On this day, Oct. 5, 2001, Robert Stevens became the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Stevens, 63, a photo editor at the Sun tabloid newspaper in Boca Raton, Fla., died after inhaling anthrax spores from a letter sent to his office.

Letters were mailed one week after the Sept. 11 attacks to media representatives and two U.S. senators, causing a widespread scare.