Friday, September 11, 2009
9/11 and other tragic numbers
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
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