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Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

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It was deeply unsettling. It was terrifying. It made it feel that much more personal, that much more threatening to us.

Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

Episode 4: Machine 17

To see them shut down, to see yellow police tape, to see soldiers and police officers around, to see images of investigators coming into the building with their biohazard suits —

Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

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I was heading to work that morning and listening to reports coming in on the local radio news station.

Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

By the time I get to work, we have reporters down at the scene. I'm working the phones to try to figure out what a story would say. But colleagues are there physically at the building, and the pictures that are coming back are of people in moon suits.

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You know, investigators coming in dressed up like it's the hot zone and they're heading out to check on a plague. But they're walking into a Senate office, a building that we all know so well, we've been in dozens of times. That meant that the government was also under attack and that, you know, among the possible victims could be any member of Congress or any elected official.