The acrid fumes of 9/11 were still smoldering above the World Trade Center site when a second wave of terrorism infiltrated America — this time coming via the U.S. mail. If you’re old enough to remember those chaotic days, weeks and months in the fall of 2001, you’ll recall how we were made aware of the terrifyingly dangerous and often lethal powers of anthrax spores, which were detected in a number of letters mailed to various news media headquarters and government offices, resulting in the deaths of five people and infections to at least 17 others.
These letters included such messages as “Death to America, Death to Israel, Allah is Great,” which had many believing a foreign enemy was once again attacking America. But as we’re reminded in the gripping Netflix documentary “The Anthrax Attacks,” the investigation soon turned to domestic terrorism, and a number of suspects emerged — but it would be years before the case was closed.
