9/11 The Numbers

9/11
- 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.
![]() ![]() Ground Zero on the 23rd of September
2001 and again in 2010
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2,819:
Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of
9/5/02)
343:
Number
of firefighters and paramedics killed
23:
Number of NYPD officers
37: Number of Port Authority police
officers
60: Number of WTC companies that lost
people
1,402: Number of employees who died in
Tower One
614: Number of employees who died in Tower
Two
658: Number of employees lost at Cantor
Fitzgerald 22: Number of U.S. troops killed in
Operation Enduring Freedom
115: Number
of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks:
3:1 Ratio of men to women who died
35
and 39:
Age
range of the greatest number who died 289:
Bodies found
"intact"
19,858:
Body parts
found
1,717: Number of families who got no remains:
36,000: Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Centre 258: Total units of donated blood actually used 1,609: Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks 3,051:
Estimated number of children who lost a parent
20: Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed
in the attacks 274: FDNY retirements January - July 2001 661: FDNY retirements January - July 2002
300: Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory
problems by January 2002 200: Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001
98: Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed
1,506,124:
Tons of debris removed from site
99: Days fires continued to burn after the attack
146,100: Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks
6: Days the New York Stock Exchange was
closed
684.81: Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when
the NYSE reopened
26: Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing
Afghanistan 1,714: Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11 105
billion: Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks
600
million: Estimated cost of cleanup 970 million: Total FEMA money spent on the emergency 1.4
billion: Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities
40.2
billion: Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to
9/11 7.5
million: Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul
lower-Manhattan subways 4.55 billion: Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways 500
million: Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to
NYPD and FDNY families 25: Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families
1 million: Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD
widow
17.9: Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to
2002 40: Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002
50: Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002
150: Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered
"inappropriate" to play after 9/11 26: Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars
30,000: Apartments
in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup 4,110: Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing 1.4
million: Number of Americans who changed their 2001
holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car 422,000: Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11
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