It was exactly one week after the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, that traces of anthrax were discovered in anonymous letters being mailed transcontinental into the United States. America was barely able to get over the shock due to the initial terrorist attacks on the United States before another wave of terrorism, known as biological terrorism or bioterrorism, was threatening the safety of the United States yet again. Though I was young at the time and unaware of what exactly was going on, I can still fairly remember the panic that consumed my family and friends, and how there seemed to be something new in the newspaper and on the news stations on television every day. The entire country was on edge with everyone questioning what crazy events could possibly happen next, and for the first time in my lifetime that I can remember, I was afraid to live in the country that I was born in. It would take almost nine years for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to end their investigation on the anthrax attacks and the perpetrator that brought the bacterium to America that left five Americans dead and 17 sick, but these dangerous and deadly attacks of bioterrorism on the United States of America would eventually come to be known as "the worst biological attacks in U.S. history" (Amerithrax, n.d.). Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that, once inside the body, is not only activated but capable of multiplying and spreading through the body, creating toxins that can not only dangerously infect the body, but cause severe illness and in some cases even death. Though it is a rare disease here in the United States of America, anthrax is common in the developing countries of Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, central and southwestern Asia, southern and Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean ("Basics,  2013). Anthrax is not contagious but once its spores are ingested through inhalation, eating, drinking, injection, or even contact with an open wound, the bacteria, Bacillus anthracis, that causes anthrax is immediately activated and from there it begins multiplying. There are four different types of anthrax “inhalation, cutaneous, injection, and gastrointestinal anthrax“ but which one a person contracts is dependent on how they come in contact with the virus. The most deadly of all four types is inhalation anthrax. People who come in contact with anthrax by inhaling it usually involve slaughterhouse workers, mill workers, veterinarians, or any type of person that handles animals or animal products that could possibly be infected. The anthrax spores go in through the nose and begin to activate in the lymph nodes before sending toxins through the rest of the body that result in respiratory problems and, in some cases, even shock. Within a week to two months after inhaling the deadly spores, an untreated infection will leave a survival rate of a mere 10-15%. However, if the patient manages to undergo aggressive treatment immediately after incurring the symptoms of this deadly infection, the survival rate jumps to a an average of 55% (Basics, 2013) With such low percentages of survival both with treatment and without, it is clear why inhalation anthrax is the most deadly and severe of each form of anthrax poisoning. Cutaneous anthrax comes in as the most common type of anthrax to be contracted. This form is caused when the anthrax spores get inside of the body by way of a cut, scrape, or other form of open wound on the body in which the spores can get into the bloodstream. This type of infection is commonly found on the head, the neck, the forearms, and the hands, and it affects the skin and tissue surrounding the site of infection (Basics,  2013). Though it is the most common, it is the least dangerous of the four types, and while it usually takes 1-7 days for the infection to take place, only 20% of people will die without treatment. Injection anthrax has symptoms close to that of cutaneous anthrax, but this form has never been found in the United States of America, though it is popular among people in northern Europe with heroin-injecting tendencies. Unfortunately, anthrax spores entering the body by injection will activate and spread much faster and will be much harder to identify and provide treatment for than the other forms of anthrax contraction. As for gastrointestinal anthrax, it is linked to the ingestion of r