yeah, this is a little perturbing. (I live in NYC, too.)
Also scary is this warning from the FBI:
For Immediate Release
October 11, 2001 Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
Certain information, while not specific as to target, gives the government reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests overseas over the next several days. The FBI has again alerted all local law enforcement to be on the highest alert and we call on all people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of any unusual or suspicious activity.
Here's the full NYC anthrax story, from
www.nytimes.com
NBC Says New York Employee Tests Positive for Anthrax
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHINGTON -- An employee of NBC in New York has tested positive for anthrax, the network said Friday. The FBI and C.D.C. are investigating.
The anthrax is not the same respiratory anthrax that killed a Florida man, NBC News said in a statement.
The employee tested positive for a cutaneous -- skin -- anthrax infection. The employee, a woman who was not identified, has received treatment and is responding well, the network said.
A source close to the investigation said the C.D.C. has received a possible report of anthrax but that it is not confirmed.
C.D.C. spokeswoman Barbara Reynolds referred all calls to the New York City Health Department, which is investigating.
NBC said the employee is in no danger and should recover fully, the network said.
The network said it had received some suspicious mail and immediately contacted the FBI, C.D.C. and the New York Department of Health.
"The mail was tested by these organizations, and the employee was treated by several physicians. All these tests came back negative," said the NBC statement. "However, this morning, a later test on the employee came back positive for traces of cutaneous anthrax."
