How was the Carbon Monoxide turned on inside OR itself? Since surgeries were performed there without any deaths, did Dr.

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cannoli21 — 15 years ago(November 04, 2010 05:45 PM)

How was the Carbon Monoxide turned on inside OR itself? Since surgeries were performed there without any deaths, did Dr. Harris just turn a dial or switch when nobody was looking?

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shrink54 — 15 years ago(November 06, 2010 04:44 PM)

Speculation (and spoilers): I think since they knew in advance who they wanted for parts (Sean, Nancy, etc) they already the gas flowing when they wheeled them into OR 8.

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Tin Tin-3 — 15 years ago(February 21, 2011 11:39 AM)

Watch the film. We see Harris turning on the CO with his pager prior to going into the OR. Something that's evidenced by the apparatus that Wheeler sees atop the gas line - looks very much like a radio-controlled device.
It's all in the film, guys!

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Stirchley — 11 years ago(September 15, 2014 02:26 PM)

^I thought they said the gas was turned on by the radio dial?

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Nanook — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 10:12 PM)

By a radio controlled switch box, prominently shown in two key scenes of the film:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/Y8nWmCv.png
But the real question should be why didn't Michael Douglas just turn the tank of CO off when he found it? Or disconnected or cut the hose?
It wants no straps. - Karl
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