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9/11 By The Numbers 9/11 by the Numbers Death, destruction, charity, salvation, war, money, real estate, spouses, babies, and other September 11 statistics. nymag.com 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. • 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 problems by January 2002: 300 dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 • Number of Port Authority police officers: 37 million • Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani • Number of WTC companies that lost people: in 2001: 200 • Percentage of total charity money raised going 60 to FDNY and NYPD families: 25 • Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98 • Number of employees who died in Tower One: • Average benefit already received by each 1,402 • Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124 FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million • Number of employees who died in Tower • Days fires continued to burn after the attack: • Percentage increase in law-school applications Two: 614 99 from 2001 to 2002: 17.9 • Number of employees lost at Cantor • Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: • Percentage increase in Peace Corps Fitzgerald: 658 146,100 applications from 2001 to 2002: 40 • Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation • Days the New York Stock Exchange was • Percentage increase in CIA applications from Enduring Freedom: 22 closed: 6 2001 to 2002: 50 • Number of nations whose citizens were killed • Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average • Number of songs Clear Channel Radio in attacks: 115 when the NYSE reopened: 684.81 considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150 • Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1 • Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26 • Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26 • Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39 • Total number of hate crimes reported to the • Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for Council on American-Islamic Relations asbestos cleanup: 30,000 • Bodies found "intact": 289 nationwide since 9/11: 1,714 • Number of apartments whose residents have • Body parts found: 19,858 • Economic loss to New York in month requested cleanup and testing: 4,110 following the attacks: $105 billion • Number of families who got no remains: 1,717 • Number of Americans who changed their 2001 • Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: • Estimated units of blood donated to the New 1.4 million York Blood Center: 36,000 • Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million • Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering • Total units of donated blood actually used: 258 from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of • Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: 9/11: 422,000 [] • Number of people who lost a spouse or partner $1.4 billion in the attacks: 1,609 Visit • Estimated amount of insurance paid • Estimated number of children who lost a worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion !,) <$= %21) &(-2 ;!"; ,28 parent: 3,051 Online at • Estimated amount of money needed to www.xzoneradiotv.com • Percentage of Americans who knew someone overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 hurt or killed in the attacks: 20 billion Our Podcasts Are Available at • FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274 • Amount of money recently granted by U.S. www.xzonepodcast.com government to overhaul lower-Manhattan • FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661 subways: $4.55 billion Our YouTube Channel • Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory • Estimated amount of money raised for funds www.youtube.com/xzoneradiotv