Anthrax Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 29 Jan 2020
Contributors
Created byKatie Byrne
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Periods
21 Sept: Johanna Huden bump on finger25 Sept:
-Erin O'Connor (Assistant to NBC Tom Brokaw) handled threatening letter26 Sept:
-Richard Morgano caught anthrax28 Sept:
-Casey Chamberlain (Assistant to NBC Tom Brokaw) opened letter and developed cutaneous anthrax
-mail carrier Teresa Heller fell ill w/ anthrax29 Sept:
-son of ABC employee developed anthrax1 Oct:
-Blanco fallen ill and sought treatment
-Erin O’Connor developed cutaneous anthrax and sought medical attention
-son of ABC employee admitted to hospital
- Claire Fletcher (assistant to CBS NEWS) developed anthrax but recovered quickly2 Oct:
-Robert Stevens hospitalized with anthrax5 Oct:
-Robert Steven dies
-Ernesto Blanco diagnosed with inhalation anthrax9 Oct:
-Colleague shot compressed air into a jammed machine (dust particles into air)13 Oct:
-News reports about another anthrax case14 Oct:
-Patrick O'Donnell (hamilton postal worker) developed symptoms15 Oct:
-Jyostsna Patel developed anthrax
-Anthrax confirmed @ Sen. Tom Daschle’s office @ Washington DC16 Oct:
-Leroy Richmond, Thomas Morris Jr, Joseph Curseen Jr. developed anthrax17 Oct:
-Blanco treatment successful and discharged
-Linda Burch developed lesion on her forehead18 Oct:
-Daschle and Brokaw anthrax strains matched19 Oct:
-New york post mailroom employee caught anthrax
-Norma Wallace diagnosed w/ anthrax20 Oct:
-Johanna Huden (New York Post) has cutaneous anthrax21 Oct:
-richmond and anonymous patient survived22 Oct:
-Morris and Curseen died
-avid Hose developed Anthrax but survived23 Oct:
-Editor Mark Cunningham caught anthrax25 Oct:
-Kathy Nguyen ill31 Oct:
-Kathy Nguyen died14 Nov:
-Ottilie Lundgren ill15 Nov:
-Evidence- letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy had anthrax21 Nov:
-Ottilie Lundgren diedJune 2002:
-BI radiocarbon dated spore that had been created within 2 years of the attackJuly 2002:
-Profile of killer
-narrowed search to 32 peopleAug 2002:
-mailbox in princeton, heavily contaminated w/ anthrax
-Still no main suspects6 Aug. 2002:
-Gov announced person of interest
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