It is best known as the site of the Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr . Processing and Distribution Center , the postal mail sorting facility through which anthrax-contaminated mail addressed to two members of the U.S. Senate passed in the 2001 anthrax attacks . Curseen and Morris were members of the American Postal Workers Union , AFL-CIO who died after exposure to the anthrax in the incident . The facility was closed October 21 , 2001 , because of anthrax contamination and did not reopen until December 21 , 2003
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Brentwood (Washington, D.C.)