Author Image: Rona Kobell

Rona Kobell

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Richard Wohkittel and his sons Richard Jr., 9, and Brett, 6, traveled from Harford County to try to catch a snakehead at this pond in Crofton. "When I heard about it, I said, 'This sounds crazy. I got to bring down the kids and take a shot at it'" Wohkittel says.
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Rescue workers planned to continue working through the night but did not expect to find survivors.
Alvin Callahan and his son, Marvin, work at their chicken farm off U.S. 50 in Queen Anne's County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, about 20 miles from the Delaware line. If the flu were to spread to their farm, "it could wipe us out easily," says Marvin Callahan.