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• 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: 422,000Updated September 2014

   

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