How to Botch a Crisis - 9/11

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:44:59 GMT

All anyone in Washington is talking about these days is anthrax – and, in light of the latest fiascos, it's hard to blame them. An anthrax-stricken postal worker from the Brentwood postal facility shows up in an emergency room at Southern Maryland Hospital – and he's sent home with what's diagnosed as the flu. The next day, he's dead. The Senate receives an anthrax-tainted letter that affects more than two dozen staffers. Such a letter, presumably, had to pass through the post office. So what do authorities do? They hold a press conference at the Brentwood postal facility that serves the Hill, drawing all manner of big cheeses and hotshot reporters. Then they shut down the building, discover it's contaminated and direct everyone who was at the session to get tested for anthrax. A second postal worker from the Brentwood facility also dies.