Remembering 9/11

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This photo still gives me chills, a set of turn out gear for every firefighter whose life was lost on 9/11/2001.

343 firefighters died that day, I’d like to see if we can get one share for every firefighter!! May we never forget!!!
 
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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



  • Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753

  • Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343

  • Number of NYPD officers: 23

  • Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

  • Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128

  • 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: 2,343

  • 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": 291

  • Remains found: 21,906

  • 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: 1.8 million

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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 2014
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I'll never forget where I was, what I was doing and how angry and sad I was that day and the weeks and probably months following. It changed everything.
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I was a senior in high school, another teacher came running in our classroom and told my teacher to turn on the news. We all sat there in shock watching it unfold.
 
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I was walking into class at UT as the second plane hit. I watched the towers fall on tv and couldn’t wrap my head around it. I remember the rumors of planes potentially flying into Oak Ridge. I also remember a Muslim family at my apartment building openly celebrating that day.
 
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davethevol said:
I was walking into class at UT as the second plane hit. I watched the towers fall on tv and couldn’t wrap my head around it. I remember the rumors of planes potentially flying into Oak Ridge. I also remember a Muslim family at my apartment building openly celebrating that day.
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Did anything happen to that family?

I'm not asking because I think someone should have done something to them, just curious if anybody did do something.
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Did anything happen to that family?

I'm not asking because I think someone should have done something to them, just curious if anybody did do something.
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No, but I think they got the message that something would if they continued. I think about 10-15 people converged on that vicinity within minutes of that happening.
 
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davethevol said:
I was walking into class at UT as the second plane hit. I watched the towers fall on tv and couldn’t wrap my head around it. I remember the rumors of planes potentially flying into Oak Ridge. I also remember a Muslim family at my apartment building openly celebrating that day.
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Part of this seems fabricated...
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
I was a senior in high school, another teacher came running in our classroom and told my teacher to turn on the news. We all sat there in shock watching it unfold.
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I was also a Senior in high school and it feels very surreal now that we are a generation removed and teaching it to kids as lessons in history class.
 
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When the Arizona blew apart, and our fleet at Pearl Harbor was devastated on 12/7/41 I guess they felt the same way we did, but it was worse for our generation because we didn't have a nation to hate on....just an ideology and obscure faces that also threw their sucker punch from behind.
 
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davethevol said:
No, but I think they got the message that something would if they continued. I think about 10-15 people converged on that vicinity within minutes of that happening.
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Sorry, but if you celebrate that you are the enemy. If you openly celebrate the mass murder of nearly 3,000 citizens in this country then you get what’s coming to you. I wouldn’t blink an eye if those people gotten beaten within an inch of their lives. . They are savages that only respect violence .
 
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Idk why this has hit me so hard this year. Like I’ve cried when I think of it. I was a freshman in college but was home for a funeral.
 
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wildnkrazykat said:
Idk why this has hit me so hard this year. Like I’ve cried when I think of it. I was a freshman in college but was home for a funeral.
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It’s hit me harder this year too and I don’t know why either.
 
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My 6yo asked me last night what happened on 9/11. I can't imagine having to explain it to one in 2001

One of the surreal experiences as a sports fan happened that year though. I was living in AZ at the time and we played the Yankees in the WS. You weren't cheering against them it was more like we were all just cheering that the game still went on. Hard to really explain it
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
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



  • Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753

  • Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343

  • Number of NYPD officers: 23

  • Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

  • Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128

  • 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: 2,343

  • 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": 291

  • Remains found: 21,906

  • 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: 1.8 million

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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 2014
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Total of 412 emergency workers.

Missing from the total above, unless it's buried and I didn't see it -

8 emt's and paramedics from private ems agencies

1 patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol.
 
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davethevol said:
I was walking into class at UT as the second plane hit. I watched the towers fall on tv and couldn’t wrap my head around it. I remember the rumors of planes potentially flying into Oak Ridge. I also remember a Muslim family at my apartment building openly celebrating that day.
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A friend of mine's wife was an elementary school teacher in Nashville in the Nolensville Rd./Harding Place area. There are a lot of Muslims that live in that area and she told him there were numerous kids smiling and laughing about it.
 
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