Robert K. " Bob " Stevens ( June 20 , 1938 &ndash; October 5 , 2001 ) was a British-born American photojournalist for the '' Sun '' , a subsidiary of American Media , located in Boca Raton , Florida , United States . He was the first journalist killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks when letters containing anthrax were mailed to multiple media outlets in the United States . The anthrax attacks also killed four others in the United States and sickened seventeen others
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Death of Robert Stevens