Report- Hijacker may have had anthrax

Sunday, March 24, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The government is investigating a report from medical authorities that one of the Sept. 11 hijackers was treated three months before the terror attacks for a lesion that could have been caused by exposure to anthrax, U.S. officials said Saturday.

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