the U.S. bothers us, it will It was the fourth such launch KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP to raise the price in negotiations. be hurt,” KCNA added, without this month as the communist The North accused Secretary of elaborating. state presses forward with efforts A military exercise at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Sunday . State Mike Pompeo of “slander” North Korea has expressed in- to develop its weapons program creasing frustration since talks despite coronavirus concerns. for remarks last week in which he tined thousands of people after and Security Forum. “These are stalled after Trump and Kim But unlike the other three, urged the international commu- the virus first appeared in China its camouflage tactics.” failed to reach an agreement dur- Sunday’s test was overseen by de- nity to remain united in coaxing late last year, claims it has had no Moon also noted that Trump the North back to the negotiating ing their second summit in Feb- fense and munitions officials, not has not responded to the recent ruary 2019 in Vietnam. Kim Jong Un. coronavirus cases. table and in continuing to apply U.S. and South Korean officials military activity, including artil- pressure on its nuclear and mis- Kim said in a New Year’s mes- The test by the North’s Acad- have expressed skepticism con- lery drills. sile programs. sage that his country was no emy of Defense Science was “to sidering the North’s shared bor- “Washington has had an indif- State-run media said Pompeo longer bound by a self-imposed verify once again the tactical and ferent reaction to Pyongyang’s der with China and poor health was going against the will of moratorium on nuclear and mis- technological specifications of the launches, and Seoul is lukewarm infrastructure. President Donald Trump, who sile testing. launch system,” which is to be de- to them too, so I believe the effect professes a good relationship He also promised that the livered to army units, KCNA said, “North Korea can’t help but of Kim’s appearances has dimin- with North Korea leader Kim North would unveil a “new strate- adding it had been “conducted have COVID-19 cases, but it’s hid- ished,” he said. Jong Un and sent a letter earlier gic weapons” soon, raising fears successfully. ing them by acting as if it has no [email protected] this month offering help in fight- it would launch an intercontinen- North Korea, which largely problem domestically,” said Moon Twitter: @kimgamel ing the coronavirus. tal ballistic missile that Trump sealed its borders and quaran- Keun Sik of the Korea Defense [email protected] Suit says firm billed DOD for ads never aired in Afghanistan

BY J.P. LAWRENCE in 2014, it found less than 75% of its TV ads to file suit on behalf of the government. Afghans to back the U.S. and coalition Stars and Stripes and 45% of its radio ads aired, court docu- The government in February chose to missions. ments said. not join the suit, a court filing said. The The contracts given out during the surge An information operations contractor The company’s vice president, Charles government intervenes in fewer than 25% of U.S. troops to Afghanistan from 2009 billed the Pentagon millions of dollars for Owens, said in an email he could not com- of cases, a 2012 Justice Department memo to 2012 were rife with abuse, said Thom- pro-U.S. television and radio ads that never ment on the pending litigation. said. as Johnson, who could not comment on aired in Afghanistan, a whistleblower com- The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Federal backing adds the Justice De- plaint filed by the firm’s former president Court of the District of Columbia by Scott partment’s resources to the case but the specifics of the Leonie case, but who alleges in a recently unsealed lawsuit. Kreller, Leonie’s former president. also adds restrictions to lawyers for the worked on propaganda efforts in Afghani- The Leonie Group, also known as Leonie Kreller alleges he was fired in February whistleblower. stan after 9/11 and was based in Kandahar Industries, served as the Pentagon’s top 2017 after he refused to submit a final psy- Kreller’s lawyer, Brendan J. Klaproth, as a counterinsurgency adviser to U.S. propaganda producer in Afghanistan from chological operations invoice to the U.S. said Friday that they intend to continue forces. 2008 to 2015, with the firm receiving a military for $4.5 million, most of which pursuing the case. “I’m not at all surprised at this lawsuit,” $120 million contract to produce TV, radio double-billed the government. Founded in 2004, Leonie’s website says said Johnson, now a professor at the Naval and billboard ads, the lawsuit said. Kreller, who worked for the company as it specializes in strategic communications, Postgraduate School. “We gave out mil- The lawsuit, first filed in July 2017, al- information systems support, intelligence its global operations director from 2011 lions of dollars in many different areas, in- leges Leonie knew it had no way to ver- until he was made president in 2016, said and operations research. ify its work was ever seen by the Afghan he was pressured for several months to The military has spent hundreds of mil- cluding information operations, where we people. submit the claim. lions of dollars on psychological operations just didn’t have any oversight,” he said. Once the company started to monitor its Kreller’s complaint falls under the False in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. These [email protected] programs at the urging of the U.S. military Claims Act, which allows private citizens efforts have aimed to convince Iraqis and Twitter: @jplawrence3 Japan’s smoking ban inside restaurants, bars takes effect this week

BY HANA KUSUMOTO smoke,” according to a health allowed. could both face fines for violating ments starting Wednesday. The AND AYA ICHIHASHI ministry document explaining Businesses can also set up a the law. Smokers at nonsmoking city added conditions to the tran- Stars and Stripes the law. designated smoking room, where restaurants are first warned by sitional measure set in the health It’s part of a revised Health eating and drinking are not al- the restaurants, but if they keep promotion law, said Tomoyuki TOKYO — People will no lon- Promotion Law passed in 2018. It lowed, or a separate room where violating the law they could face Miyakawa, the city’s health pro- ger be allowed to smoke in most applies to all restaurants and bars smoking heated tobacco only is fines of up to $2,780, she said. motion division official. restaurants and bars in Japan For example, restaurants and starting Wednesday, according across Japan but exempts estab- allowed while eating and drink- Local governments will issue lishments that sell tobacco, such ing, the ministry’s website said. warnings to businesses that fail bars in Tokyo are exempt only if to the Ministry of Health, Labour they are run by the owner or the and Welfare. as cigar bars, and some small Staff members 19 years old or to comply with the new regula- bars and restaurants that meet younger are not allowed to serve tions. After several warnings, owner and his or her family, he The ban, which includes heated said. tobacco like cigarettes and ci- conditions set by the law. in smoking areas, said Okinawa they could face fines up to $4,600, gars but not e-cigarettes, protects Exempted establishments are prefectural government spokes- Nagahama said. [email protected] Twitter: @HanaKusumoto people “who want to avoid getting required to put up signs at the en- woman Naoko Nagahama. Tokyo will implement a tough- [email protected] exposed to secondhand tobacco trance to indicate that smoking is Business owners and smokers er smoking ban at city establish- Twitter: @AyaIchihashi PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 WAR/MILITARY Syrian forces: ISIS detainees found after riot

BY CHAD GARLAND The coalition does not staff the Stars and Stripes prisons in northeast Syria, which MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes have struggled to detain the A Syrian militia group said no roughly 10,000 ISIS-linked cap- Babies born 10 weeks premature are transferred to a C-17 Globemaster III during a medical evacuation alleged Islamic State prisoners tives. The SDF does not have the at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Monday. had escaped, contrary to initial capacity to investigate them and reports, after the group quelled give them trials, and European a prison uprising with the help of countries have been reluctant US soldiers with premature twins aircraft from U.S.-led coalition to take back their share of the forces. roughly 2,000 foreign recruits The U.S.-backed Syrian Demo- held in the facilities. medically evacuated from S. Korea cratic Forces, which operate the Camps in the region also hold prison in the northeastern Syrian tens of thousands of women and town of Hassakeh, sent counter- children who lived under the ter- BY MATTHEW KEELER virus] hit Daegu, the NICUs went end before this mission was given terrorism forces and reinforce- rorist group’s “caliphate,” which Stars and Stripes on lockdown,” McFall said. “We its final green light.” ments to put down the riot and lost its final territorial stronghold only got to see them maybe seven The Air Force’s 18th Aero- secure the facility late Sunday, a little more than a year ago in OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea times since they were born Feb- medical Evacuation Squadron said Kino Gabriel, a spokesman the town of Baghouz. — A dual military family living at ruary 17th. A month and a half out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, for the Kurdish-led militia group. As Turkey invaded northern the epicenter of the coronavirus almost and we barely got to see and Hawaii’s Air National Guard “ISIS terrorists managed to Syria last fall and President Don- outbreak in South Korea has been them — definitely couldn’t touch 154th Wing from Hickam Air sabotage and remove the internal ald Trump ordered the withdraw- medically evacuated to the United them.” Force Base lifted off for the ap- doors of the cells, create holes in al of U.S. forces from the border States after their twin boys were While Camp Humphreys’ new proximately 18-hour trip to Joint the dormitory walls, and control region, the Kurds warned that born 10 weeks premature. $275 million Brian D. Allgood Base Andrews, Md. the ground floor of the prison,” they would not have the capac- Newlyweds Spc. Cody McFall, Army Community Hospital does “The capabilities of that NICU Gabriel said in a statement Mon- ity to both defend themselves and 21, and Pfc. Cheyenne Evans, have a labor and delivery floor on the aircraft are exactly the day. “We confirm that there are secure the prisons. Prison guards 20, both military police with the and can handle full-tern new- same as any NICU in the States no escape incidents of the detain- that is in a fixed facility,” said left their posts to fight on the 188th Military Police Company borns, it doesn’t have a NICU, ees, and that the situation in the Maj. Phillip Strawbridge, chief front lines in October, and more at Camp Walker, along with their said Col. Joseph Hudak, deputy detention center is completely of medical staff for Osan’s 51st than 100 prisoners with alleged sons Parker and Laine, flew out commander for clinical services under control.” Medical Group. “We just put it in ISIS ties reportedly escaped. of Osan Air Base on Monday af- at the hospital. Earlier, SDF members the air in the back of a C-17.” “The longer ISIS prisoners are ternoon. A C-17 Globemaster III “These infants are going to searched for prisoners thought to “The C-17 is a robust platform held in SDF prisons, the greater equipped with a neonatal inten- need seven or eight different pe- have escaped, said Mustafa Bali, for doing air medical evacua- the potential for them to organize sive care unit is getting them to diatric subspecialties, none of another spokesman for the group, tions, especially for critically ill breakouts,” the Lead Inspector Maryland’s Walter Reed National which we have,” he said Monday. in a Twitter post shortly after the people,” Strawbridge added. “It General for Operation Inherent Military Medical Center, where “They are available in Korea, riots began. has the power built in, it’s got Resolve said in a January report, the boys will receive care hard to but they are more challenging to Four prisoners were caught at oxygen and medical gas built in, citing Pentagon officials. come by in Korea. coordinate.” so we don’t have to bring a lot of the facility’s perimeter with the The twins each weighed less Before the family members help of surveillance aircraft from ISIS leaders have repeatedly equipment on there.” called on its supporters to attack than 2½ pounds when they could be flown to Walter Reed, Evans said she and her hus- the U.S.-led coalition, the Lon- were born last month at Daegu’s the military had to ensure that don-based Syrian Observatory the detention camps and free band — who were compassion- Yeungnam University Medical none had been infected with the ately reassigned to the military for Human Rights reported, cit- the prisoners. The group‘s ranks Center, McFall said. new coronavirus, formally known police detachment at Fort Meade, ing sources on the ground. have been filled by fighters freed South Korea had relatively as COVID-19. 25 miles from Walter Reed — will Overnight, there was “heavy in prison breaks stretching back more than a half-decade, the few coronavirus cases until an “These infants have been in the be monitored twice a day for overflight” of coalition warplanes, outbreak that began in mid-Feb- ICU since they were born so their coronavirus symptoms and will reported the Rojava Information Washington Post reported. The U.S.-backed Kurdish ruary in Daegu, a city of 2.5 mil- exposure to COVID-19 is essen- be required to wear face masks Center, a Syria-based collective lion about 150 miles southeast of tially zero,” Hudak said. “As far and sanitized scrubs inside Wal- of researchers and journalists. militia’s suppression of Sunday night’s riots “confirm the ability Seoul. Nearly 70% of the coun- as the parents, they have been in ter Reed’s NICU. On Monday afternoon, the coali- try’s 9,661 cases so far have been quarantine for about three weeks “We can see the boys as much tion was “back to normal ops,” of the SDF to secure ISIS terror- ists,” Gabriel said, but he called in the city that surrounds Camp and we have also tested them and as we want to now,” McFall said. Army Col. Myles B. Caggins III, Walker. their infants to make sure that “That’s a blessing to me.” the anti-ISIS coalition’s military for more support from the inter- national community “in order to “At first we had regular visita- they do not have COVID-19. We [email protected] spokesman, told Stars and Stripes tion hours, but once [the corona- finished that test over the week- Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 in a text message. provide maximum protection to The attempted prison break detention centers and camps that started after inmates held up contain ISIS terrorists and their blankets with messages to the family members.” U.S.-led coalition and human Despite losing its territorial Cadets: Amid virus concerns, USAF Academy rights organizations scrawled on control, the group continues to them, Rojava said on Twitter, cit- fight an insurgency in both Iraq ing an official statement. Coun- and Syria. worries isolation is causing negative effects terterrorism forces stormed the The attempted prison break building Monday after waiting Sunday came as the coalition until daybreak, the center later pulled out of a third Iraqi base in FROM FRONT PAGE blog post, using the acronym for the coronavirus reported. a month. Officials have cited suc- key in stopping the spread of the coronavirus. disease. The fact that the rioters wrote cess against the terrorist group No positive cases had been reported at the acad- The seniors who remain at the academy are “being messages to human rights orga- for enabling the withdrawal. emy when the lower classes were dismissed, but asked to adopt a deployment-like intensity with our nizations suggested the unrest On Monday, the coalition hand- since then, two of the seniors who stayed behind school work and personal development during what may have been linked to concerns ed over its compound at a fourth have been diagnosed with the virus, academy lead- was supposed to be the most enjoyable and exciting over prison conditions and fears base, the Nineveh Operations ership said Friday. time of our cadet careers,” he wrote. of the coronavirus pandemic, the Command in Mosul, the Iraqi In addition to being isolated in their rooms, se- But, he added, “Beyond any grieving, beyond any military said online. The city, center said. The prison is located niors are barred from leaving the campus and sev- ‘bad day’, beyond any sort of excuse there might be formerly ISIS’s Iraqi capital, was in an area where Turkish-backed eral academy traditions have been stripped away, to want to give up and go home, that just isn’t an op- militias are accused of cutting liberated from the terrorists in both by the need to adapt to life with the virus and tion for our class … we must do whatever it takes to off the water supply to more than the summer of 2017. because of leadership changes. hit that finish line because our Air Force needs us.” 450,000 people for more than a [email protected] “We are fighting two adversaries, mental resil- week. Twitter: @chadgarland iency and COVID-19,” one of the seniors said in a [email protected] Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Special pay issued for some isolated troops

