{"product_id":"2940149018147","title":"Anthrax In America: A Chronology and Analysis of the Fall 2001 Attacks","description":"On September 11, 2001, terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terror\u003cbr\u003enetwork hijacked four airliners. Two of the planes crashed into the World Trade Center\u003cbr\u003etowers in New York City, and a third into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. A fourth\u003cbr\u003eplane crashed in rural Pennsylvania en route to its suspected target, the U.S. Capitol\u003cbr\u003ebuilding. The attacks and their dramatic demonstration of American vulnerability created\u003cbr\u003ean atmosphere of apprehension and uncertainty. Further attacks were anticipated,\u003cbr\u003ealthough there was a great deal of uncertainty as to when those attacks might occur and\u003cbr\u003ewhat form they might take.Against this backdrop, on 4 October 2001, health officials in Florida announced that Robert Stevens, a tabloid photo editor at American Media, Inc. (AMI), had been\u003cbr\u003ediagnosed with pulmonary anthrax – the first such case in the United States in almost\u003cbr\u003etwenty-five years. Initially, the patient’s condition was attributed to a natural source.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, after two of the victim’s co-workers fell ill and anthrax spores were discovered\u003cbr\u003ethroughout the building in which they worked, these initial assessments soon gave way to\u003cbr\u003eapprehension. Other cases began to appear at media outlets in New York City. These\u003cbr\u003enew cases revealed the possible source of the exposure: almost all of those infected in\u003cbr\u003eNew York had come into direct contact with letters containing a mysterious powder.\u003cbr\u003eIn mid-October, the crisis reached Washington, DC, when an anthrax-laden letter was\u003cbr\u003eopened in the office of Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). Several workers at the postal\u003cbr\u003efacility that processed the letter fell ill with pulmonary anthrax. Congressional office\u003cbr\u003ebuildings were evacuated and virtually all federal government mail delivery in the\u003cbr\u003enation’s capital was halted as a result. An additional letter, addressed to Senator Patrick\u003cbr\u003eLeahy (D-VT), was found during a search of quarantined mail, bringing the total number\u003cbr\u003eof anthrax-laden letters sent to at least four.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the realization that these infections stemmed from a deliberate act, what originally started out as a public health responseincreasingly became a law enforcement investigation.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170007662832,"sku":"2940149018147","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149018147_p0.jpg?v=1763710870","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149018147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}