The Anthrax Attacks: In The Shadow Of 9/11 Apr 2026

The attacks permanently altered American life and national security:

For nearly a decade, the FBI pursued leads across six continents, conducting over and issuing more than 6,000 subpoenas . The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11

: Postal workers at the Brentwood facility in D.C. who died after handling contaminated mail. The attacks permanently altered American life and national

: A 94-year-old Connecticut widow who was the final victim. The Amerithrax Investigation : A 94-year-old Connecticut widow who was the final victim

The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11 Just one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, a second wave of terror arrived in the United States—not by air, but through the mail. The claimed five lives, sickened 17 others, and triggered one of the most expensive and complex investigations in FBI history, codenamed " Amerithrax ". The Attacks and the Victims

: A hospital worker in the Bronx whose source of exposure remains a mystery.

: Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 to tighten control over biological agents.