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Editor’s Note: A new episode of the CNN Original Series “How It Really Happened” spotlights the terrifying anthrax attacks that followed Sept. 11, 2001, taking viewers inside one of the ...
The Anthrax Attacks is about the 2001 anthrax attacks and the ensuing FBI investigations into it. In a biological attack that started one week after the September 11 attacks, five people were killed and at least 17 people were injured. [1]
The anthrax attacks, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks, spurred significant increases in U.S. government funding for biological warfare research and preparedness. For example, biowarfare-related funding at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) increased by $1.5 billion in 2003.
Robert Stevens was a newspaper photo editor for Sun, owned by American Media, until he was hospitalized on October 2, 2001. [3] [6] American Media published many different tabloids including the National Enquirer and the Sun. [7] [8] Many of the publications that Stevens worked on made claims that Elvis was not dead or that celebrities were pregnant with Martians.
2001 anthrax attacks: 18 September 2001: 5 deaths 17 infected In September 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Of those infected, 11 developed cutaneous anthrax, while 11 developed inhalation anthrax. 20 of the 22 infected worked at ...
Bruce Edwards Ivins (/ ˈ aɪ v ɪ n z /; April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008) [1] was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, [1] senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the person suspected by the FBI of the 2001 anthrax attacks. [2]
When the terrorist attacks occurred on September 11, 2001, [3] CNN went to all-news programming. [4] Three days later, CNN announced that the program would no longer air on CNN, [5] but remain on CNN/SI. In May 2002, CNN/SI shut down operations, [6] and Sports Tonight ended after a 21-year run.
Aaron Brown (November 10, 1948 – December 29, 2024) was an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11 attacks for CNN. [2] He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding host of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight, and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown.