October 2, 2001, Robert Stevens, a photojournalist for the Sun, returned home from a visit to North Carolina. He was exhibiting symptoms of the flu, but when he went to the hospital, doctors admitted him, believing he had developed meningitis. Further testing proved that he had developed pulmonary anthrax, confirmed by the CDC. Robert Stevens died on October 5, 2001, making him the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attack, and the first death from anthrax in 25 years.

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