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9/11 by the Numbers 49 9/11 by the Numbers 49 9/11 by the Numbers FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: Number of songs Clear Channel Radio 661 considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150 Death, destruction, charity, Number of firefighters on leave for Number of mentions of 9/11 at the salvation, war, money, real respiratory problems by January 2002: 300 Oscars: 26 estate, spouses, babies, and Number of funerals attended by Rudy Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible other September 11 statistics Giuliani in 2001: 200 for asbestos cleanup: 30,000 Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 98 Number of apartments whose residents a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the burning towers have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110 stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they Tons of debris removed from site: took to fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple 1,506,124 Number of Americans who changed out. their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to Days fires continued to burn after the train or car: 1.4 million Total number killed in attacks (official attack: 99 figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819 Estimated number of New Yorkers Jobs lost in New York owing to the suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as Number of firefighters and paramedics attacks: 146,100 a result of 9/11: 422,000 [] killed: 343 Days the New York Stock Exchange was Number of NYPD officers: 23 closed: 6 Number of Port Authority police Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial officers: 37 average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81 Number of WTC companies that lost Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began people: 60 bombing Afghanistan: 26 Number of employees who died in Total number of hate crimes reported to Tower One: 1,402 the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714 Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614 Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658 Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million Number of U.S. troops killed in FEMA money spent on the emergency: Operation Enduring Freedom: 22 $970 million Number of nations whose citizens were Estimated amount donated to 9/11 killed in attacks: 115 charities: $1.4 billion Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1 Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39 Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 Bodies found "intact": 289 billion Body parts found: 19,858 Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan Number of families who got no remains: subways: $4.55 billion 1,717 Estimated amount of money raised for Estimated units of blood donated to the funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: New York Blood Center: 36,000 $500 million Total units of donated blood actually Percentage of total charity money raised used: 258 going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25 Number of people who lost a spouse or Average benefit already received by partner in the attacks: 1,609 each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million Estimated number of children who lost a Percentage increase in law-school parent: 3,051 applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9 Percentage of Americans who knew Percentage increase in Peace Corps someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20 applications from 2001 to 2002: 40 FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: Percentage increase in CIA applications 274 from 2001 to 2002: 50