Soon after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and Flight 93; multiple letters laced with Anthrax were mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to several news media agencies and two Senators (Smithsonian National Postal Museum, n.d.). On October 2nd, 2001 a newspaper employee was infected and hospitalized for three days where he died. His name was Robert Shaw. Over the next several months a total of 22 people were infected, and five people lost their lives from the Anthrax letters. The Anthrax Scare produced a nationwide panic.