BY CHAD GARLAND ship for troops who incur out-of- are separated from their families Stars and Stripes pocket expenses for the temporary during a military move may re- lodging, which wouldn’t other- ceive Family Separation Housing Service members could receive wise be reimbursed or defrayed. Allowance, authorizing two pay- extra money for hardships caused Troops returning to their home ments to cover the cost of housing by coronavirus quarantines, self- station after a deployment, but at two locations. Troops may also isolation or restricted movement, who are ordered to self-isolate qualify for a monthly $250 Fam- under new Defense Department away from government-funded ily Separation Allowance in such pay guidance. housing or lodging, could also be cases, or in circumstances where The guidance, which was issued eligible. the travel suspensions keep them last week, also clarifies benefits The benefit is taxable and a ser- apart. for troops and families affected vice member would be allowed If service members and fami- by a Pentagon stop-movement to keep any excess if the pay ex- lies are required to self-isolate or order that halted temporary duty ceeds their actual expenses. But quarantine after arriving at a new and permanent change of station they would not be reimbursed duty station, a special category of travel. for the difference if the lodging per diem, or a combination of per Commanders have “broad au- cost exceeds the $1,500 a month /U.S. Army diem and temporary lodging pay, thority to exercise sound judg- JORDAN HUMPHRIES maximum. may be authorized, depending on ment in all cases,” the guidance A soldier relaxes in his room on the Hohenfels Training Area, Service members receiving states, but it strongly encourages Basic Allowance for Housing or the circumstances. Germany. Under new hardship duty pay, troops who are required The authorities and flexibility them to consider authorizing tele- to self-isolate but can’t do so at home or in government-provided Overseas Housing Allowance, outlined in the document are in- work. If traditional remote work quarters, could receive $100 a day for up to 15 days each month. but who are ordered into self- isn’t possible, it says, command- isolation in government-funded tended “to promote, rather than ers still may assign troops to their striction of Movement, or HDP- manent duty station, but can’t do lodging elsewhere will continue to restrict, possible solutions” to homes or temporary lodging as ROM, would provide service so at their own homes or in gov- to receive housing allowance support troops and families as alternate duty locations. members $100 a day for up to 15 ernment-provided quarters such benefits at their normal rates, the the situation evolves. A new category of special pay, days each month if they are or- as barracks or contracted hotels. guidance states. [email protected] known as Hardship Duty Pay-Re- dered to self-isolate at their per- It’s meant to alleviate the hard- Under the guidance, troops who Twitter: @chadgarland Longtime German employee 1st Virus: DOD known death in US Army Europe to provide BY JENNIFER H. SVAN statement said. count of cases Stars and Stripes The virus takes on average of five to six days, and as many as 14 days, to cause symp- KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A long- toms after infection, according to the World FROM FRONT PAGE time German employee of the 21st Theater Health Organization. Meanwhile, the military in Sustainment Command died of complications “This is truly a tragic loss and our condo- Japan also has begun to record related to the coronavirus over the weekend, lences go out to the family, friends, and co- coronavirus infections. After the command said Monday, marking the first workers of our employee,” Maj. Gen. Chris about a half dozen cases emerged publicly announced death from the virus in Mohan, the 21st TSC commander, said in a since Thursday, commanders or- U.S. Army Europe. statement. “The 21st TSC and U.S. Army Eu- dered troops on the island to shel- The man worked at Rhine Ordnance Bar- rope remain committed to protecting our ser- ter in place. racks in Kaiserslautern and spent more than vice members, their families, and our civilian In South Korea , similar mea- 30 years with Theater Logistics Support Cen- co-workers.” sures have been taken. The situa- ter Europe, 21st TSC officials said Monday. It’s unknown how many U.S. military per- tion was serious enough that Gen. His age was not provided by the command. sonnel in Europe, including local national Robert Abrams, the top com- The man’s positive results came Friday employees, have confirmed cases of the virus. mander on the divided Korean after he was tested for the virus two days ear- Most bases and commands had been report- Peninsula, said he was willing lier, the 21st TSC statement said. He died Sat- ing positive cases through the weekend until to impose strict new health mea- urday at the Westpfalz Klinikum, a hospital in the Pentagon ordered military units to stop sures that could jeopardize mili- Kaiserslautern. reporting numbers of confirmed infections. tary readiness. “Our hearts are heavy today losing one of The Defense Department “stated fairly MARCUS KLOECKNER/Stars and Stripes “This morning we went to bare- our own,” Helmut Haufe, the support center’s clearly that for operational security purposes, A German employee who works in bones minimum, watch teams general manager, said in a statement. “While we’re not going to provide specific informa- Kaiserslautern died at the Westpfalz only in the headquarters, every- he dedicated more than 30 years of his life tion to installations” about numbers of posi- Klinikum on Saturday from COVID-19, the body basically shelter in place, in service to the U.S. Government, he was so tive cases, 86th Airlift Wing Command Chief command announced Monday. only go out for the essentials,” much more — a husband and friend to many Master Sgt. Ernesto Rendon said Monday. Abrams said Friday. in the community. We mourn that we will no Base leaders at Ramstein said Monday infected with the virus — 54 in the city and Col. Jason Condrey, garrison longer be able to share in his spirit for life.” that their numbers would continue to be re- 61 in the surrounding county, local German commander in Stuttgart, ad- The employee last worked March 20. The flected in the totals included in the broader officials said. vised his military community of Army is working to determine whom the em- Kaiserslautern community, as reported by 28,000 Americans that he no lon- ployee had recent contact with and taking Germany. Stars and Stripes reporter Marcus Kloeckner contrib- ger would be providing updates uted to this report. measures to ensure they are isolated to pre- As of Sunday evening, 115 people in the [email protected] on infection numbers, which is vent further spread of the virus, the 21st TSC Kaiserslautern area were confirmed to be Twitter: @stripesktown something the garrison has done regularly since cases began to emerge. “I can’t do that any longer,” Condrey said in a Facebook post- Navy to send nearly 450 medical personnel to Texas, La. ing Sunday night. Since cases surged in Stuttgart, BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY are heading to the Dallas-Fort firmed cases of the coronavi- worst coronavirus outbreak in the military has taken a range of Stars and Stripes Worth area and New Orleans, rus and 73 deaths, according to the country. The Navy medical measures to curtail the virus’ said Air Force Maj. Mark Lazane, Johns Hopkins University. Dallas staff aboard will be caring for spread. In addition to closing WASHINGTON— About 450 a spokesman for NORTHCOM. has 488 confirmed cases and 10 non-coronavirus patients who numerous services, the garrison Navy medical personnel are They have been put on “prepare deaths from the virus and Tar- are referred to the ship by local ramped up testing with a drive- heading to Texas and Louisiana to to deploy” orders and are expect- rant County, which includes Fort hospitals. The other Navy hospi- thru site and a brief effort to sam- assist with state efforts to combat ed to leave in a few days, accord- Worth, has 139 cases and one ple community members without tal ship, the USNS Mercy, arrived the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. ing to a NORTHCOM statement. death. symptoms. Northern Command announced The personnel could move to On Monday, the Navy’s USNS in Los Angeles on Friday and has “The virus is likely every- Monday. other places as needed, Lazane Comfort hospital ship arrived in started to accept patients. where,” Condrey said Sunday. The sailors are from a medical said. New York Harbor to help local [email protected] [email protected] unit out of Jacksonville, Fla., and New Orleans has 1,350 con- hospitals overwhelmed by the Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Navy hospital VA opens ship arrives New York beds to to assist NYC non-vets

Associated Press BY NIKKI WENTLING Stars and Stripes NEW YORK — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday in New York City WASHINGTON – The Depart- as officials pressed for more federal help. ment of Veterans Affairs started Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald its mission over the weekend to Trump’s suggestion that thousands of medical serve as backup for the American masks are disappearing from New York City medical system by opening beds hospitals is “insulting” to front-line medical in New York City to non-veteran workers. patients. The USNS Comfort arrived Monday morn- The VA opened 50 beds in Man- ing in New York City to help relieve the coro- hattan and Brooklyn at hospitals navirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. run by the VA New York Harbor The Comfort, which was sent to New York Healthcare System. It freed 35 City after 9/11, will be used to treat non-coro- beds in acute care and 15 in an SETH WENIG/AP navirus patients while hospitals treat people intensive care for patients who with COVID-19, the disease caused by the The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docks in New York on Monday. The ship has 1,000 aren’t infected with the coronavi- virus. beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival. rus in order for community hospi- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the hospital ship tals to open space for coronavirus will relieve stress on city hospitals as the mas- expected to be released until Monday, but Those remarks are “insulting” to hospital patients. sive vessel pulled into a cruise ship terminal Five non-veterans transferred with at least 250 additional deaths recorded workers on the front lines of the city’s corona- off Manhattan. In addition to the 1,000 beds, virus crisis, de Blasio said Monday. into VA facilities Sunday, the de- the Comfort has 12 operating rooms that could outside the city as of Sunday morning, the “It’s incredibly insensitive to people right partment said. be up and running within 24 hours. state’s total fatalities was at least 1,026. now who are giving their all,” he said. “I don’t The department determined The ship’s arrival comes as New York know what the president is talking about.” opening beds to non-veterans De Blasio and others criticized Trump for state’s death toll from the coronavirus out- Hospitals had warned staff early on dur- would not negatively affect vet- break climbed Sunday above 1,000, less than suggesting with no clear evidence that thou- ing the outbreak to not take masks home with eran care. a month after the first known infection in the sands of medical masks are disappearing them, but no evidence has emerged of large- “VA is proud to assist the City state. scale looting of supplies. of New York while continuing its from New York City hospitals. Most of those deaths have occurred in just Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater primary mission of caring for the past few days. At a Sunday briefing, the president told re- New York Hospital Association, said in a our nation’s veterans,” VA Sec- retary Robert Wilkie said in a New York City, the epicenter of the U.S. out- porters they should be asking, “Where are statement that the workers “deserve better break, reported Sunday that its toll had risen than their president suggesting that protec- statement. to 776. the masks going? Are they going out the back tive equipment is ‘going out the back door’ of The Federal Emergency Man- The total number of statewide deaths isn’t door?” New York hospitals.” agement Agency asked the VA for help after the state of New York requested federal assistance. The state has experienced explosive growth in its coronavirus cases, Report: 2 sailors aboard Reagan tested positive reaching about 59,000 Monday and nearly 1,000 deaths. The VA New York Harbor BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS from overseas during the pan- Healthcare System was treating Stars and Stripes demic, but developed symptoms 45 veterans with coronavirus as around day 10, USFJ officials told of Sunday, and 14 of them had YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Stars and Stripes on Thursday. Japan — A major U.S. news broad- been admitted to the hospital. Na- At Yokosuka, some sailors un- tionwide, the VA was treating 778 caster reported over the weekend derwent that observation period that two sailors aboard the air- veterans who had contracted the in their homes. But for those who virus, and 16 had died. craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan live aboard the Ronald Reagan, Lawmakers pleaded with the tested positive for coronavirus. those 14 days were served in “a VA for weeks to begin its “fourth It was unclear Monday whether designated observation berth- mission” — to support civilian those cases, which were reported ing” on the carrier, according to a hospitals and provide emergency by Fox News on Saturday citing March 14 internal notice obtained medical care to all Americans unnamed U.S. officials, are among by Stars and Stripes. in times of crises. Wilkie vowed three Yokosuka sailors confirmed “Medical personnel will con- to start that mission when called positive Thursday and Friday. duct daily medical screenings in on by President Donald Trump When asked Thursday whether person for personnel executing or the Department of Health and the first sailor to test positive was their observation period on board Human Services. assigned to the Ronald Reagan, the Reagan,” Capt. Pat Hannifin, Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., praised CHRISTIAN LOPEZ/Stars and Stripes U.S. Forces Japan officials de- the carrier’s commander, wrote Wilkie’s decision to step in. Rose, clined to comment. Fox News reported Saturday that two sailors aboard the aircraft in the notice. a combat veteran who represents The Navy — which previously carrier USS Ronald Reagan, seen here at Yokosuka Naval Base, The goal was to “preserve our all of Staten Island and parts of identified some installations and Japan, on Monday, tested positive for coronavirus. personnel readiness,” according southern Brooklyn, had urged the ships that experienced coronavi- to the notice. agency for help. rus cases — pivoted on Friday to up the numbers of sailors, de- mitigate spread of the virus fol- “Our focus remains putting “We drastically need to in- revealing servicewide case num- pendents and contractors testing lowing the three positive test re- to sea on time, with no degrada- crease capacity at our hospitals, bers only. The change follows a positive worldwide and publish- sults announced last week. Base tions to warfighting readiness or and utilizing VA facilities in that policy “not to disclose specific ing them daily on its website. As commander Capt. Rich Jarrett redundancy,” Hannifin wrote. effort makes sense and is the operational or readiness details of Sunday, the service reported instructed non-essential person- “Your health and personnel read- right thing to do,” Rose said. of units,” according to emails Fri- 134 sailors, 31 civilians, 23 de- nel to stay home and instructed iness is a crucial component to Despite concerns from some day from Lt. Cmdr. David Levy pendents and 12 contractors had residents to shelter in place “until Reagan’s ability to sail any waters lawmakers and advocates, Wilk- of Naval Forces Japan and Lt. j.g. tested positive. further notice.” and meet any challenge at sea.” ie has repeatedly insisted the Rachel McMarr of Pacific Fleet. Despite the policy, Yokosuka One of those cases originated Navy officials did not imme- department has an adequate The Navy will no longer provide officials announced two of its in the United States, where that diately respond Monday to ques- supply of equipment, beds and details that include “specific posi- three positive cases on Friday sailor is believed to have con- tions about whether the Ronald personal protective equipment tive cases, numbers of Sailors in evening, though they declined to tracted the virus before return- Reagan is still restricting sailors to handle a surge of coronavirus quarantine, or how many Sailors name the ships or units to which ing to Japan on March 15. The undergoing observation to ship- patients, even if called on to treat have been tested onboard specific the patients are assigned. sailor then started the 14 days of board quarters. non-veterans. installations,” Levy wrote. The Yokosuka base entered a restricted movement required for [email protected] [email protected] Instead, the Navy is totaling third day of lockdown Monday to all service members returning Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Twitter: @nikkiwentling Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Trump defends pushing guidelines to the end of April

Associated Press the government’s top infectious disease expert, who on Sunday WASHINGTON — Siding with said the U.S. could experience public health experts’ dire projec- between 100,000-200,000 deaths tions, President Donald Trump on and millions of infections from Monday defended his decision to the pandemic. extend restrictive social distanc- ing guidelines through the end of That warning hardened a rec- April, while bracing the nation for ognition in Washington that the a coronavirus death toll that could struggle against the coronavirus exceed 100,000 people. will not be resolved quickly even “The worst that could happen is as Trump expressed a longing for you do it too early and all of a sud- normalcy. PHOTOS BY GERALD HERBERT/AP den it comes back,” Trump said “It would not have been a good Above: Congregants exit after services at the Life Tabernacle Church in Central, La., on Sunday . during a nearly hour long call-in idea to pull back at a time when Pastor Tony Spell has defied a shelter-in-place order by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, due to the interview with “Fox & Friends” you really need to be pressing coronavirus pandemic, and continues to hold church services with hundreds of congregants. Below: as members of his coronavirus your foot on the pedal as opposed Lance Knippers protests outside as congregants arrive for services. task force fanned out across other to on the brakes,” Fauci said on media outlets to warn the virus’ CNN on Monday, describing how spread was only just beginning. he and Dr. Deborah Birx, the The comments came a day after coronavirus task force coordi- Trump made a dramatic course nator, had convinced Trump to Hundreds at Louisiana church reconsider. reversal and announced that he would not be moving to ease the Americans are now being asked guidelines and get the economy to prepare for at least another 30 flout COVID-19 gatherings ban back up and running by Easter, as days of severe economic and so- he said last week he hoped to do. cial disruption, with schools and In the face of stark projections businesses closed and public life BY STACEY PLAISANCE from his team and searing im- is upended. Associated Press ages of overwhelmed hospitals in On Monday, Maryland Gov. CENTRAL, La. — Hundreds of worshippers at- his native New York City, Trump Larry Hogan issued a new stay- tended services at a Louisiana church Sunday, flout- instead extended to April 30 the at-home directive that said Mary- ing a ban on large gatherings, angering neighbors social distancing guidelines, landers may only leave their and seemingly turning a deaf ear to their governor, which had been set to expire homes for essential work, to get who once again warned that hospitals could soon be Monday. Many states and local food or prescriptions or for other overwhelmed with new cases of the coronavirus. governments already have stiffer “absolutely necessary” reasons. An estimated 500 people of all ages filed inside controls in place on mobility and “We are no longer asking,” Hogan said. the mustard-yellow and beige Life Tabernacle gatherings. The order took effect at 8 p.m. church in Central, a city of nearly 29,000 outside Trump’s impulse to reopen the Monday. The governor said the Baton Rouge. country, driven by pleas from ban includes restrictions on trav- Assistant ministers and worshippers who stood business leaders, met a sober re- ality check from health experts, eling outside of the state and rid- outside the front doors and in the parking lot of including Dr. Anthony Fauci, ing public transportation. Life Tabernacle told news reporters to leave, say- ing cameras would not be allowed on the property and they had been told not to talk to the news media. They went inside without further comment. Across the street, Paul Quinn and other neighbors time and attention of first responders and make it Camp Humphreys hit with took pains to stay 6 feet apart from each other as much more likely that this disease will continue to they stood in a driveway and commented on their spread,” he said. opposition to the services being held. In New Orleans, police broke up a “funeral re- fifth coronavirus case “Other congregations are using the internet, past” of about 100 people Saturday afternoon, issu- BY KIM GAMEL The contractor was tested on Skype, and other safe ways to congregate. Why can’t ing a warrant for a 28-year-old man who refused to they? What makes them so special?” Quinn asked. “I shut it down and giving the band leader a summons, Stars and Stripes Sunday and the results came wish state police would come out and do something. back early Monday. He is in iso- a news release said. Several complaints about that SEOUL, South Korea — An- ... If they get out of church and go to the grocery event were among more than 300 received in the lation at his off-base residence as store, it’s a serious health hazard. They don’t know other American contractor work- directed by the Korea Centers for past week about violations of a ban on gatherings of ing at Camp Humphreys tested how many people they’re affecting, and they don’t more than 10 people, Superintendent Shaun Fergu- Disease Control, according to a seem to care. That’s a problem.” positive for the coronavirus on press release. son said in a separate statement. Monday, the fifth confirmed case Briefly commenting Sunday in the church’s park- He last visited Camp Hum- More than 1,300 of the COVID-19 diagnoses and at the largest U.S. base in South ing lot, Timothy Spell, father of Pastor Tony Spell, phreys on Friday, it said, adding 73 of the deaths have been in New Orleans, and Korea, officials said. said Life Tabernacle has a right to assembly, is not Edwards repeated on Sunday’s national news talk that U.S. military and KCDC offi- Camp Humphreys, the larg- cials are conducting contact trac- forcing anyone to attend services, is not breaking shows what he’s been saying for days: The city’s hos- est overseas Army garrison and ing to determine if anybody else any laws and will continue to hold services at the pitals are likely to run out of ventilators by April 4 home to the main military head- may have been exposed. church. and beds by April 10. quarters on the divided penin- Garrison commander Col. Mi- More than 3,500 Louisiana residents have been New Orleans’ tourist economy has also been hit sula, has been partially locked chael Tremblay said 27 people diagnosed with the coronavirus, and more than 150 hard, with hotels, restaurants, bars, convention cen- down since Friday after three of them have died, according to state figures re- ters and other businesses closed. people who worked at Eighth who worked with the contractor leased Sunday. Deaths included that of the first fed- Dwindling food banks for local residents got Army headquarters tested posi- and six others who came in close eral prison inmate, a man with “serious preexisting a boost when the U.S. Department of Agricul- tive last week. contact had been sent home for conditions” who was being held in Oakdale, La., the ture agreed Friday to let them use about 4 million The new infections raised to self-quarantine. U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Saturday. pounds of stockpiled federal emergency supplies, 13 the total number of cases af- His workplace and a conve- The virus has killed seven of more than 160 peo- The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate filiated with U.S. Forces Korea, nience store he had visited were ple diagnosed with the disease in East Baton Rouge reported. New Orleans leaders had been asking for including two soldiers. The in- thoroughly cleaned. USFK didn’t Parish, where the church is located, according to about a week before the USDA granted the waivers. crease came as South Korea has identify where he worked but state figures. “We told them tens of thousands of people have seen its overall pace of infections said it wasn’t at Eighth Army People who violate the ban are being selfish and been laid off in the hospitality industry, and they slow, with only 76 new cases re- headquarters. “grossly irresponsible,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said need food now,” City Councilwoman Helena Moreno ported Monday, down from a high [email protected] Sunday afternoon in New Orleans. They “take the said. “Then they kind of got it.” of 909 on Feb. 29. Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Japan cases spike after Olympics delay

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI in the week. On Saturday, Tokyo Associated Press reported 63 new cases, another single-day record. Koike said TOKYO — Before the Olympics that infections in Tokyo were on were postponed, Japan looked the brink of an explosive increase like it had coronavirus infections and that stronger measures, in- contained, even as they spread in neighboring countries. Now cluding a lockdown, could be that the games have been pushed needed if the spread of the virus to next year, Tokyo’s cases are doesn’t slow. spiking, and the city’s governor “Is this just a coincidence?” is requesting that people stay Maiko Tajima, an opposition law- home, even hinting at a possible maker from the Constitutional lockdown. Democratic Party of Japan, said The sudden rise in the number during a parliamentary session of virus cases in Tokyo and the last Wednesday, citing Tokyo’s government’s strong actions im- sudden spike. mediately after the Olympic post- Health Minister Katsunobu ponement has raised questions in Kato said there is “absolutely no parliament and among citizens relationship” between the Olym- about whether Japan understated pic postponement and the num- the extent of the outbreak and ber of confirmed cases. Abe cited delayed enforcement of social experts as saying a big reason distancing measures while cling- for the recent rise is the grow- ing to hopes that the games would start on July 24 as scheduled. ing number of cases that can’t be With the Olympics now off, linked and a jump in infections many are voicing suspicion that from abroad. The prime minister the numbers are rising because told people to “be prepared for a Japan suddenly has no reason to long battle.” hide them. EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP A day after Koike’s warning, “In order to make an impres- Abe convened a new task force Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, sion that the city was taking con- under a recently enacted special northern Japan, on March 25. The increase in infection numbers after the announcement of delaying the trol of the coronavirus, Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo has raised questions. law that would allow him to de- avoided making strict requests clare a state of emergency in spe- and made the number of patients cases as it becomes increasingly cific areas, including Tokyo. look smaller,” former Japanese difficult to trace and keep clus- ‘ Japan’s strategy has been to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (For Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike) it was ters under control. focus on clusters and trace in- said in a tweet. “The coronavirus “Once infections overshoot, Olympics first, not Tokyo’s residents. ’ fection routes rather than test- has spread while they waited. ing everyone. A guideline issued (For Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike) our strategy ... will instantly fall Yukio Hatoyama former Japanese Prime Minister Saturday still says that tests will it was Olympics first, not Tokyo’s apart,” Abe warned. “Under the be conducted per clinical doctors’ residents.” current situation, we are just Experts have found a rise of barely holding up.” He said a advice. Experts set a high bar for untraceable cases mushrooming state of emergency is not needed cherry blossom viewing, and Abe 2021 because of the coronavirus testing eligibility, allowing them in Tokyo, Osaka and other urban just yet, but that Japan could at was only hinting at an Olympic pandemic. only for those linked to clusters areas — signs of an explosive in- any time face a situation as bad as postponement. But in a phone A day later, Koike asked Tokyo or those with symptoms because crease in infections. in the United States or Europe. call with International Olympic residents to stay home weekends they fear massive testing will fill Prime Minister Shinzo Abe There was less of a sense of ur- Committee President Thomas until mid-April, saying confirmed up beds that are needed for pa- said Saturday that Japan is now gency displayed recently when Bach last Tuesday, Abe agreed cases of the coronavirus had shot tients in severe need, and cause a on the brink of a huge jump in many people visited parks for to postpone the games until up to 41 in a day from 16 earlier collapse of medical systems. City at center of China’s virus pandemic gradually revives

Associated Press as China fought the coronavirus. but say they need to restore the The train station reopened Satur- flow of components before pro- WUHAN, China — Shopkeep- day, bringing thousands of people duction returns to normal levels. ers in the city at the center of to what is the manufacturing and Some are waiting for employees the virus outbreak in China were transportation hub of central who went to their hometowns for reopening Monday but custom- China. ers were scarce after authorities the Lunar New Year holiday and “After two months trapped at were stranded when plane, train lifted more of the anti-virus con- home, I want to jump,” said Kat, trols that kept tens of millions of and bus services were all but cut jumping up and down excitedly. off to Hubei province. people at home for two months. “I want to revenge shop.” “I’m so excited, I want to cry,” Some parents were on the street That will be a welcome senti- with their children but traffic was said a woman on the Chuhe Han- ment to officials who are under jie pedestrian mall who would light. orders to revive manufacturing, The owner of a candy shop on give only the English name Kat. retailing and other industries the Chuhe Hanjie mall said two She said she was a teacher in the while also preventing a spike in of her four employees are back at eastern city of Nanjing visiting infections as people return to work but she wasn’t sure whether her family in Wuhan when the work. the others were willing to come government locked down the city Travel controls on most of in late January to stem the spread Hubei province, where Wuhan is back. of the coronavirus. located, were lifted on March 23. “We’ve only prepared a little Some 70% to 80% of shops on The final restrictions preventing stock,” said the owner, Li Zhen. the mall were open but many im- people from leaving Wuhan are “Most people are still afraid of posed limits on how many people due to end April 8. the virus.” could enter. Shopkeepers set up China had suffered 3,186 coro- A poster at the entrance to the dispensers for hand sanitizer and navirus deaths, including 2,547 pedestrian mall asked customers checked customers for signs of in Wuhan, as of midnight Sunday, to wear masks, cooperate with fever. according to the National Health fever checks and show a code on Wuhan’s bus and subway ser- Commission. The country had a a smartphone app that tracks a OLIVIA ZHANG/AP vice has resumed, easing curbs total of 81,470 confirmed cases. user’s health status and travel. A that cut most access to the city Automakers and other manu- banner nearby said, “Wuhan We A store employee waits for customers at a re-opened retail street in of 11 million people on Jan. 23 facturers in Wuhan have reopened Are Coming Back. Thank You.” Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on Monday. Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Spain has most infections; Moscow put on lockdown

