Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

On September 13, 2001, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that "As the extent of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington became clearer, Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent in the Bay Area as well as the nation found themselves targets of threats and vandalism." The article mentioned numerous incidents across the country. In the Bay Area, "Vandals threw a large plastic bag labeled as pig's blood yesterday on the front door of Minority Assistance Services in San Francisco's Mission District, which serves many Mideast immigrants, police said. Lt. Morris Tabak, who heads the department's hate crimes unit, said an unknown person called a paralegal there at about 2:30 p.m. and said he had left a package 'for your brother Osama bin Laden.'"