9/11 by the Numbers
Death, destruction, charity, salvation, war, money, real estate, spouses, babies, and otherSeptember 11 statistics.
Death, destruction, charity, salvation, war, money, real estate, spouses, babies, and otherSeptember 11 statistics.
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
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Total
units of donated blood actually used: 258
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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
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FDNY
retirements, January–July 2002: 661
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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
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Total
number of civil rights complaints reported to the Council on
American-Islamic Relations nationwide from 2002 to 2008:12,962
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Economic loss to New York in month following the
attacks: $105 billion
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Estimated
cost of cleanup: $600 million
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Total
FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
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Estimated
amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion
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Estimated
amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11:$40.2 billion
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Estimated
amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5
billion
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Amount
of money granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan
subways: $4.55 billion
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Estimated
amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500
million
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Percentage
of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25
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Average
benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow:$1 million
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Percentage
increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9
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Percentage
increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40
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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
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Number
of mentions of 9/11 at the 2002 Oscars: 26
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Apartments
in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup:23,000
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Number
of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,167
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Number
of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or
car: 1.4 million
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Estimated
number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as
a result of 9/11: 422,000
