Saturday, August 9, 2008

One-time anthrax subjects glad to move on

In this Nov. 13, 2001 file photo, FBI officials stand guard outside the home of Dr. Irshad Shaikh and his brother, Masood in Chester, Pa. Not long after dawn on Nov. 13, armed FBI agents hunting for the anthrax killer crashed through the door and spent the next 13 hours searching the place in moon suits. Even as TV cameras broadcast the spectacle live, Shaikh, a respected public health official, assured friends and reporters that everything was OK. Vindication finally came this week, when authorities declared that Dr. Bruce Ivins, an Army biologist who killed himself last week, was responsible for the anthrax mailings. (AP Photo/Dan Loh, File)
AP - Thu Aug 7, 10:53 PM ET

NEW YORK - For a few long hours in 2001, things looked impossibly grim for Dr. Irshad Shaikh and his brother, Masood. Not long after dawn on Nov. 13, armed FBI agents hunting for the anthrax killer crashed through the door of his Pennsylvania home and spent the next 13 hours searching the place in moon suits. Another team raided the apartment of a colleague, a few blocks away.

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