While America was still reeling from the terror attacks of 9/11, another potentially catastrophic but invisible threat followed just days later. Letters laced with anthrax and sent through the mail to targeted individuals became the first biological attack in U.S. history.
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Special Thanks: Insp. Edward Bailor, U.S. Capitol, Police/Retired
SOURCE MATERIAL
NBC News; https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14785359
The Amerithrax Letter Attacks; Investigative Summary; U.S. Department of Justice; https://www.justice.gov/archive/amerithrax/docs/amx-investigative-summary2.pdf pg. 1
Anthrax victims family to receive 25 million in settlement; New York Times; https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/anthrax-victims-family-to-receive-2-5-million-in-settlement.html
https://www.justice.gov/archive/amerithrax/docs/amx-investigative-summary2.pdf pg. 4
World Trade Center Bombing; FBI Famous Cases; https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/world-trade-center-bombing
Oklahoma City Bombing; FBI Famous Cases; https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing
Possible signs of an anthrax attack; Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC.gov; https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/bioterrorism/threat.html#print
Treatment of anthrax infection; Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC.gov; https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/treatment/index.html
Anthrax in America; A Chronology and Analysis of the Fall 2001 Attack; Nov. 2002; Center for Counterproliferation Research; https://wmdcenter.ndu.edu/Portals/97/Documents/Publications/Articles/Anthrax-in-America.pdf
FBI – various declassified reports in re: Amerithrax; FBI Vault
Photos: FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, Edward Bailor
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