FOX 35 Orlando reporter Marie Edinger didn’t ease into the story. She called it what people living nearby say it feels like: “The smell of death is in the air in Sanford.”
Edinger reported that hundreds of fish and several turtles were found dead in a pond near a construction site, and the scene was so grim it drew vultures in large numbers. When that many scavenger birds start circling in the middle of a city, it stops being a minor nuisance and starts looking like a warning sign.
Over on WKMG News 6, community correspondent Troy Campbell stood near the same drained pond and pointed out the obvious: the water is gone, but the mess is still there. Campbell said you can even see the pump behind him, and he reported residents were told the drained water is going into the stormwater system and ultimately to the St. Johns River…