Everyone remembers the horrific September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States perpetrated by practitioners of the "Religion of Peace" and how police officers and fire fighters were hailed as The Heroes of 9/11, and rightfully so, but how many can recall the panic the nation faced one month later when Anthrax laced letters caused national havoc, and at least two US Postal Service employees their lives?
Postal workers were quickly elevated to hero status back then because no one was sure what was happening, and because some idiots thought that it would be funny to send fake powdery substances to their "friends." One day after the first envelope was discovered and reported in the news, my station handled a bogus mailing, and the cost to the taxpayer was not cheap. In the years since, I was also present when a second mail piece was determined to be suspicious and investigated. Luckily nothing was found, and in my case lightning had struck twice.
The cartoon posted above cannot be found on the Internet (or at least I could not find it and believe me, I tried for quite some time because I misplaced my original which was found last night) which is why I am posting it here. I took it off of a cover from one of the news publications of the National Association of Letter Carriers and am making it available for those who wish to keep a copy.
Copyrights and ownership are on the image.
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