The October 13, 2001 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 285 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 24 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, October 13, 2025, 265 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, in 99 days. You have lived for 9,031 days, or about 216,760 hours, or about 13,005,649 minutes, or about 780,338,940 seconds.
Date: 13 October 2001
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich Op-Ed column criticizes Condoleezza Rice's efforts to pressure television news executives not to air Osama bin Laden's inflammatory video, which he calls another example of Bush administration's efforts to manage news that in no way threatens security of US military operations in Afghanistan; cartoon (M)
Date: 13 October 2001
By David Barstow
David Barstow
Assistant to NBC television anchor Tom Brokaw has tested positive for anthrax, more than two weeks after she handled two threatening letters addressed to Brokaw, one containing white powder and second a sandlike substance; Rockefeller Center is cordoned off; The New York Times newsroom is evacuated after reporter opens envelope containing white powder; photos; Times letter and at least one to NBC were mailed from St Petersburg, Fla, and have similar handwriting; anxious people in New York and around US deplete antibiotic supplies and besiege doctors, offices are evacuated after spate of threats and companies alter mail-handling procedures; NBC aide, Erin O'Connor, 38, has skin anthrax, less dangerous form; Vice Pres Cheney speculates on link to Osama bin Laden's terrorists; Pres Bush urges life to go on as normal; hundreds of Rockefeller Center employees are tested, and many get antibiotics; questions are raised about FBI's failure to analyze powder from NBC after being notified Sept 25; test came only after O'Connor's doctor notified city health officials; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges people not to overreact to anthrax scare and latest warnings of possible new terrorist attack; O'Connor is reported making full recovery; she developed rash and fever after handling envelope and, on Oct 1, saw doctor who prescribed Cipro; Times letter was sent to Judith Miller, who has written extensively about chemical and biological weapons (M)
Date: 14 October 2001
By Randy Cohen
Randy Cohen
I read that footage of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center, captured by two filmmakers working on a documentary about the city's firefighters, was sold to a TV network. I don't know if they demanded a lot of money, but I wonder: Is it ethical for someone who just happened to be in the right place with a camera to profit from such a tragedy? Chris Knight, Toronto
Date: 13 October 2001
By Susan Saulny
Susan Saulny
Anxiety spreads across New York City region, especially in Midtown and financial district, as news filters out that there has been confirmed case of anthrax in city; news jolts already sensitive public about biological terrorism, reaction that city officials try all day to calm; by midafternoon, anthrax scares force workers from their offices, and companies in city and suburbs make emergency adjustments to way they receive mail, with some cutting off any distribution to employees for next several days; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Gov George Pataki address public several times during day, urging New Yorkers to remain calm; news that NBC employee was exposed to anthrax at Rockefeller Center in Midtown keeps many office workers on edge; one of first and most widespread reactions to disclosure of anthrax case at NBC is surge in demand for antibiotics, especially Cipro (M)
Date: 14 October 2001
By Seth Margolis
Seth Margolis
Profile of Bill Kurtis, anchorman for Investigative Reports; Investigative Reports 10th Anniversary Special will air on A&E network; photos (M)
Date: 13 October 2001
By Dana Canedy and Jim Yardley
Dana Canedy
Federal authorities say they have completed testing of nearly all of 1,000 people connected to American Media building in Boca Raton, Fla, and found no new cases of anthrax exposure; also say building's mail room was primary contamination area; Hector Pesquera, special agent in charge of FBI in Miami, says testing will be done at three post offices where workers could potentially handle mail to American Media; Ernesto Blanco and Stephanie Dailey, mail-room employees at American Media, are taking antibiotics; Blanco is hospitalized for pneumonia and is in stable condition; Dailey says she is in good health; Bill Stevens, third employee exposed to bacteria, died last week; photo (M)
Date: 13 October 2001
By Dan Barry and Marjorie Connelly
Dan Barry
New York Times-CBS News poll shows one month after terrorist attack that destroyed World Trade Center, many city residents say that they feel great pride and faith in their city, but they also say that their civic allegiance is tempered--though far from crushed--by haunting memories and by concerns about future attacks; nearly all of polls respondents--93 percent--say they harbor good image of city, and two-thirds say that they plan to be living in city four years from now; chart (M)1
Date: 14 October 2001
By Charlie Leduff
Charlie Leduff
Bending Elbows column on Steve Dunleavy, 64, big-talking, big-drinking New York Post columnist whose unofficial office is at Langan's restaurant and pub on West 47th Street; photo (M)
Date: 14 October 2001
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
People in Dubai are unwilling to talk about Marwan al-Shehhi, Dubai citizen thought to have piloted one of planes that crashed into World Trade Center Sept 11; government-guided news media in United Arab Emirates have not mentioned his name; residents of his hometown deny knowledge of him; photo (M)
Date: 13 October 2001
By Jennifer Steinhauer and Jim Dwyer
Jennifer Steinhauer
FBI was notified Sept 25 about suspicious letters sent to NBC but did not move to test letters or powder inside until nearly two weeks later, and then only because private doctor notified New York City health officials about troubling rash on Erin O'Connor, news assistant who had handled mail; FBI New York officer Barry W Mawn admits FBI neither performed nor sought any tests and did not interview O'Connor soon after learning of incident; agents picked up envelopes Sept 26, day after NBC security called; city officials were not informed until days later; Mawn notes that have been numerous scares to investigate since Sept 11 terrorist attack; O'Connor handled letter filled with white powder and postmarked St Petersburg, Fla, and second with sandy substance; she saw private doctor, infectious disease specialist Richard Fried, who suspected anthrax and prescribed Cipro; he or her dermatologist notified city Health Department Oct 6 (M)