Dancer Demonstrates His Anthrax Recovery

A dancer and drum maker who became infected with anthrax danced for reporters in a hospital auditorium in Sayre, showing off his remarkable recovery from a rare and usually fatal form of the disease.

Vado Diomande, a 44-year-old New York City resident, collapsed more than a month ago during a dance performance in Pennsylvania. Health officials believe he may have inhaled anthrax spores from the African animal hides he uses to make drums.

“I just want to say thank you to my doctors. They do very good job,” Diomande, a native of Ivory Coast, said at a news conference, choking back tears. “If not for them, maybe I’m not here today.”