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.
See
Also: The Encyclopedia of 9/11
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Total
number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753
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Number
of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
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Number
of NYPD officers: 23
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Number
of Port Authority police officers: 37
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Number
of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128
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Number
of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402
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Number
of employees who died in Tower Two: 614
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Number
of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658
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Number
of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom:2,108
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Number
of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115
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Ratio
of men to women who died: 3:1
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Age of
the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
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Bodies
found "intact": 291
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Remains
found: 21,744
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Number
of families who got no remains: 1,717
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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
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Estimated
number of children who lost a parent: 3,051
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Percentage
of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20
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FDNY
retirements, January–July 2001: 274
·
FDNY
retirements, January–July 2002: 661
·
Number
of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January
2002: 300
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Number
of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
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Number
of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98
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Tons of
debris removed from site: 1,506,124
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Days fires
continued to burn after the attack: 99
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Jobs
lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100
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Days
the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6
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Point
drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81
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Days
after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26
·
Total
number of civil rights complaints reported to the Council on
American-Islamic Relations nationwide from 2002 to 2008:12,962
·
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
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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 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
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Number
of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to
play after 9/11: 150
·
Number
of mentions of 9/11 at the 2002 Oscars: 26
·
Apartments
in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup:23,000
·
Number
of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,167
·
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
Updated September 2012
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