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9/11 Terrorist Attacks PhotoGallery

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The 9/11 Children: Numbers and Facts

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ABC newswoman Diane Sawyer poses with 63 babies born to women who lost their husbands in the September 11 attacks on the United States( source )

  • 658 Employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald, believed to be the hardest-hit employer in the twin towers.
  • 115 Estimated number of countries whose citizens died in the attacks.
  • 19,435 Number of body parts recovered from Ground Zero by May 2002.
  • 291 Number of intact bodies discovered.
  • 40 Per cent of World Trade Center victims whose remains were never identified.
  • 105 People still classified as missing one year after the attack on Ground Zero.
  • 18 People pulled from the wreckage alive.
  • 27.5 Hours Genelle Guzman was under the rubble before she was discovered alive at Ground Zero.
  • 3,000 Approximate number of children who lost a parent in the attacks.
  • 1,300 Estimated number of children orphaned by the attacks.
  • 61 Widowed women who gave birth after 9/11 who participated in an ABC photo shoot one year after the attack.
  • 120 Estimated number of babies born to 9/11 widows in the first year after the attack.
  • 3 Months before Pat Flounders shot herself, becoming the first known 9/11 widow to commit suicide.
  • 11,000 Approximate number of firefighters and EMS workers who worked on or near the rubble at the World Trade Center site.
  • 14,000 Firefighters and EMS workers employed by the FDNY at the time of the attack.
  • 200 Per cent by which the monthly mean FDNY injury incidence rate rose during the month after the attacks, as compared to the nine months prior.
  • 500 Per cent by which the FDNY respiratory medical leave incident rate increased during the 11 months after the attacks.
  • 2 Weeks after the attack before the first firefighter was admitted to hospital with acute eosinophilic pneumonia after repeated exposure to dust.
  • 200 Approximate number of funerals attended by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani after the attacks.
  • 1.8 In millions, tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center site by June 2002.
  • 11,000 Truckloads of debris removed from Ground Zero by June 2002.
  • 9 Months it took to remove all of the debris from the World Trade Center site.
  • 200 In millions of dollars, value of gold and silver removed from a Bank of Nova Scotia vault under 4 World Trade Center
  • 99 Days for which a fire continued to burn at ground zero

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