The post-9/11 period in America was understandably a heightened time, made even more so by the anthrax scare that occurred in the United States in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, which CNN will delve into in tonight's episode of How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin.
In 2001, powdered anthrax spores—a bacteria whose spread and fatality earned it the nickname “the poor man’s nuclear bomb”—were deliberately put into letters that were mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to news media headquarters, the offices of Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, and more, ultimately infecting 17 people and tragically killing five.
