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DAVID: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE SAYS IT FIRED THE EMPLOYEE WHO ACCIDENTALLY SERVED CLEANING SOLUTION IN COCKTAILS. WE SPOKE WITH BOTH WOMEN TODAY. THEY’RE STILL TOO SICK TO GO ON CAMERA. THEY SAY THEY ORDERED DRINKS AT THE MOVIE THEATER IN LA VISTA TUESDAY. THEY SAY A BARTENDER GRABBED THIS BOTTLE, NOT REALIZING IT CONTAINED CHEMICALS. ONE WOMAN SAYS HER LIPS AND THROAT STARTED BURNING AFTER ONE SIP. SHE SAYS A DIFFERENT BARTENDER ALSO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SHE TASTED THE DRINK ALAMO FRANCHISE PARTNER TYLER CALABRESE CALLS THIS A TRULY AWFUL SITUATION, AND HE SAYS THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT. CALABRESE TELLS US EMPLOYEE DID NOT FOLLOW THE COMPANY’S HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES. HE SAYS ALL STAFF WILL NOW BE RETRAINED TO MAKE SURE

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A call for sick customers cleared out the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater in La Vista Tuesday, according to police.Police Chief Bob Lausten told KETV NewsWatch 7 that customers were accidentally served cleaning solution. Sarah Baker told KETV that she was having a day out with a friend at the theater and that they each ordered a drink inspired by the movie "Ford vs. Ferrari." When the drinks arrived, Baker said that they were a bright blue-green color.As soon as she took a drink, Baker said she could feel the skin on her lips burning, and the skin started peeling from her lips. She said she immediately ran to the bathroom and began to vomit. Her friend soon joined her in the bathroom and began vomiting, as well.Baker said another bartender, one who did not make the drink, tasted it and began having symptoms. All three people who tasted the drinks were taken to a hospital. According to Baker, the theater reused a clear alcohol bottle with a piece of tape around its neck to store the caustic cleaning solution. Baker said that the fluid is called "micro matic beer line cleaner."The cleaner in the alcohol bottle was stored near the alcohol bottles that are used to mix drinks, according to Baker.Baker said the manager of the theater covered their meal and placed multiple movie passes on their table, which she did not accept. Alamo Drafthouse issued the following statement Wednesday:"On Tuesday January 28, 2020, two guests and a staff member were accidentally served a cleaning solution in their drinks. This is a truly awful situation and we have made contact with the guests so we can do everything we can to make this right. We are sincerely sorry and have already put in place a thorough review to ensure that this was an isolated incident and we firmly believe it was. Our company's health and safety procedures were clearly not followed, and the employee responsible has been terminated. We have initiated a full staff retraining to ensure that it does not happen again."- Tyler J. Calabrese, Franchise Partner Alamo Drafthouse Cinema OmahaKETV NewsWatch 7 reached out to both victims, who said they are still too sick to speak with us. One woman told us she was given a steroid shot to try and control the swelling in her throat. Stay with KETV NewsWatch 7 for updates on this developing story.