BY ARITZ PARRA Richeldi, a lung specialist. AND DAVID RISING ‘ What I saw was a Locked-down Moscow ac- Associated Press counted for more than 1,200 of lot, a lot of pain. It the country’s 1,800 or so corona- MADRID — Bells tolled in was very hard. virus cases. Madrid’s deserted central square ’ Experts say the critical situ- and flags were lowered in a day of Andrea Napoli ations seen in hospitals in Italy mourning Monday as Spain raced coronavirus patient and Spain will be soon heading to build field hospitals to treat an in an Italian hospital toward the United States. onslaught of coronavirus patients. In the U.S., the government’s top In Italy, coronavirus patient Andrea Napoli, 33, said he didn’t infectious-disease expert warned KHALIL MAZRAAW, POOL/AP that smaller cities are about to home or at nursing homes are not remotely expect that he would be A woman prepares to leave a Dead Sea resort Monday in Jordan, see cases “take off” the way they even counted. hospitalized, struggling for his where she was quarantined with her children for 14 days. have in New York City. Spain and Italy make up more life, since he was young and fit. Moscow locked down its 12 than half the world’s death toll But what he saw shocked him. million people as Russia braced from the virus that has upended While he was being treated in for sweeping nationwide restric- the lives of billions and devastat- Rome, three patients died in his Prisoners riot in Iran; ed world economies. Their hos- tions. And in Britain, there was ward. He saw doctors stressed pitals have been buckling under some good news: Prince Charles, and exhausted from the long the weight of caring for so many the heir to the throne who tested hours, out of breath from push- Netanyahu tested, to desperately ill patients at once. positive for the coronavirus, has ing equipment around, dressed Italy has by far the most reported ended his period of isolation and in protective masks, suits and virus deaths, at nearly 11,000. is in good health, his office said. gloves. enter self-quarantine At least six of Spain’s 17 regions Three-quarters of a million were at their limit of intensive “What I saw was a lot, a lot of people around the world have care unit beds, and three more pain. It was very hard,” Napoli BY AMIR VAHDAT later returned on their own to the become infected and over 35,000 were close to it, authorities said. said. “I heard screams from the AND ARON HELLER prison. have died, according to a running Crews of workers were frantical- other rooms, constant coughing count kept by Johns Hopkins Uni- from the other rooms.” Associated Press Since the beginning of the year, ly building more field hospitals. riots have broken out in prisons in versity. The U.S. reported over For most people, the corona- Nearly 15% of all those infected TEHRAN, Iran — Prisoners Aligudarz, Hamedan and Tabriz 140,000 infections and more than in Spain, almost 13,000 people, virus causes mild or moderate 2,500 deaths, with New York City in southern Iran broke cameras as well, with some prisoners es- are health care workers, hurt- symptoms, such as fever and and caused other damage during the worst hot spot. caping, IRNA reported. ing hospitals’ efforts to help the cough. But for others, especially a riot, state media reported Mon- Spain overtook China in re- Iran has reported more than tsunami of people gasping for older adults and people with ex- day, the latest in a series of violent ported coronavirus infections as 40,000 infections and 2,757 breath. isting health problems, the virus prison disturbances in the coun- the outbreak stretched scores of deaths from COVID-19, the ill- In hard-hit Madrid, flags were can cause severe symptoms like try, which is battling the most se- Spanish hospitals to their break- ness caused by the coronavirus, lowered to half-staff for an of- pneumonia. More than 150,000 vere coronavirus outbreak in the ing point. including 117 fatalities in the last ficial mourning period. During people have recovered, according Middle East. With a population of 47 mil- 24 hours. The Health Ministry a minute of silence for the dead, Israel meanwhile announced lion people to China’s 1.4 billion, to Johns Hopkins. said more than 3,500 people are Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square China on Monday reported 31 that Prime Minister Benjamin in critical condition, while around Spain saw its official tally of in- was empty as bells tolled. new COVID-19 cases, among Netanyahu will enter self-quaran- 14,000 have recovered . fections climb past 85,000. It also In a situation unimaginable them just one domestic infection. tine after an aide tested positive Elsewhere Monday, Jordan reported over 800 new deaths, for only a month ago, Italian offi- At the peak of China’s restric- for the virus. His office says the began releasing thousands of an overall toll of more than 7,300. cials were cheered when they re- 70-year-old leader has undergone Experts say those figures tions, some 700 million people travelers who were quarantined ported only 756 deaths in one day. a test and will remain in quaran- for the last two weeks at five-star — and those in every other coun- were ordered to stay home, but The country said the number of tine until he receives results or is hotels on the Dead Sea in order to try — are much lower than the those rules are easing. deaths has dropped about 10% a cleared by the Health Ministry prevent the spread of the virus. true numbers, because of limited Japanese automaker Toyota day since Friday. and his personal doctor. His close More than 4,200 Jordanians testing, counting irregularities halted production at its auto “We are saving lives by staying advisers are also isolating. and 1,500 foreigners have been and mild cases that have been plants in Europe, but all of its fac- at home, by maintaining social More than 4,300 Israelis have held at the hotels. The Jordani- missed. Many coronavirus deaths tories in China resumed work on distance, by traveling less and been infected with the new virus ans will be sent home, and are in Spain and Italy that happen at by closing schools,” said Dr. Luca Monday. and 15 have died. requested to remain at home for Iran had temporarily released another 14 days. around 100,000 prisoners as part Travelers with other nationali- of measures taken to contain the ties will be released on Tuesday. pandemic, leaving an estimated It was not immediately clear 50,000 people behind bars, in- where they would go, but authori- cluding violent offenders and ties said they would be in contact so-called “security cases,” often with their embassies and the For- dual nationals and others with eign Ministry. Western ties. Families of detain- Jordan has reported 259 infec- ees and Western nations say Iran tions and four deaths from the is holding those prisoners for po- virus. At least 18 people have litical reasons or to use them as recovered. bargaining chips in negotiations. Jordan halted all flights and The state-run IRNA news closed its borders on March 17. It agency quoted Gov. Enayatol- later imposed an indefinite round- lah Rahimi of the southern Fars the-clock curfew before provid- province as saying a riot broke ing limited times for people to out at Adel Abad Prison, the main shop for basic goods on foot. lockup in the city of Shiraz. Rahi- In Egypt, the government ex- mi said prisoners broke cameras tended the closure of museums and caused other damage in two and archaeological sites, includ- sections housing violent crimi- ing the Pyramids and the Sphinx nals. No one was wounded and no at Giza, until at least April 15. Au- one escaped. thorities still plan to light up the IRNA reported Friday that pyramids on Monday night in an 70 inmates had escaped Saqqez expression of support for health

FELIPE DANA/AP Prison in Iran’s western Kurd- workers battling the virus. istan province. Prisoners beat Egypt has reported more than Firefighters prepare to disinfect a nursing home in efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus guards during the chaos, a local 600 infections and 40 deaths from in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. Spain has overtaken China in reported coronavirus infections. prosecutor said. Several inmates the virus. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Trump claims GM not working fast, uses wartime act

BY TOM KRISHER have done it faster,” said Gerald Associated Press Johnson, GM’s global manufac- turing chief. DETROIT — Eleven days ago, Peter Navarro, Trump’s as- General Motors put hundreds of sistant for manufacturing policy, workers on an urgent project to said Saturday that invoking the build breathing machines as hos- act was needed because GM pitals and governors pleaded for “dragged its heels for days” in JULIA PICKETT, MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR/AP more in response to the coronavi- committing to the investments Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells Michigan residents to stay at home in her most sweeping order of the rus pandemic. to start making ventilators at an But on Friday, President Don- coronavirus crisis March 23 in Lansing, Mich. Differing approaches to coronavirus show not even a automotive electronics plant in ald Trump, claiming that the panedemic can bridge political divisions. Kokomo, Ind . company wasn’t moving fast It was only a few days earlier enough, invoked the Defense Pro- that Trump had been holding up duction Act, which gives the gov- GM and Ford as examples of com- ernment broad authority to direct Coronavirus response highlights panies voluntarily responding companies to meet national de- to the outbreak without the need fense needs. for him to invoke the act. Then on Experts on managing factory deepening of partisan divide production said that GM is al- Friday, he slammed GM on Twit- ready making an extraordinary ter and during his daily briefing BY STEVE PEOPLES the next election. effort for a company that normal- for foot-dragging. On Sunday, he Associated Press “I do worry that making this a partisan issue will ly isn’t in the business of produc- was back to praising the company kill more people in redder states,” the Los Angeles ing ventilators. during another briefing: “Gener- NEW YORK — In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Gar- mayor said in an interview. “There is no way to keep “That is lightning-fast speed to al Motors is doing a fantastic job. cetti has instituted a shutdown on a city of nearly 4 this out of your city.” million people and threatened uncooperative busi- secure suppliers, learn how the I don’t think we have to worry In Mississippi, Reeves warned that extended so- ness owners with power shutoffs and arrest. products work and make space in about them anymore.” cial distancing orders could cause a more danger- In Mississippi, home to nearly 3 million people, their manufacturing plant,” said Erik Gordon, a University of ous fallout than the pandemic by destroying the Gov. Tate Reeves has allowed most businesses to Kaitlin Wowak, a professor at the Michigan law and business pro- nation’s economy. stay open — even restaurants, so long as they serve University of Notre Dame who fo- fessor, said that he thought Trump “I don’t think there’s any doubt that if the United no more than 10 people at a time. cuses on industrial supply chains. would commend GM and use it as States found itself in a severe depression with 20% The divergent approaches are evidence that not to 30% unemployment, that the abject poverty that “You can’t get much faster than an example for other manufactur- ers in the coronavirus fight. even a global pandemic can bridge the gaping politi- could create could lead to more health problems that.” cal divisions of the Trump era. The fierce tribalism “What came out was a smack than this particular virus is causing,” Reeves said. GM expects to produce ventila- that has characterized debates over immigration, on the head,” he said. Trump, meanwhile, has engaged in a war of words tors at a rate of 10,000 per month taxes and health care is now coloring policy-making Critics have urged Trump to with Democratic governors in key states, where starting in mid-April. The com- during a coronavirus outbreak that threatens count- elected officials have openly complained about the invoke the Defense Production pany is working with Ventec Life less lives and local economies across the nation. lack of federal assistance to stem a dangerous short- Act broadly to control the pro- Systems, a small Seattle-area “This epidemic has been a window into our poli- age of coronavirus tests and medical equipment. ventilator maker, and both said duction, supply and distribution tics,” said Larry Levitt, who leads health policy Late last week, Trump told Vice President Mike that the Act doesn’t change what of ventilators and protective gear for the Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been Pence, “don’t call the woman in Michigan” — refer- they’re doing because they’re al- for hospital workers who are run- tracking responses. “Particularly over the past cou- ring to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is ready moving as fast as they can, ning short. That’s what the act ple of weeks, a political divide has emerged.” considered a potential vice presidential pick for the fronting millions in capital with was meant to do, and it was not Democrats like Garcetti fear the politics that are ultimate Democratic nominee. Trump dubbed her an uncertain return. for use against a single company, shaping conflicting pandemic responses will have as “Gretchen ‘Half’ Whitmer” on Twitter, claiming “I don’t think anybody could Gordon said. real-world consequences far more important than that she’s “way in over her head.” Instacart workers seek strike as jobs get busier and riskier

BY ALEXANDRA OLSON said that they intend to join the 20,000 part-time workers who pay of $5 an order and supplies of long extension of a temporary pol- AND CURT ANDERSON strike for at least a day — or have are assigned to a single store, col- hand sanitizer, wipes and clean- icy giving 14 days of paid leave to Associated Press stopped filling orders already for lecting groceries that are subse- ing supplies free of charge. On workers who are diagnosed with fear of getting the virus — other, quently delivered to clients by a Sunday, the company said that it the coronavirus, or have been or- NEW YORK — A possible newer workers are content to have contracted Instacart worker. had contracted with a third-party dered to isolate themselves. strike by Instacart workers high- a paying job at a time of mass lay- Chloe Grozdina, a part-time In- manufacturer to make a hand The strike organizers demand- lights the impact of the corona- offs in other industries. stacart in-store shopper assigned sanitizer spray that workers can ed that the policy be extended virus outbreak on the grocery The San Francisco-based to a Mariano’s grocery store in request at no cost via a website to workers with a doctor’s note delivery business, where workers delivery app is trying to hire the Chicago area, said that work- starting Monday, with shipments verifying a pre-existing condi- are worried about their safety as 300,000 more workers — more ers are seeing “a lot of apocalypse starting in a few days. tion that could make them more they try to meet a surge in de- than doubling its workforce — to orders” from customers hunkered Data show online grocery or- vulnerable to the virus. They also mand for online groceries. fulfill orders it says have surged down in their homes. Panic shop- ders jumping even before some demanded that Instacart raise the A group called the Gig Workers by 150% year-over-year in the ping has cleared out the shelves, cities and states imposed “stay at tip default in its app to 10% from Collective called for a nationwide past weeks. The company said meaning that she often has to re- home” orders. During the week of the current 5%. Instead, Instacart walk out Monday. They’ve been that 50,000 new shoppers joined place a customer’s orders with a March 2, Instacart, Amazon and announced Sunday that it would asking Instacart to provide work- its platform in just the past week. lesser item or notify them that it’s Walmart grocery delivery servic- change the default to the amount ers with hazard pay and protec- Some customers are waiting days not available. es each saw at least a 65% sales the customer last tipped, saying tive gear, among other demands. to receive orders. Grozdina, who makes $13 an increase compared to the same tips have increased considerably Instacart said Sunday that it Instacart currently has a work- hour and doesn’t get tips, said time last year, according to esti- during the virus crisis. would soon provide workers with force of over 200,000 contracted that the crowds of fellow Insta- mates from Earnest Research. While such low-wage jobs put a new hand sanitizer upon re- workers who make multiple trips cart shoppers have made it tough Instacart has started offering people on the front lines of the quest and outlined changes to its a day to various grocery stores to keep a safe distance while rac- bonuses of between $25 and $200 pandemic, many people are ap- tip system. The group said the to fulfill and deliver orders that ing to fulfill orders. for its hourly employees depen- plying as layoffs surge in retail, measures were too little too late. customers make through the app. Among their demands, the dent on hours worked until April restaurant, hospitality and other While some workers have It also directly employs about strike organizers want hazard 15. It also announced a month- industries. Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Cookie Monster, Elmo help remind kids to wash hands

