"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: 343Number of NYPD officers: 23Number of Port Authority police officers: 37Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39Bodies found "intact": 289Body parts found: 19,858Number of families who got no remains: 1,717Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000Total units of donated blood actually used: 258Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Casualties of September 11
Here are some solemn statistics, from New York magazine, just for the Twin Towers alone, not counting the Pentagon or Flight 93:
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