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Summary
Terrorist letter with anthrax addressed to Democrat Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Daschle" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Daschle">w:en:Tom Daschle</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:2001_anthrax_attacks" class="extiw" title="w:en:2001 anthrax attacks">w:en:2001 anthrax attacks</a>. Carta terrorista con antrax dirigida al Senador Demócrata Tom Daschle durante los ataques con antrax de 2001.
Image of envelope in which the letter containing Anthrax was sent to Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Daschle" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Daschle">w:en:Tom Daschle</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:2001_anthrax_attacks" class="extiw" title="w:en:2001 anthrax attacks">w:en:2001 anthrax attacks</a>.
The return address given in the top left says: "4th Grade, Greendale School, Franklin Park, New Jersey, 08852." There is no Greendale School at that address, though there is a Greenbrook School in the locality.
Tests conducted at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USAMRIID" class="extiw" title="w:en:USAMRIID">w:en:USAMRIID</a> confirmed the presence of fine, "energetic", powdered anthrax within this prestamped 34 cent transmittal envelope. Also present was a one page handwritten letter, clues from which enabled the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:FBI" class="extiw" title="w:en:FBI">w:en:FBI</a> to create a profile of the sender.
The letter was postmarked at the Hamilton Township postal facility at 5:45 p.m. on October 9 2001. By October 11 it had reached the Brentwood postal facility in Washington which processes US Government mail. Two postal workers, Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr., died after contracting inhalational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:anthrax_disease" class="extiw" title="w:en:anthrax disease">anthrax</a> at the Brentwood facility. The 14 000 square foot facility was decontaminated on December 14, 2002 using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:chlorine_dioxide" class="extiw" title="w:en:chlorine dioxide">w:en:chlorine dioxide</a> gas. When it was reopened 26 months after the incident the facility was renamed the "Joseph Curseen Junior and Thomas Morris Junior Processing Distribution Center."
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| current | 15:14, 5 January 2017 | | 346 × 194 (83 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Terrorist letter with anthrax addressed to Democrat Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Daschle" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Daschle">w:en:Tom Daschle</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:2001_anthrax_attacks" class="extiw" title="w:en:2001 anthrax attacks">w:en:2001 anthrax attacks</a>. Carta terrorista con antrax dirigida al Senador Demócrata Tom Daschle durante los ataques con antrax de 2001. </p> <p>Image of envelope in which the letter containing Anthrax was sent to Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Daschle" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Daschle">w:en:Tom Daschle</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:2001_anthrax_attacks" class="extiw" title="w:en:2001 anthrax attacks">w:en:2001 anthrax attacks</a>. </p> <p>The return address given in the top left says: "4th Grade, Greendale School, Franklin Park, New Jersey, 08852." There is no Greendale School at that address, though there is a Greenbrook School in the locality. </p> <p>Tests conducted at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USAMRIID" class="extiw" title="w:en:USAMRIID">w:en:USAMRIID</a> confirmed the presence of fine, "energetic", powdered anthrax within this prestamped 34 cent transmittal envelope. Also present was a one page handwritten letter, clues from which enabled the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:FBI" class="extiw" title="w:en:FBI">w:en:FBI</a> to create a profile of the sender. </p> <p>The letter was postmarked at the Hamilton Township postal facility at 5:45 p.m. on October 9 2001. By October 11 it had reached the Brentwood postal facility in Washington which processes US Government mail. Two postal workers, Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr., died after contracting inhalational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:anthrax_disease" class="extiw" title="w:en:anthrax disease">anthrax</a> at the Brentwood facility. The 14 000 square foot facility was decontaminated on December 14, 2002 using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:chlorine_dioxide" class="extiw" title="w:en:chlorine dioxide">w:en:chlorine dioxide</a> gas. When it was reopened 26 months after the incident the facility was renamed the "Joseph Curseen Junior and Thomas Morris Junior Processing Distribution Center." </p> |
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