On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists associated with al Qaeda hijacked 4 commercial planes and crashed two into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and one into the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia. A total of 2,977 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks making it the deadliest terrorist attack in American history. Over 2,700 people were killed when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers and over 300 were first responders such as firefighters and police officers who died trying to help others. The attacks led to America's longest war in Afghanistan which aimed to dismantle al Qaeda and deny them a safe base of operations.
2.
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:2,108
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: 21,744
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:
The Numbers
3. On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijack four
fuel-loaded commercial airlines bound for
west coast destinations. This terrorist
attack on the United States is orchestrated
by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. A
total of 2,977 people are killed in New York
City, Washington, DC and outside of
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the worst
terrorist attack in U.S. history.
At the World Trade Center site in Lower
Manhattan, 2,753 people are killed when
hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and
United Airlines Flight 175 are intentionally
crashed in the north and south towers.
4. Of those who perish during the initial
attacks and the subsequent collapses of the
towers, 343 are New York City
firefighters, another 23 are New York City
police officers and 37 others are officers at
the Port Authority.
The first responders
5. The TimeLine
Timeline:
September 11, 2001
- 8:46am ET - American Airlines Flight 11
(traveling from Boston to Los Angeles)
strikes the north tower of the World Trade
Center in New York City.
- 9:03am ET - United Airlines Flight 175
(traveling from Boston to Los Angeles)
strikes the south tower of the World Trade
Center in New York City.
- 9:37am ET - American Airlines Flight 77
(traveling from Dulles, Virginia to Los
Angeles) strikes the Pentagon Building in
Washington.
- 9:59am ET - South tower of WTC
collapses in approximately 10 seconds.
- 10:03am ET - United Airlines Flight 93
(traveling from Newark, New Jersey to San
Francisco) crashes in a field near
Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- 10:28am ET - North tower of WTC
collapses. The time between the first attack
and the collapse of both World Trade
Center towers is 102 minutes.
6. flight 93 was heading to Washington
D.C, hijacked by terrorists. The passengers
fought to the cockpit, took control of the plane
and crashed it into a field in Pennsylvania, or a
theory is that a fighter jet shot it down.
Flight 93
7. The attacks of September 11th were
intended to break our spirit. Instead we
have emerged stronger and more unified.
We feel renewed devotion to the principles
of political, economic and religious
freedom, the rule of law and respect for
human life. We are more determined than
ever to live our lives in freedom. --Rudolph
W. Giuliani. December 31, 2001.
Quotes
Our enemies have made the mistake that
America’s enemies always make. They saw
liberty and thought they saw weakness.
And now, they see defeat. --George W.
Bush, President of the United States.
Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those
who grieve, for the children whose worlds
have been shattered, for all whose sense of
safety and security has been threatened.
And I pray they will be comforted by a
power greater than any of us, spoken
through the ages in Psalm 23: “Even
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are
with me.” --President George W. Bush
September 11, 2001.
10. Terrorism continues
On April 15, two bombs exploded at the
finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing
three people and injuring 264. After several
days with a city on edge and police on the
hunt, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev allegedly took the life of a police
officer before leading authorities on a
chase through the outskirts of the city.
