9-11
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September 11th by the
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September 11th by the Numbers
The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the
burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they took to
fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple out.
- Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02):
2,819
- Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
- Number of NYPD officers: 23
- Number of Port Authority police officers: 37
- Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60
- Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
- Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
- Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
- Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom:
22
- Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks:
115
- Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
- Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
- Bodies found "intact": 289
- Body parts found: 19,858
- Number of families who got no remains: 1,717
- Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center:
36,000
- Total units of donated blood actually used: 258
- Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks:
1,609
- Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
- Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the
attacks: 20
- FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274
- FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661
- Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by
January 2002: 300
- Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
- Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
- Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124
- Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99
- Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
- Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
- Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE
reopened: 684.81
- Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan:
26
- Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on
American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714
- Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105
billion
- Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
- Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
- Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
- Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11:
$40.2 billion
- Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan
subways: $7.5 billion
- Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to
overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion
- Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD
and FDNY families: $500 million
- Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and
NYPD families: 25
- Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow:
$1 million
- Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to
2002: 17.9
- Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to
2002: 40
- Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002:
50
- Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate"
to play after 9/11: 150
- Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26
- Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup:
30,000
- Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup
and testing: 4,110
- Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel
plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million
- Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from
post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000
Source: njlawman.com/Feature%20Pieces/September%2011.htm
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