
Oct 22, 2001 SUMMARY OF ANTHRAX CASES IN THE U.S.
Monday, October 22, 2001
CONTRACTED INHALATION ANTHRAX:
o [Male] 63, photo editor, the Sun, American Media
Inc., Boca Raton, Florida. Died 5 Oct 2001
o [Male] 73, mail room worker at American Media Inc.,
Boca Raton, Florida; remains hospitalized.
o [Male] 57, Washington DC postal worker. Hospitalized
in serious but stable condition in northern {*filter*}ia.
o Second Washington DC postal worker. Hospitalized in
{*filter*}ia.
In addition, tests are under way on 2 other Washington DC
postal workers who died of symptoms consistent with
anthrax.
CONTRACTED SKIN ANTHRAX:
New York
o [Female] 38, assistant to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, New
York; treated with antibiotics.
o Seven-month-old son of ABC News producer, New York;
treated with antibiotics.
o [Female] 27, assistant to CBS anchor Dan Rather, New
York; treated with antibiotics.
o [Female] 30, assistant to editorial page editor at
New York Post [New York]; treated with antibiotics.
New Jersey
o Female letter carrier at West Trenton post office,
Ewing, New Jersey; treated with antibiotics.
o [Male. 35] postal worker who sorts and loads mail at
mail center in Hamilton, New Jersey; treated with
antibiotics.
TESTED POSITIVE FOR EXPOSURE:
o Florida: 6 American Media employees; treated with
antibiotics.
o New York: 2 lab technicians, one policeman who worked
on NBC case; treated with antibiotics.
o Washington DC: 28 people at the Capitol complex
including aides to Sen. Tom Daschle and 2 Capitol police
officers; treated with antibiotics.
LOCATIONS WHERE ANTHRAX FOUND:
Florida
o American Media Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, on keyboard
of man who died and in mail room.
o 3 U.S. Postal Service facilities, two in Boca Raton,
Florida, where AMI is based; one in Lake Worth, near
AMI's former address in Lantana.
New York
o NBC, New York, on letter postmarked 18 Sep 2001,
Trenton, New Jersey
o Gov. George Pataki's office, New York City.
Washington DC
o Daschle's Washington office in the Hart Senate office
building, on letter postmarked 9 Oct 2001, Trenton, New
Jersey
o Dirksen Senate office building, where mail for Senate
offices is processed; Ford House office building, where
mail for House offices is processed; and an off-site
postal facility where all congressional mail is
processed.
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