Three New Yorkers are among the 17 American passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, including one from New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.
Their identities were not released, but Hochul said the other two New Yorkers on the afflicted vessel were from Orange County and Westchester County.
The Americans aboard the ill-fated vessel were brought back for further evaluation and quarantine Sunday via a government medical repatriation flight to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
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