Robert Stevens was a 63-year-old British-born American photojournalist and photo editor at The Sun in Boca Raton. In early October 2001 he developed flu-like symptoms including vomiting and difficulty breathing and was initially treated for meningitis. Further testing confirmed inhalational anthrax, and he died on October 5, 2001, from pulmonary anthrax—the first U.S. fatality from anthrax in about 25 years and the first journalist killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Investigators traced his infection to a letter containing anthrax spores mailed to the American Media offices; the particular envelope that infected Stevens was never recovered. The anthrax strain was identified as the Ames strain. The subsequent federal Amerithrax investigation focused on Bruce Edwards Ivins, a microbiologist linked to a military research lab; Ivins died by suicide in 2008 as prosecutors prepared charges. In 2003 Stevens’ widow sued the U.S. government alleging negligent safeguarding of biological agents; the family settled in 2011 for $2.5 million with no admission of liability.

Are there reporters, postal workers, or former AMI employees who remember conditions at the Boca Raton office in 2001 and can add details about how mail was handled then?