From wire reports workers to make 30-pound boxes of food, including produce, bread NEW YORK — Elmo, Rooster and meat. The boxes will be avail- and Cookie Monster are doing able for pickup at restaurants their part to help keep kids safe throughout the city. as the coronavirus pandemic “This project can touch the grinds on. lives of many thousand displaced The beloved Sesame Street workers,” Bayless said in a news Muppets are featured in some of release. four new animated public service The plan is to process 800 spots reminding young fans to boxes each week. The effort is take care while doing such things being funded by a $250,000 anon- as washing hands and sneezing. ymous gift in partnership with One of Elmo’s signature songs, US Foods, a Rosemont-based food the toothbrush classic “Brushy distributor. Brush,” has been updated to “Washy Wash.”Rooster pops up in another of the 30-second spots to Kansas remind kids to “wash hands now” TOPEKA — All 2.9 million before eating, playing sports or Kansas residents were under a using the bathroom. stay-at-home order Monday im- The new content on Sesame- posed by Democratic Gov. Laura Street.org/caring builds on last Kelly as the numbers of con- week’s launch of Sesame Work- firmed coronavirus cases and shop’s Caring for Each Other COVID-19-related deaths con- initiative to help families stay tinue to grow. physically and mentally healthy It helped Kelly’s case with the during the health crisis. The over- Republican-controlled Legisla- all project ranges from messages ture that the exceptions in her of comfort to learning activities order for “essential” outside-the- in reading, math and science. home activities include religious “As families around the world worship and buying, selling and adjust to their new realities, par- manufacturing guns and ammu- ents and caregivers are looking nition. Other exceptions allow for help in creating new routines, people to buy food and get medi- staying healthy and fostering cal care. DAYARTRA ETHERIDGE/AP learning at home while little ones The Legislature’s top seven are out of school,” Dr. Rosemarie leaders, five of them Republicans, Health care workers, other passengers and flight crew on a Southwest flight from Atlanta to New York’s Truglio, senior vice president of have the power to revoke her or- LaGuardia Airport hold their hands in the shape of a heart before the plane pushed back from the gate at curriculum and content at Sesame ders, but no one spoke against Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. There were about 30 health care professionals, all from Workshop, said in a statement. her stay-at-home directive dur- Atlanta-area hospitals, who were headed to New York to help with the coronavirus outbreak. ing a meeting of top lawmakers Florida Sunday. That allowed the order 250 people have tested positive About one-third of Wisconsin of the group members, who will to take effect early Monday. It is for the virus in Maine. dairy products, mainly cheese, self-quarantine for 14 days. FORT LAUDERDALE — Flor- to remain in force until at least are sold in the food service trade, ida Gov. Ron DeSantis was sched- April 19. Nevada the Journal Sentinel reported. Florida uled to visit a testing site at Hard “You always want to balance Farmers have said that the Rock Stadium in South Florida on your safety with rights,” said RENO — Several alcohol dis- coronavirus outbreak has caused ORLANDO — As many movie Monday as the state’s confirmed House Speaker Ron Ryckman tilleries in Nevada unable to make milk prices to drop to unprofit- theater screens around the coun- coronavirus caseload approaches Jr., a Republican from Olathe in liquor under current coronavirus able levels this spring, at a time try go dark amid the coronavirus 5,000. Many residents spent their Johnson County, which has more shutdowns are turning their at- when money is needed for the up- pandemic, John Watzke said that first weekend under “Safer at than 100 confirmed cases. “We’re tention to another product to help coming planting season. his theater is doing just fine. In Home” orders. continually trying to thread a soothe customers. Dairy farmers are worried fact, business is booming for this The number of confirmed cases needle.” They’re combining their key about processing plants closing time of year. in Florida jumped by 912 Sunday ingredient — ethanol, which or cutting production, forcing The Ocala Drive-In, one of just a after passing 4,000 Saturday, the Maine kills germs — with aloe vera or them to dump milk. small handful of drive-in theaters largest single-day jump. Nearly other chemicals to make hand still open (even during normal half of these people are in the AUGUSTA — Maine’s largest sanitizer. West Virginia times) in Florida, is providing a hotspot of Miami-Dade and Bro- electric utility is donating 6,000 Seven Troughs in Sparks is al- bright spot for film lovers during masks to the Maine Emergency ward, the state’s most populous ready turning out sanitizer, 175 MORGANTOWN — Members this unprecedented time. Management Agency to be used of a church group gobbled fast counties. gallons last week, most of which “For this time of the year, I’ve to protect front-line medical food upon their return to West Teachers and students across is going to Renown Hospital, as seen a very big increase in atten- Florida, which has some of the workers from the coronavirus. Virginia after becoming stuck in well as to first responders. dance,” said Watzke, who owns largest school districts in the Central Maine Power’s parent Honduras for two weeks during a Tom Adams, owner of Seven the drive-in. “I just feel like peo- country, were set to begin virtual company, Avangrid, rounded up Troughs, said that hand sanitizer mission trip. ple need some form of normalcy schooling Monday after spring 3,000 surgical masks and 3,000 is a critical supply. Sixteen members of the Mor- in their life.” break ended in many areas of the N-95 respirators that were sent to “We’ve been asked by our com- gantown Church of Christ arrived Even though visitors are com- state. the MEMA offices Monday, CMP munity health partners to pro- back home Friday, The Dominion ing in droves and his theater is said. duce as much ethanol as we can Post reported. Illinois “Given the growing shortage of to go into hand sanitizers,” Adams The mission trip that was sup- keeping the projectors on for Flo- masks and other protective gear told the Reno Gazette-Journal. posed to last a week turned into ridians, Watzke knows this isn’t CHICAGO — Celebrity chef faced by medical facilities across 14 days when the new corona- business as usual. Rick Bayless launched an effort Maine, we have an opportunity Wisconsin virus pandemic prompted the “I’ve taken my parking spac- to help restaurant workers who and an obligation to help,” said Honduran government to shut its es down to approximately half. have been laid off during the David Flanagan, CMP’s execu- MILWAUKEE — The corona- borders. I’ve taken every other space and coronavirus pandemic. tive chairman. virus has delivered a severe blow The church group boarded roped it off,” he said. “When you One of the award-winning Chi- The state is concerned about to Wisconsin dairy farmers who a plane Thursday afternoon. park now, instead of being two cago chef’s restaurants that’s cur- the adequacy of supplies to com- rely on selling milk to restau- Church elder Richard Moore feet away, we have a 10- to 12- rently closed, Frontera Grill, will bat COVID-19, which has claimed rants, schools and the hospitality said that he was surprised no one foot buffer zone between every host an operation paying laid-off three lives in Maine. More than industry. mentioned checking the health vehicle.” PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 NATION Sanders says he’s staying in, Dems fear 2016 repeat

The Washington Post one voice against a president who is already aimed at November, or Behind the growing fear among squabble for months more. many Democrats that Sen. Bernie Although Sanders has long Sanders’ continued presence in pledged to do all he can to help the presidential race could spell the eventual nominee defeat doom in November is the belief that they’ve seen it happen before President Donald Trump, Demo- — in the last campaign. crats are still haunted by the last grueling battle, which didn’t end The 2016 Democratic conven- AL SEIB, LOS ANGELES TIMES, POOL/AP tion was just about to get started after it became clear that Clinton when Sanders, I-Vt., addressed would be the nominee, and in- Lonnie Franklin Jr., a convicted serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper,” is sentenced in Los Angeles his delegates. It was time to sup- stead stretched into the summer Superior Court on Aug. 10, 2016. Franklin died in a California prison. He was 67. port her, he told his backers. They convention and beyond. Then, disagreed, booing loudly. Some as now, an impassioned band of stuck their thumbs down as TV Sanders supporters voiced their Serial killer ‘Grim Sleeper’ dies at 67 cameras captured the extraor- displeasure loudly and widely, dinary show of dissent, which sometimes echoing the harsh- Associated Press would continue on the convention est attacks of Trump and his al- life,” Diana Ware said. “We can ly investigate the killings because now be at peace.” the victims were black and poor floor. lies with little reproach from SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Lon- Franklin had been on death row and many were drug users and To some Democrats in that Sanders. nie Franklin, the convicted serial campaign, it was a lesson learned Moved by an urgency to come since August 2016 for the deaths prostitutes during the crack co- killer known as the “Grim Sleep- of nine women and a teenage girl. the hard way about the limita- together against Trump as the caine epidemic. er“ who preyed on the women of Franklin was linked at trial to 14 tions of Sanders’ promises of coronavirus pandemic has up- Franklin was connected to the South Los Angeles for more than slayings, including four women support and the ferocity of his ended the presidential race, some crimes after a task force that re- two decades, has died in prison. he wasn’t charged with killing. unbridled backers. Four years party leaders feel that Sanders examined the old cases discov- He was 67. Police have said he may have had later, with the senator from Ver- should end his campaign and help ered that DNA from Franklin’s California corrections officials as many as 25 victims. mont still running against former the Democratic Party position said Franklin was found unre- son, which was in a database be- itself for the November general Most of the victims were fa- cause of an arrest, showed simi- vice president Joe Biden despite sponsive in his cell at San Quentin tally shot at close range, though election. larities to genetic evidence found almost impossible odds of victory, State Prison on Saturday evening. two were strangled. Their bodies some party leaders are increas- “I just think it’s a terrible deci- An autopsy will determine the on some of the “Grim Sleeper” sion for him to make because he were dumped and left to rot in al- ingly worried about a reprise of cause of death; however, there leys and trash bins. victims. looks very selfish,” said former the bitter divisions that many were no signs of trauma, correc- The killer earned his moniker A detective posing as a busboy Democratic senator Barbara Democrats blame for Hillary tions spokeswoman Terry Thorn- because of the apparent hiatus at a pizza parlor collected utensils Boxer of California, who backs Clinton’s loss. ton said in a statement. from the late 1980s to 2002. The and crusts while Franklin was Biden. If Sanders is genuine about “It’s the equivalent of a World The stepmother of a victim murders went unsolved for years attending a birthday party. Lab War II kamikaze pilot,” said going all in to defeat Trump, “then named Barbara Ware told People and Franklin avoided suspicion results connected him to some of Philippe Reines, a longtime ad- get out,” she said. magazine she was shocked by the by working as a city trash collec- the bodies and led to his arrest. viser to Clinton. “They have no But Sanders has given no indi- news. tor and onetime garage attendant Investigators found a gun used better option than to plow into cation that he is preparing to do “I won’t say I’m pleased he died for Los Angeles police. in one of the killings and photos of USS Biden.” that. He recently said he wants to but at the end, there was justice Community members com- victims in Franklin’s house after The judgment Sanders makes debate Biden in April. for all the bad things he did in his plained that police didn’t serious- his arrest. about his fate and the direction Some Democrats, including taken by his supporters could be veterans of the 2016 contest, said among the most consequential they see signs of hope that the decisions of the race, determining party can avoid the intraparty vi- whether Democrats speak with ciousness that marked that race. Ariz. officer killed, 2 hurt in shooting

Associated Press Man hurt in Hanukkah 2 inmates who escaped PHOENIX — A Phoenix po- stabbings has died prison camp captured lice commander was killed and two other officers were wounded MONSEY, N.Y. — A man REDWAY, Calif. — Authori- Sunday night as they responded who was among the five people ties on Sunday captured two to calls about a dispute between stabbed during a Hanukkah cel- minimum-security inmates who roommates. ebration north of New York City walked away from a prison camp Cmdr. Greg Carnicle, a veteran has died three months after the in Northern California on Friday officer and father of four, was attack, according to an Orthodox night. killed. The other officers, both Jewish organization and com- The California Department of munity liaison with a local police women, were hospitalized, the department. Corrections and Rehabilitation department said. Josef Neumann, 72, died Sun- found Derek Barnett, 29, and Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said at a day night, the Orthodox Jewish Noah Wilson, 28. news conference that the suspect ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Public Affairs Council said in a Authorities arrested Barnett at refused to cooperate and shot the tweet. The funeral for Neumann, 11 a.m. Sunday as he was prepar- officers after they were called to A Phoenix Police officer directs a patrol vehicle to the scene of a a father of seven and great-grand- ing to leave an apartment complex the scene shortly after 7 p.m. Sun- deadly shooting in Phoenix on Sunday . father, will be held Monday. No in Ukiah, the California Depart- day. The suspect was still inside additional details were provided. ment of Corrections and Rehabil- and the situation was active as of gery, and another is recovering He’s survived by his wife and On Dec. 28, an attacker with itation said in a statement. 10 p.m., Fortune told the Arizona from her wounds, Williams told four children, Fortune said at the a machete rushed into a rabbi’s Wilson was arrested at 4:35 Republic. the Republic. news conference. “Tonight we lost a true hero. home in an Orthodox Jewish p.m. during a traffic stop off In- The department tweeted that Mayor Kate Gallego tweeted: Greg Carnicle was a 31-year vet- community in Monsey, N. Y., an terstate 5 south of Fort Tejon, the Carnicle “held positions through- eran of our department,” Phoenix “Our thoughts are with the loved ambush Gov. Andrew Cuomo department said, noting it had out the department including called an act of domestic terror- Police Chief Jeri Williams said. the special assignments unit, K9 ones of these officers and the en- received information about the ism fueled by intolerance and a The other two officers who and he most recently oversaw tire Phoenix Police Department. “cancer” of growing hatred in vehicle he was using. were shot are in stable condition, all evening and weekend patrol Please keep these individuals in America. From The Associated Press she said. One woman is out of sur- operations.” your thoughts.” Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen Philippines grounds THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab company’s aircraft raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coro- navirus, police and the museum said Monday. The Singer Laren museum east after deadly blaze of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884 “ by the Dutch mas- Associated Press The twin-engine aircraft was on a medical evacuation mission ter was taken in the early hours of MANILA, Philippines — Phil- when it caught fire. The two pas- Monday. By early afternoon, all ippine aviation officials on sengers — from the U.S. and Can- that could be seen from the out- Monday grounded all aircraft be- ada — and six Filipino flight crew side of the museum was a large longing to a company that owns and medical personnel died when white panel covering a door in the a plane that caught fire while the Tokyo-bound plane burst into building’s glass facade. MIAA MEDIA AFFAIRS OFFICE/AP taking off from Manila’s airport, flames on the main runway, air- Museum General Director killing all eight people on board. port general manager Ed Mon- The remains of a Lionair, West Wind 24 aircraft lies along the runway Evert van Os said the institu- All of Lionair Inc.’s aircraft real said. after it caught fire during take off at Manila’s International Airport in tion that houses the collection of will remain grounded during the The fire prompted the closure Philippines on Sunday. American couple William and investigation of the burning of its of the airport’s main runway and Anna Singer is “angry, shocked, Westwind 24 plane late Sunday, caused one international flight to for domestic and foreign travel, the coronavirus outbreak, from sad” at the theft of the painting. they said. The plane had been be diverted. including medical emergency Manila to central and southern The value of the work, which used earlier to transport medi- The aircraft’s cockpit voice re- flights. It was not immediately provinces. The pilot and crew of was on loan from the Groninger cal supplies for the coronavirus corder has been recovered by in- clear how many aircraft the com- the plane that caught fire at the Museum in the northern Dutch outbreak. vestigators, officials said. pany operates. airport had transported medical city of Groningen, was not imme- Lionair, a Philippine-based Lionair has not issued any The Department of Health supplies to four provinces before diately known. Police are investi- charter company, is not related to statement about the accident. It said Monday that Lionair has they perished, Health Undersec- Lion Air, an Indonesian low-cost leases executive jets, helicop- helped transport medical sup- retary Maria Rosario Vergeire gating the theft. airline. ters and turbo-propeller planes plies, including ones used to fight said. From The Associated Press Startup seeks to use drones to aid hospitals against virus fight

