anthrax sent through mail after 9/11
The 2001 Anthrax Attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks.io Recovery Corporation removed 93 bags of anthrax-contaminated mail at the New York Post alone. The decontamination of the Brentwood postal facility took 26 months and cost $130 million. The Hamilton, New Jersey postal facility remained closed until March 2005; its cleanup cost $65 million.