September 2001 Anthrax Attack Summary

Initially the text opens up painting a scene of the morning of the September 2001 Terror Attacks. It mentions how terrorists coordinated various hijackings of aircraft across the country and used it to attack various landmarks such as the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. As it continued it mentioned how investigators attempted to connect the various pieces together to determine what caused these attacks to occurs and who performed them. It was found that if various departments had communicated more effectively such as the FBI and the CIA, then there was a potential for these attacks to be averted all together. It mentions how some of the terrorists did not even have valid Visas and they all had flight training in the months leading up to the attacks. If the departments had been able to piece the puzzle together then it could have potentially saved a …show more content…
Initially one person became ill and investigators initially thought it was an isolated case and was not caused intentionally. However, as more time passed more people began to get sick and traces of anthrax were found in various placed including the New York’s governors office. This caused doubt on it being an isolated nature case. As the text goes on it mentions that it might have something to do with the previous terror attacks. The text mentions that they don’t know who did it; however, after looking into this some more it was determined that it was from a government’s bio-defense lab[1]. Regardless these attacks caused a stir in America as it incited panic. Many people called fearing they had gotten anthrax spores, when in fact it could have been as harmless as pudding mix. The government feared this attack would cause many more deaths than it did; however, it did inspire the government to begin examining itself so that it could connect the dots easier in the event of a bio-terrorist