BY IRA BOUDWAY of deliveries per week to hospi- over the course of a week. Since it as the pandemic begins to strain ognize these are extraordinary Bloomberg tals and clinics in Rwanda and began service in 2016, Zipline has the U.S. medical supply chain, times and are open to exploring Ghana. Its drones launch from flown over a million miles and Zipline is looking into ways to de- how we can help the United States In early March, a hospital in catapults at six distribution cen- made more than 60,000 drops. ploy sooner and at a wider scale. and countries around the world Rwanda needed blood urgently ters, carrying blood, medicine, The company already was “If ever there were an urgent respond to the pandemic and its for a patient with a leg injury. and other supplies, a few pounds planning to launch a service in need for medical drone delivery, after-effects.” The patient’s blood type was not at a time. The fixed-wing, bat- the United States before the coro- that time is now,” said Justin The company, Hamilton said, in stock and the nearest supplies tery-powered planes cruise at 60 navirus outbreak began. It’s on Hamilton, global head of commu- is talking with federal, city and were at least a half day’s drive mph, navigate by GPS and can fly schedule to open a distribution nications at Zipline. He’s among state leaders about how it might away. So the hospital called upon up to 100 miles round trip. Wires center in North Carolina later the tens of millions of people cur- help. Any deployment will need a a drone operated by Zipline Inc., snag them from the sky upon re- this year to help Novant Health, rently housebound in France due go-ahead from the Federal Avia- which dropped the blood by para- turn. Each distribution hub has a which operates a network of clin- to the COVID-19 outbreak there. tion Administration, which only chute within an hour. fleet of about 30 and can supply ics, health centers and hospitals, “Our first priority is serving recently has started to grapple Zipline, a California startup an area of 8,000 square miles, de- deliver medicine and supplies to customers in Ghana and Rwan- with how to integrate unmanned founded in 2014, makes hundreds livering up to two tons of freight rural and suburban clinics. But da,” said Hamilton. “But we rec- aircraft into U.S. airspace. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP ‘Googley-Eyed Jesus’ THE CENSUS mural reappears The amount SOUTH PORTLAND left by an ME — A pine tree that Oregon partially obstructed the view of $2M man for a a Maine church mural referred National to as “Googley-Eyed Jesus,” was Conservation Legacy Center in Mis- removed. soula, Mont. Bill Cannon became en- The section of the mural on amored with the National Museum of Holy Cross Church in South Port- Forest Service History after visiting the land that was obstructed depicted site west of the Missoula airport. Can- Christ looking towards the heav- non died Nov. 11 at his home in Hood ens with his eyes rolled back dur- River at 86. The Missoulian reported ing the crucifixion, Bangor Daily he left behind the national museum’s News reported. largest single donation to date. The mural became controver- sial 20 years later when some lo- cals and parishioners said it was after two days of searching in “creepy” and asked for it to be rural Lee County. Authorities removed. Others disagreed and said Sides had disappeared from John Laberge, who created the her babysitter’s sight while they mural in 1980, refused to change were walking in the backyard the mural and said he would fight with a hound dog. attempts to have it removed. The A member of the search team tree appeared sometime after. that found the girl told WRBL- Monsignor Michael Henchal TV that they were searching the told the Portland Press Herald woods when they heard a dog in 2016 that the tree was planted bark, and then the girl “popped before he oversaw the parish and her head up” and they saw her that no one on his staff knew how bright red hair. He said the girl or when it was planted. drank some Gatorade and was talking “like it was no big deal” Blaze engulfs historic what she had been through. church, topples steeple Old military target BALTIMORE — Bal- washes up on beach MD timore firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze that KILL DEVIL HILLS sent flames shooting through the NC — A device that looks steeple of a church that traces like an old mine washed up on its origins back more than 150 North Carolina’s Outer Banks. years. But police said it’s nothing to Photos of the fire posted by the worry about it. Baltimore City Fire Department Police in Kill Devil Hills said on Twitter showed orange flames in a statement that it appears to coming from the top of the stee- be some kind of “anti-subma- ple of the Urban Bible Fellowship rine” target and not an explosive Church. Firefighters used ladder device. trucks to spray water at the blaze, The spherical object is covered but flames eventually caused in barnacles and was painted the top of the steeple to tumble JOHN HART, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL/AP down. A school next door also was with the words “inert” and “tar- damaged. get.” Police said it’s filled with The Fire Department said no concrete. injuries were reported. The fire Spring bike ride Kill Devil Hills police said the took four hours to put out. U.S. Navy would be coming to re- Jeff Reimann and his daughters Silvia, 7, and Mira, 4, and their pumi breed dog, Remy, take advantage trieve it. College to close after of the region’s trend toward more moderate, spring-like temperatures, with a cargo bike ride through Vilas Park in Madison, Wis. Police seek man who 174 years, low influx The court affirmed a decision of speed. The news release said Sheriff’s Office news release. destroyed taro patch JACKSONVILLE — A that requires Wayne State to re- the driver passed through a yield Deputies were flagged down IL central Illinois college hire Charles Rudolph, a custo- sign and drove into the path of the at a Kissimmee Wawa, where a WAINIHA — An un- will close its doors after 174 years dian who was accused of missing trooper, who avoided a collision woman told them she had been HI identified man took a due to declining enrollment and assignments and fired in 2015. by hitting the brakes. getting money from an ATM in- backhoe to a taro patch in north- other financial challenges. Rudolph, a U.S. Army veteran, The trooper then pulled over side the store when a young man ern Kauai, damaging a staple of The State Journal-Register re- sued the university, saying he was the driver and noticed the smell grabbed the cash and threw her the traditional Hawaiian diet, a ported the chairman of the Mac- entitled to a hearing under a law of marijuana. In the vehicle, to the ground. Deputies deter- local food supply and an attached Murray College board of trustees that gives protections to veterans troopers said they found 39 grams mined the man had fled on foot water line affecting water service said the four-year liberal arts who work for public employers. of cocaine along with marijua- and hopped into a black Toyota in the region, authorities said. college in Jacksonville will close An arbitrator agreed that Ru- na, anti-anxiety pills and drug Scion. The Kauai Police Department at the end of the spring semes- dolph’s rights were violated and paraphernalia. Detectives located the vehicle has yet to find the man accused of ter. Charles O’Connell said there said he should be reinstated. Police said Keon D. Hopkins, several hours later and found it to property damage in Wainiha , the was no viable path forward for 29, of Millsboro, was driving and be occupied by Feliciano, Serrano Garden Island reported. the college, and cited rising costs Near crash with trooper Megan L. Bedo, 40, of Millsboro, and a 1-year-old child. Investiga- Witnesses told police they saw and an insufficient endowment as was the passenger. tors said both teens admitted their a man taking down the fence and factors. leads to drug bust involvement in the robbery and tearing up dirt and plants on the “The board spent more than Men rob woman while acknowledged that the child was property using a backhoe. a year exploring potential new GEORGETOWN in the vehicle during the theft. This is the first time the taro — Authorities in Dela- sources for capital, but we were DE taking care of baby patch has been damaged since a ware said that a driver who sped unable to solve the serious fi- land debate conflict was settled through a yield sign and nearly KISSIMMEE — Two Missing 4-year-old girl nancial difficulties facing us,” in court over the property, prop- caused a crash with a state troop- men were taking care found in woods with dog O’Connell said. FL erty manager Kaimi Hermosura er was then arrested on drug of a baby when they robbed a said. charges. woman who was using an ATM at AUBURN — Rescuers Court: Law protecting Hermosura inherited the par- The Delaware State Police said a Florida convenience store, au- AL found a 4-year-old girl, vets applies to custodian in a news release that the arrest thorities said. who had been missing for two cel through his Native Hawaiian happened in the Georgetown Jefferson Feliciano, 19, and days in woods in a rural area of heritage and has cared for the DETROIT — Wayne area. Kevin Serrano, 18, were arrested east Alabama. The girl was found taro, sweet potatoes, coconuts MI State University is not Authorities said a trooper was earlier this month and charged in good condition with a dog at and bananas on the land, he said, immune to a Michigan law that approaching an intersection and with robbery without a weapon, her side. adding that some of those plants grants job protections to veterans, heading eastbound when a car child neglect and petit theft, ac- Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones were also destroyed. a federal appeals court said. was coming north at a high rate cording to an Osceola County said searchers found Vadie Sides From wire reports Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander WWII mobilization in US was hardly flawless Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY RICHARD B. FRANK come of the war.” limited access to otherwise rationed gaso- Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post President Franklin D. Roosevelt con- line. Front-line service members routinely tributed his most impressive achievements facing misery and death reviled industrial EDITORIAL resident Donald Trump on Friday precisely where they counted most: radiat- strikers, no matter the merits of the work- invoked the Defense Production ing confidence in victory and identifying ers’ claims. When some coal miners struck, Terry Leonard, Editor Act, ordering General Motors to the most vital objectives. He demanded FDR responded by seizing the coal mines [email protected] Pmanufacture ventilators for the seemingly unreachable production goals, and even proposing that the draft age be Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor fight against the coronavirus pandemic, such as his call for building 45,000 aircraft extended to 65 to give him power to induct [email protected] though the company says the project was in 1942. Actual figures fell somewhat short, the miners (or other would-be strikers) into already underway. The president’s move but the call produced prodigious results. Managing Editor for Content the armed forces. But Congress balked at Tina Croley, came after weeks of debate over whether A rich vein of newsprint identified de- [email protected] that grant of executive power. the government should impress private in- fects in the mobilization, not least open While it is proper to remember that Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation dustry into producing health care supplies squabbles between high officials — sound these shortfalls existed — and variations [email protected] in the emergency. familiar? This became an embarrassment on them will be repeated today — the over- Though the Defense Production Act is a such that in August 1942, FDR promulgat- Managing Editor for Digital all performance of our predecessors war- Joe Gromelski, Korean War-era statute allowing the gov- ed an executive order banning public con- [email protected] rants our deep respect and emulation. ernment to compel companies to aid the troversies between administration leaders, Roosevelt’s wife, Eleanor, provides us in country in time of crisis, the law is rooted to modest avail. one episode a metaphor of how individual BUREAU STAFF in America’s mobilization during World Amid the grinding and squeaking of the Americans met unexpected challenges. At War II. Much of the recent discussion about accelerating production effort, countless Europe/Mideast the launching of the aircraft carrier Yor- directing industry to join the coronavirus figures high and low played vital roles, ktown in 1943, the first lady’s duty was to Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief fight seems to have been driven by a hazy, [email protected] some prominently, such as Andrew Hig- break the traditional champagne bottle on +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 golden-hued memory of that mobilization. gins (designer and producer of the epony- the bow as the ship began its slide down the The subject deserves to be considered in- mous “Higgins boat,” the war’s signature ways. This ceremonial role promised to be Pacific stead in all its complex reality. landing craft in countless invasions), and staid and routine, but the workers had mis- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Certainly, the dominant portrait of lead- many more in almost complete anonymity [email protected] calculated the loosening of the structure +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 ers and people working together to produce — railway workers, engineers, secretaries, that had held the Yorktown in place. America’s stunning accomplishments is farmers, factory foremen and millions of The ceremony had barely started when, Washington valid, but accompanying this central real- others who turned paper projections into with a mighty rumble, the 27,000-ton car- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ity was a counterpoint of fumbles, failures realities with brains, skill and sweat. rier suddenly began launching herself. [email protected] and even an occasional fiasco that can in- Day by day, newspaper readers and With great presence of mind, Roosevelt (+1)(202)886-0033 form and temper our current perceptions. radio listeners consumed far more upbeat Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News rushed over and smashed the bottle on the [email protected] How Americans surmounted those stum- and inspiring stories of ordinary people bow in the mere seconds before it lurched bles is as much a part of the honor they are dutifully abiding the exactions the war ef- beyond reach. This tiny but symbolic mo- CIRCULATION due as their amazing achievements. fort demanded, and commonly going even ment points to the core requirement of our When the thunderclap of war burst further to show support — something most moment as it was of theirs: In number- Mideast on the United States in December 1941, Americans did and will do as a matter of less, unanticipated ways, millions of indi- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Americans were staring into an abyss of course today, amid the pandemic. [email protected] vidual Americans on their own initiative [email protected] world domination by Germany, Japan and But Americans of that era were not all will spontaneously rally to put right what DSN (314)583-9111 Italy, not stepping out to march in a cer- saints. There were numerous and inge- threatens to go wrong. tain victory parade. As historian Richard nious attempts to circumvent the rationing Europe Overy captured the moment: “On the face system. This started at the top, where it was Richard B. Frank is the author of “Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager of things, no rational man in early 1942 revealed that 40% of the members of the [email protected] 1937-May 1942” and presidential counselor at the [email protected] would have guessed at the eventual out- House of Representatives had secured un- National WWII Museum in New Orleans. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Our children are watching us closely as we cope CONTACT US BY MICHELE L. NORRIS working from home, which means the kids ience and strength? 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JACK OHMAN/Washington Post Writers Group PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 FACES Musician Prine in Celebs critical condition From wire reports John Prine, the Maywood, Ill., postman and Army mechanic who went on to be- come one of the most revered American send songwriters of the past half century, is in critical condition “after a sudden onset of COVID-19 symptoms,” his official Twitter feed reported Sunday afternoon. Prine “was hospitalized on Thurs- iHeart Living Room day. He was intubated Saturday eve- ning, and continues to receive care, Concert raises funds, but his situation is critical,” said the note “From the Prine family” on the @JohnPrineMusic Twitter feed. lifts viewers’ spirits Prine, 73, has battled cancer twice, in the late 1990s and the early 2010s, and just BY EMILY YAHR breaking ... please take this seriously,” she said last month received a lifetime achievement The Washington Post through tears in the video, which has been award at the Grammys. viewed more than a million times on Twitter. His 2018 album “Tree of Forgiveness,” A week and a half ago, actress Gal Gadot post- “This is so bad.” his first of original material in 13 years, in- ed an Instagram video of her and some famous The celebrities were careful to strike the cluded guest appearances by Jason Isbell, friends earnestly singing a cover of “Imagine” right tone, and they repeatedly thanked first re- Brandi Carlile, the Black Keys’ Dan Auer- — and it promptly got destroyed by the internet. sponders and everyone on the front lines fight- bach and Amanda Shires, and earned wide While intended to uplift fans during the coro- ing the pandemic. critical praise. navirus crisis, most viewers just saw a bunch One highlight was Billie Joe Armstrong of The week before the singer’s diagnosis, of tone-deaf wealthy stars (literally and figura- Green Day, who was distracted from the start his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, said she had tively) with no idea of what it’s like to be truly as a tiny adorable dog wandered in the room tested positive for coronavirus and said a struggling right now. and jumped on the couch. “Hope you don’t mind test on her husband was indeterminate. On Sunday night, once again, a group of ce- Billie Eilish if my dogs are here,” Armstrong said. During “We wanted to let you know,” the family lebrities got together to try to lift people’s spir- his acoustic version of “Boulevard of Broken Twitter post said, “and give you the chance its with Fox’s “iHeart Living Room Concert for Dreams,” he chewed gum and attempted to get to send on more of that love and support America.” Only this time, it seemed to work the attention of his pets, who ignored him. now.” — positive responses poured in on social media, Most musicians went with their most popular many along the lines of “I didn’t know how songs — the Backstreet Boys, singing from five much I needed to see something like this.” Air- different homes, pieced together “I Want it That Country singer Joe Diffie dies ing in place of the now-postponed iHeartRadio Way.” Tim McGraw, who had earbuds in as he Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a Music Awards, the hourlong special was hosted listened to his band perform from various plac- string of hits in the 1990s with chart-top- by Elton John and featured performances by A- es, sang “Something Like That.” Mariah Carey ping ballads and honky-tonk singles like list musicians from their respective homes. appeared to have a fan blowing her hair back as “Home” and “Pickup Man,” has died after “We know that your concerns are a mile high, she was accompanied by off-site backup singers testing positive for COVID-19. He was 61. but we hope this bit of entertainment can feed and a piano player for “Always Be My Baby.” Diffie announced March 27 he had con- and fuel your soul,” John said during the intro- Billie Joe Armstrong Others included Billie Eilish (“Bad Guy”); tracted the coronavirus. Diffie’s publicist, duction. “And maybe bring you some strength Alicia Keys (“Underdog”); Dave Grohl (“My Scott Adkins, said the singer died Sunday and a touch of joy to prepare for the days to Hero”); H.E.R. (“Keep Holding On”); Demi due to complications from the virus. come.” Lovato (“Skyscraper”); Sam Smith (“How Do Diffie, a native of Tulsa, Okla., was a It also served as a fundraiser, as stars urged You Sleep?”); and Camila Cabello and Shawn member of the Grand Ole Opry for more viewers to donate to Feeding America and First Mendes (“My Oh My”). Elton John sang “Don’t than 25 years. His hits included “Honky Responders Children’s Foundation. Before and Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” and when Lizzo Tonk Attitude,” “Prop Me Up Beside the after performances, producers showed clips stopped by for a quick video chat, he belted out Jukebox (If I Die),” “Bigger Than the Bea- of medical professionals risking their lives to a few bars of her hit “Juice.” tles” and “If the Devil Danced (In Empty treat patients, along with truck drivers deliver- While there were a few eyebrow-raising Pockets).” ing supplies to grocery stores and small chil- reminders that stars are not like us (such as His mid-’90s albums “Honky Tonk At- dren waving at grandparents through windows. McGraw singing on a diving board next to a gi- titude” and “Third Rock From the Sun” Plus, the wrenching plea from Michigan inten- gantic swimming pool), for the most part, the went platinum. Eighteen of Diffie’s singles sive care unit nurse Melissa Steiner, who com- special went over much better than Gadot and landed in the top 10, with five going No. 1. pared her hospital to a war zone: “I’m already Mariah Carey company’s “Imagine.” Other news  The Television Academy has adjusted its calendar ahead of the Emmy Awards following disruption from the coronavi- rus. June 5 will be the new entry deadline, nominations will be voted on from July 2- 13 and nominations will be announced July 28. Final voting will take place from Aug. 21-31. But the academy stressed that there are no changes to the Sept. 20 Emmy tele- cast or the Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies.  Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who drew inspiration from the American comedic icon Jerry Lewis, has died from the coronavirus, becoming Ja- pan’s first known celebrity victim of the disease. He was 70. Shimura, who attract- ed fans of all generations with his slapstick comedy and funny faces, died on Sunday, according to his agency, Izawa Office.  Actor John Callahan, known for play- ing Edmund Grey on “All My Children” and also starring on other soaps including “Days of Our Lives,” “Santa Barbara” and “Falcon Crest,” died last week. He was 66. His ex-wife and former “All My Children” costar Eva LaRue announced his death on Fox photos a social media account March 28. The two, who played a married couple on the show, Top: Elton John hosted Fox’s iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night. Above: The Backstreet Boys (left to right, have a daughter, Kaya. Callahan starred Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean) filming from separate locations. on “All My Children” from 1992 to 2005. Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 SCOREBOARD/OLYMPICS/MMA

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Go to the American Forces Network website for the most up-to-date TV schedules. for July 23-Aug. 8 myafn.net Deals Same time slot instead of spring allows Sunday’s Transactions ‘more room for the athletes to qualify’ BASEBALL Major League Baseball National League BY STEPHEN WADE SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Gerardo Reyes to El Paso (PCL). DID YOU KNOW ? Associated Press GREGORY PAYAN/AP FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Agreed to terms TOKYO — The Tokyo Olym- Japan is officially spending $12.6 Ryan Bader, left, squares off with Vadim Nemkov at a March 9 news with WR Geronimo Allison. pics will open next year in the billion to organize the Olympics. conference promoting the Bellator Spring and Summer fight cards same time slot scheduled for this However, an audit bureau of the in New York City. Bellator is still hopeful of running its next mixed year’s Games. Pro basketball Japanese government says the martial arts card on May 9. That event could be in jeopardy after Tokyo organizers said Monday President Donald Trump extended federal guidelines recommending costs are twice that much. NBA the opening ceremony will take people stay home for another 30 days until the end of April to place on July 23, 2021 — almost SOURCE: Associated Press prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division exactly one year after the Games W L Pct GB were due to start this year. calendar. Toronto 46 18 .719 — “These new dates give the Boston 43 21 .672 3 “The schedule for the Games is Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ key to preparing for the Games,“ health authorities and all involved Bellator: Wait and Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 in the organization of the Games New York 21 45 .318 26 Tokyo organizing committee Southeast Division president Yoshiro Mori said. the maximum time to deal with Miami 41 24 .631 — “This will only accelerate our the constantly changing land- Orlando 30 35 .462 11 see for May bouts Washington 24 40 .375 16½ progress.” scape and the disruption caused Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 Last week, the IOC and Japa- Central Division nese organizers postponed the IOC said. “The new dates ... also Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — have the added benefit that any BY DAN GELSTON “We’ll make up these fights,” Indiana 39 26 .600 14 Olympics until 2021 because of Chicago 22 43 .338 31 the coronavirus pandemic. disruption that the postponement Associated Press Coker said. “If we miss any other Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ This year’s games were sched- will cause to the international fights while we’re waiting, we’ll Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 Bellator President Scott Coker WESTERN CONFERENCE uled to open on July 24 and close sports calendar can be kept to a make them up.” Southwest Division minimum, in the interests of the spent time during the coronavi- With 241 in doubt, Bellator W L Pct GB on Aug. 9. But the near exact one- rus pandemic like so many others, Houston 40 24 .625 — athletes and the IFs.” went ahead and paid all fighters, year delay will see the resched- binging on Netflix and catching Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ Mori and Muto have said the officials, judges, crew and any Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ uled closing ceremony on Aug. 8. up on “Tiger King.” New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 cost of rescheduling the Olympics essential personnel connected to There had been talk of switch- “That’s a crazy show,” Coker San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ will be massive — local reports the card. Northwest Division ing the Olympics to spring, a said. Denver 43 22 .662 — estimate billions of dollars — “It was quite expensive, well move that would coincide with Coker would love for mixed Utah 41 23 .641 1½ with most of the expenses borne into the seven figures,” Coker Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ the blooming of Japan’s famous martial arts fans to catch up on Portland 29 37 .439 14½ by Japanese taxpayers. said. “Revenue you can make cherry blossoms. But it would his style of cage fighting in the Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ Muto promised transparency up, and that’s what we’re going Pacific Division also clash with European soc- promotion he runs through Bel- L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — in calculating the costs, and test- to do. I think there will be an im- cer and North American sports lator’s app or L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ ing times deciding how they are pact, even if we make up these Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ leagues. its YouTube Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 Mori said a spring Olympics divided up. events.” Golden State 15 50 .231 35 channel. But ‘ I feel like Bellator, owned by Viacom, All games postponed at least until was considered but holding the “Since it (the Olympics) were live fights, mid-May. also has a card scheduled for May Games later gives more space to scheduled for this summer, all right now in there’s a 16 in London. complete the many qualifying the venues had given up hosting this climate? possibility “I feel like there’s a possibility Pro hockey events that have been postponed any other events during this time, Hard pass. everything will be fine by the end by the virus outbreak. so how do we approach that?” Bellator has everything of April,” Coker said. “If it’s not, NHL “We wanted to have more room Muto asked. “In addition, there postponed all will be fi ne for the athletes to qualify,” Mori will need to be guarantees when then we’ll have to push the fights EASTERN CONFERENCE fights until by the end Atlantic Division said. we book the new dates, and there the Bella- back. That’s a tough call. We’ll GP W L OT Pts GF GA After holding out for weeks, is a possibility this will incur rent . have to let them know in the next Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 tor 242 card of April ’ Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 local organizers and the IOC last payments. So there will be costs couple of weeks, here’s our back- on May 9 Scott Coker Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 week postponed the Tokyo Games incurred and we will need to con- up plan.” Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 that features Bellator president Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 under pressure from athletes, na- sider them one by one. I think that Ryan Bader UFC has since held a card in Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 tional Olympic bodies and sports will be the tougher process.” Brazil and company president Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 defending the Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 federations. It’s the first postpone- Katsuhiro Miyamoto, an emer- light heavyweight championship Dana White has been adamant Metropolitan Division ment in Olympic history, though itus professor of sports econom- the company will still hold its next Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 against Vadim Nemkov in San Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 there were several cancellations ics at Kansai University, puts the Jose, Calif. Even that event could pay-per-view event in an unde- Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 during wartime. costs as high as $4 billion. That termined locale on April 18. The Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 be in jeopardy after President Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 The Paralympics were resched- would cover the price of main- Donald Trump extended federal main event fight between Khabib N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 uled to Aug. 24-Sept. 5. taining stadiums, refitting them, Nurmagomedov and Tony Fergu- N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 guidelines recommending people New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 The new Olympic dates would paying rentals, penalties and stay home for another 30 days, son was originally scheduled for WESTERN CONFERENCE conflict with the scheduled world other expenses. Brooklyn. UFC had hoped to move Central Division until the end of April, to prevent GP W L OT Pts GF GA championships in track and Japan is officially spending the spread of the virus. Bellator’s two events, scheduled for March St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 swimming, but those events are $12.6 billion to organize the Olym- 28 and April 11, to its UFC Apex Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 next big card could go down for Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 now expected to also be pushed pics. However, an audit bureau of the count. training complex in Las Vegas, Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 back. the Japanese government says where they would have been held Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 “I feel like the right thing to do Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 “The IOC has had close discus- the costs are twice that much. All is wait,” Coker said. “When the without fans. They failed to go off Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 sions with the relevant interna- of the spending is public money as scheduled. Pacific Division state of California says, ‘You’re Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 tional federations,“ organizing except $5.6 billion from a private- good to go,’ when we get a call “I’m not one to judge their Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 committee CEO Toshiro Muto ly funded operating budget. business, but I just hope they’re Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 from (the California State Athlet- Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 said. “I believe the IFs have ac- The Switzerland-based Inter- ic Commission) that says you’re taking precautions and all the Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 cepted the games being held in national Olympic Committee is good to go, then we’ll go. I think proper steps because, to me, it’s Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 the summer.” contributing $1.3 billion, accord- we’re waiting for the green light always been about the health and San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 Muto said the decision was ing to organizing committee doc- from the government.” safety and well being of the ath- All games postponed at least until early May. made Monday and the IOC said uments. The IOC’s contribution Coker had considered running letes and the staff,” Coker said. it was supported by all the inter- goes into the operating budget. its March 16 card with a Patricio “One of the decisions we made Pro football national sports federations and IOC President Thomas Bach “Pitbull” Freire-Pedro Carvalho when we pulled the plug was the, was based on three main consid- has repeatedly called the Tokyo Bellator 241 main event at Mo- ‘What if?’ What if we continue NFL calendar erations: to protect the health of Olympics the best prepared in hegan Sun Arena in Connecticut and two or three of these fighters athletes, to safeguard the inter- history. However, Deputy Prime without fans until he decided to ended up with the coronavirus on April 17 — Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets. ests of the athletes and Olympic Minister Taro Aso also termed postpone the card. It has not yet our watch? It would become very April 23-25 — NFL Draft, Las Vegas. sport, and the international sports them “cursed.” been rescheduled. real, very quickly.” Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NCAA TOURNAMENT Underdog: Unforgettable tourney runs

FROM BACK PAGE the biggest party crashers in tour- nament history, not just because of their seeding but also because they were in only their second season of Division I eligibility. “It helped everybody’s career with what they wanted to do next in life,” said Brett Comer, the point guard who fed lobs to guys like Chase Fieler and Eric Mc- Knight for an array of electrifying dunks that introduced the team and then- 16-year-old ‘ school in It helped Fort Myers everybody’s to an enrap- career with tured audi- ence coast to what they coast. wanted to Three days after do next in the last of life. ’ Dunk City’s Brett Comer 148 dunks that season, UCF point guard coach Andy Enfield was hired at Southern California and his salary went from $157,000 a year to well over $1 million. Sherwood Brown — the team’s leading scorer and Atlantic Sun player of the year — was invited to seven NBA tryouts before be- AP photos ginning his pro career overseas. Above: Florida Gulf Coast’s Chase Fieler dunks on San Diego Without Dunk City, NBA teams State’s Deshawn Stephens during an NCAA Tournament game in probably wouldn’t have taken no- Philadelphia on March 24, 2013. Left: George Mason forward tice of the player who showed up Sammy Hernandez celebrates beating North Carolina in a second- at FGCU as a walk-on. round NCAA Tournament game in Dayton, Ohio, on March 19, Fellow starters Fieler and 2006. George Mason beat Michigan State, North Carolina and Bernard Thompson continue Wichita State before taking down No. 1 seed Connecticut and its to make nice livings overseas, roster full of NBA talent, 86-84 in overtime. They lost 73-58 to and McKnight also has played eventual national champion Florida in the semifinals. professionally. Comer was in the NBA G a shot with 5 seconds left to give were announced as No. 11 seed, League before a knee injury the Midshipmen a 71-70 win. The college basketball analyst Billy ended his career. He’s now direc- Vikings didn’t return to the tour- Packer declared Jim Larranaga’s tor of player development at Day- nament until 2009. team didn’t even belong in the ton after two years as a graduate 1997 Chattanooga: Coach tournament. assistant. He said he’s convinced Mack McCarthy liked to talk George Mason beat Michigan name recognition helped him get barbecue as much as basketball, State, North Carolina and Wich- hired by Flyers coach Anthony maybe more, and the moment ita State before taking down No. Grant. never seemed too big for a loose 1 seed Connecticut and its roster Michael Fly, who just finished and confident team that was a 14 full of NBA talent 86-84 in over- his second season as head coach seed and started two walk-ons. time. They lost 73-58 to eventual after succeeding Joe Dooley, was The Mocs started with a flurry, national champion Florida in the one of Enfield’s assistants in 2013. taking control early in a first- semifinals. He and current assistant Joey round win over Georgia. They 2018 Loyola-Chicago: One of Cantens are the last links to the beat Illinois by double digits the lasting memories of the tour- original Dunk City. Since 2014, last 2 minutes and inspired a rap ments and won 62-50. after getting the vibe the Illini nament was the Ramblers’ tele- the Eagles have won or shared six song. Seven years later, Dunk City were taking them lightly. The fun genic and now-100-year-old team Atlantic Sun regular-season or FGCU then beat seventh-seed- branding is all over campus. ended in the Sweet 16 with a 71- chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores- tournament championships and ed San Diego State 81-71, and “It’s made the follow-up acts 65 loss to Providence. Schmidt. What they did on the made two NCAA appearances. reporters and network morning extremely difficult and pres- 2002 Missouri: The Tigers court was pretty memorable, too. “I’m not a head coach and we shows began invading the Fort sure-filled,” Fly said. “We had were ranked as high as No. 2, but Their run to the Final Four as don’t win as many champion- Myers campus to see what Dunk years when Coach Dooley was a midseason slump left them in an 11 seed never seemed short ships as we have here without City was all about. It was a major here where we would have 20- sixth place in the Big 12 at the of drama. There was Donte In- that (2013) team,” Fly said. “It’s distraction for the upstart Eagles plus wins and lose in the confer- end of the regular season. They gram making a three-pointer changed a lot of our lives for the in the days before their Sweet 16 ence championship game. Casual went to the tournament as a No. with three-tenths of a second left positive.” game against Florida. fans in Fort Myers would say to 12 seed. to beat Miami. They got past Ten- The Dunk City Effect, as it’s “I think we ran out of gas,” me, ‘We hope you can get back to Mizzou opened with double- nessee thanks to Clayton Custer’s called, accounted for a 35% in- Comer said. “We weren’t used where you were before.’ ” digit wins over Miami and Ohio jumper with 3.6 seconds to play. crease in freshman applica- to the amount of media coverage 1986 Cleveland State: Coach State, and Kareem Rush’s three- Marques Townes’ three with 7 tions following the NCAA run we had. We were going to do as Kevin Mackey and his band of pointer started a second-half seconds left held off Nevada’s and boosted enrollment to about much media stuff as we could to unknowns made it to the Sweet 16 comeback that carried the Tigers comeback bid in the regional 15,000. promote the school, promote the as a No. 14 seed, beating Bobby past UCLA. They finally lost in the semifinals. All that made a 16- The surprise NCAA run brand, which is good for every- Knight-coached and Steve Alford- Elite Eight, 81-75 to Oklahoma. point win over Kansas State in opened with the Eagles taking body. When it got to the game, it led Indiana and then St. Joseph’s. 2006 George Mason: No one the Elite Eight look easy. down Georgetown 78-68, a game wore us down.” Next up was Navy and David saw a Final Four run coming after The Ramblers’ 14-game win highlighted by a Comer-to-Fieler The Eagles got out to a double- Robinson, the 7-foot star who George Mason lost in the Colonial streak finally ended when Michi- lob dunk that took the steam out digit lead against the third-seeded was that year’s No. 1 pick in the Athletic Association semifinals. gan erased a 10-point deficit in the of the Hoyas’ comeback bid in the Gators. But Florida made adjust- NBA Draft. Robinson banked in In fact, when the 22-win Patriots second half to beat them 69-57. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, March 31, 2020 COLLEGE Coaches find ways to support athletes feeling adrift

