Video by: Mr. Blue_Skies

September 11th, 2001 is a date heavily ingrained in the minds of citizens and the culture of America. Twenty years later, the nation still mourns for the people who lost their lives. We are still conscious of the shift in how we navigate airports and travel in general. September 11th was the day that 2,996 people lost their lives, including nineteen hijackers, in four separate terrorist attacks. Both buildings of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 (whose intended target was not known, but crashed in a western Pennsylvania field) became a graveyard for nearly 3000 travelers and the birth of fear and panic for years to come.

Just one week after this national tragedy, another attack, less conspicuous in nature, would reignite the settling panic and chaos among Americans. On September 18th, four separate letters were mailed from Trenton, New Jersey to news outlets in New York City: ABC News, CBS News, The New York Post, and NBC News. One letter is sent to American Media, Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida. As the mail is delivered to the newsrooms, it is clear a sick and twisted individual is ready to wreak havoc on the United States again.

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