BY JANIE MCCAULEY life as we know it has changed dramati- Associated Press cally’ and encouraged everybody to keep working out, hydrate, get your rest and SAN FRANCISCO — Morgan Cop- practice social distancing,” Wallace said. poc finds herself in a situation similar to “Never thought I would advise anyone so many other college athletes across the to stay away from others. And ‘if any- country, hundreds of miles away from one needs anything or has any questions, campus and lost without her routine and please reach out.’ Finally, ‘It would be her tennis teammates at Georgia. great to hear how, what everyone is doing Still, she is regularly hearing from her in short periodical updates, that would be coaches for individual check-ins as well awesome.’ ” as receiving updates for the entire team, At Arkansas, men’s basketball coach including the latest details about the coro- Eric Musselman and his counterparts in navirus pandemic. The school counseling other sports are keeping tabs on every office also keeps in contact with Coppoc, student-athlete through a detailed spread- at home in Tulsa, Okla., to offer sessions sheet — when someone is on the move, by phone that she would have typically at- they know it. tended in person. “I think for all of us in college athletics “This whole situation has been hard to the No. 1 focus always has to be on the stu- process and still feels so surreal,” Cop- dent’s well-being,” Musselman said. “All poc said. “I have been experiencing many coaches in every sport want to win, but the emotions across the spectrum. First, I was bottom line in all of this is these guys are in denial. It was impossible to accept the 17- to 21-year-olds in a prime part of their gravity of what was happening. I even re- lives when they’re still trying to figure out fused to unpack my clothes once I was back the world. We have an obligation, whether home in Oklahoma. I was scared. Now I’m in season, out of season, or post-playing MARK HUMPHREY/AP 13 hours from campus and my closest career, remaining a big part of their lives, friends, teammates and coaches.” being there for them.” Arkansas guard Jimmy Whitt Jr. receives daily calls from assistant coach Clay Moser. Leaders in college athletics are doing Musselman has always counted on im- The Arkansas athletic department is keeping tabs on every student-athlete at all their best to adapt in real time to help ath- promptu, in-person opportunities to get a times through a detailed spreadsheet, when someone is on the move, they all know. letes such as Coppoc. Coaches are making read on how someone is doing. efforts to keep teams emotionally close “That’s why we’re FaceTiming a lot so sons they trained for and the camaraderie the days ahead. She encouraged the rough- when they’ve suddenly been scattered we can look in their eyes. The biggest thing of daily practices and team meals. Provid- ly 500 participants to identify forms of across the country — and in many cases I’m missing is even in the offseason they ing comfort and security is important to self-care and how that looks for each per- the world. Regular video calls and group come up and sit on the couch in my office,” ensure people know where to turn for a son and noted “when in doubt, start with texts have replaced face-to-face interac- Musselman said. “That interaction is gone sense of some normalcy. gratitude.” tions as they embrace new ways to help and that’s probably the most vital interac- “That’s general human nature but I With the absence of traditional senior young athletes cope with a crisis that has tion we have all year.” think it is heightened with young people,” sendoffs or end-of-season banquets that also taken away the sports they loved, the Communication specialists and men- said Rick Dickson, the former Tulane ath- allow everyone to be together perhaps one very thing that defined many of them. tal health professionals are encouraging letic director who guided the school’s ath- final time, she said coaches can get cre- Coppoc’s coach at Georgia, Jeff Wallace, coaches and others to allow these young letic department through the aftermath of ative: establish new team awards, hold vir- reached out recently on the team’s group men and women to go through the stages Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “They’re so in- tual celebrations, share a book the whole chat platform. “I just said something like, of grieving as needed as they adjust after vested, especially in sport, their time, their team can read and discuss, or let players ‘Hope everyone’s doing well, staying safe, the unexpected disappearance of the sea- commitment, their passion, all of that, and prepare a practice plan or new drill. when that is rocked to the core, they need She was among those who said athletes the certainty and stability they can turn to might go through something comparable and depend on. That’s their source for so to the grieving process. many things.“ “It is very similar to grieving,” said long- Dickson scrambled his 16 teams after time University of San Francisco baseball the hurricane to four other campuses for coach Nino Giarratano. “We are in contact a semester so they could stay safe — three daily trying to help them academically, spots in Texas and at LSU. He set up a task athletically and keeping their spirits up.” force in each location and regular mental- Musselman is trying to keep things light health checks on the athletes and coaches amid all the uncertainty. Last week, he to see who might need professional help. posted a video of himself running around, It cannot be a “one-time here’s what clapping and hollering while coaching we’re going to do,” he said. drills in an empty gym. In another, he held Dickson also shared his experiences a news conference with nobody there. with the NCAA as it established guidelines His players remain his top priority. on mental health and moving forward Senior Jimmy Whitt Jr. receives daily when things change by the minute because calls from Arkansas assistant coach Clay of COVID-19. Moser. And when Whitt returns home to DAVIS THOMPSON/via AP Betsy Butterick, a San Diego-based Columbia, Mo., in the coming days, his University of Georgia student-athletes and roommates from left: Ashley Andersen, communication specialist and a former coaches will monitor the trip until he has Morgan Coppoc, Tyler Armistead and Dalaney Hans pose in Athens, Ga. Coppoc, a college basketball player and coach, re- safely made it. tennis player, finds herself in a situation similar to so many other college athletes, cently held a free webinar to help coaches “It just shows you that it goes beyond hundreds of miles away from campus, lost without her routine and her teammates. and administrators develop strategies for basketball,” Whitt said, “beyond me.” Tuesday, March 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

With no March Madness, The Associated Press is moving stories and historical pieces to help fill some of the TOP 10 void in college basketball. A panel of AP sports writers voted in March on the top 10 men’s basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down by the No. 7 ALL-TIME coronavirus pandemic. The following game story, from April 5, 2010, was voted No. 7. Duke holds on Butler comes up one bucket short as Krzyzewski wins his 4th national title

BY EDDIE PELLS because the last couple of plays Associated Press were just not normal,” said Duke’s Kyle Singler, who scored 19 points INDIANAPOLIS and was named the Final Four’s he ball went sailing most outstanding player. while the buzzer went The Blue Devils (35-5) got the off. Where it landed right bounces at the end to snap Twould be the difference Butler’s 25-game winning streak between a shining moment for and bring the long-awaited fourth one team, a tear-stained loss for national title back home to the another. Cameron Crazies. Butler forward Gordon Hay- The “Big Three” of Singler, Jon ward’s halfcourt shot hit back- Scheyer (15 points) and Nolan board, then rim, then barely Smith (13) won the Big One for careened out. Duke beat Butler Coach K, his first championship 61-59 on Monday night. What a since 2001 and fourth overall, game! And what a way to end the tying him with Adolph Rupp for season, even if America’s favorite second place on the all-time list. underdog came up a little short. Krzyzewski is now 4-4 in title “It will become an historic games. PHOTOS BY CHARLIE NIEBERGALL (ABOVE) AND AMY SANCETTA (BELOW)/AP game, a benchmark game,” Duke “It’s the best one I’ve been in- coach Mike Krzyzewski said. volved in of the eight,” he said. Above: Duke’s Miles Plumlee (21) and teammates celebrate after a 61-59 win over Butler in the 2010 “Not just the way it was played, Nobody figured this would be championship in Indianapolis. Below: It was the fourth national title for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. but who played in it and what easy, and it wasn’t no way that was comes about.” going to happen against Butler, shooting. Singler went 3-for-6 Memorable, indeed, for the way the 4,200-student private school from three-point range and the both teams battled, never giving that sent millions of brackets to Blue Devils went 6-for-6 from the an inch, or giving in on a single the paper shredder while earning free throw line in the second half possession. And memorable for the right to make the 5-mile drive until Zoubek’s intentional miss. the way it ended. from its historic home, Hinkle They won with a mean streak. Tiny Butler, on a mission to Fieldhouse, where they filmed It was most pointed when Lance write a sequel to “Hoosiers,” “Hoosiers,” to the Final Four. Thomas took down Hayward had two chances to win it in the Butler (33-5) shaved a five-point hard to prevent an easy layup last 4 seconds. Hayward’s more deficit to one and had a chance to with 5:07 left. The refs reviewed traditional attempt a fadeaway, win it, when its best player, Hay- the play and decided not to call 15-footer was barely long. Then, ward, took the ball at the top of it flagrant one of a hundred little after Brian Zoubek made one free the key, spun and worked his way moments that could have swung throw and intentionally missed to the baseline, but was forced to such a tight, taut game. the next, Hayward collected the put up an off-balance fadeaway They won because that last shot rebound, moved to half-court and from 15 feet. didn’t go in. took another shot that was on line, He missed, but Duke’s title “Speechless. It’s the best feel- but barely bounced out. wasn’t secure until Hayward’s ing in the world,” Smith said. “I can’t really put it into words desperation heave bounded out. “That shot didn’t go in and I just “The first shot, caught it, tried hugged Kyle and just hugged my to go left, went back right. Thought teammates. We’ve worked so hard it was a good shot and missed it,” and we finished it together.” Hayward said. “The last shot, it A perfect ending for Duke, was just a last-second shot. I don’t which won a different way this know. It missed.” season, on a team that had no What a game to end one of the superstars. and that’s us,” freshman guard “It’s one of the worst feelings most memorable March Mad- Good teams only become great Andre Dawkins said. personally that I have, is losing. nesses in history, filled with wild in Coach K’s mind when they win Even though the trophy won’t So it’s great for us to be here, but it all, and though the members of finishes, upsets and underdogs; go to Butler, the point has been the kind of tournament that some this group may not end up with that’s not what we wanted to do. proven. fear could be history if the NCAA lottery-pick money in their pock- We wanted to win.” Teams with megamoney from moves forward with an expansion ets, they’ll have a national title They weren’t alone. power conferences aren’t the only to 96 teams — something very forever. They’ll be mentioned They captured America’s atten- ones that win in big-time college much on the table for next year. in the same breath as Christian tion, and its heart, and came close It was the closest margin of vic- Laettner and Shane Battier and sports. Nothing proved that bet- to writing the unthinkable sequel tory in a final since Michigan de- Grant Hill, all immortalized by ter than the Bulldogs in their to “Hoosiers.“ In the movie, the feated Seton Hall 80-79 in 1989. the Cameron Crazies, who were run through this year’s NCAA winning team is tiny Hickory tournament. “We came up one possession outnumbered about 5-to-1 at cav- High, and Jimmy Chitwood hits In the true team fashion that short in a game with about 145 ernous Lucas Oil Field. the game-winner at the buzzer to has defined “The Butler Way,“ possessions,” said Butler’s 33- They’ll be the ones who put strike a blow for the little guys. year-old coach, Brad Stevens. Duke back on top on Tobacco the Bulldog scoring was dis- tributed almost perfectly even. Thankfully, that movie is still “It’s hard to stomach when you’re Road, where last season, North available on DVD. on the wrong end of that.” Carolina brought home its second Hayward and Shelvin Mack had This game might be too, Nobody led by more than six. of two championships in the time 12 each. Matt Howard, coming The Blue Devils won with de- since Duke last made the Final off a concussion in the semifinal someday. fense. They held the Bulldogs to Four, six years ago. win over Michigan State, finished “My congratulations and em- 34% shooting and contested every That’s like a lifetime down with 11, and two-point-a-game pathy are with the Butler team, MARK J. TERRILL/AP possession as tenaciously as But- there. But now, the Blue Devils scorer Avery Jukes kept Butler in who played winning basketball,“ A half-court shot by Butler’s ler, which allowed 60 points for are standard-setters. it with all 10 of his points in the Krzyzewski said. “And, yeah, to Gordon Hayward barely missed the first time since February. “There’s only one team that can first half. me, it was a game that we won, as Duke held on for the win. They won with some clutch say they are national champions “Hate losing,” Hayward said. but they didn’t lose.” S TARS AND STRIPES Tuesday, March 31, 2020 F3HIJKLM Save the date Tokyo Olympics delayed for SPORTS almost exactly one year » Page 20

NCAA TOURNAMENT

Party crashers Underdog stories like ‘Dunk City,’ Loyola are a big part of March Madness’ magic

BY ERIC OLSON ping offense earned their place in NCAA Tournament Associated Press lore when, as a No. 15 seed in the South Region, they upset Georgetown and San Diego State in Philadelphia f not for those magical eight days seven years to reach the 2013 Sweet 16. Their run ended when, emo- ago, Florida Gulf Coast might still be that up- tionally drained, they lost their regional semifinal to start school trying to create an identity in the Florida. Sunshine State, never mind nationally. No team seeded so low has gone so far. They remain Dunk City changed everything. I The high-flying Eagles and their showstop- SEE UNDERDOG ON PAGE 21 Top: Florida Gulf Coast’s Sherwood Brown, center, celebrates with teammates after upsetting San Diego State 81-71 in an NCAA tournament game on March 24, 2013. No. 15 “Dunk City” advanced to their regional semifinal before losing to Florida. Left: Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago basketball team, gestures during a rally in Chicago. Loyola made a run to the Final Four as an 11 seed. AP photos

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