1. To this day, only 60% of the victims have been identified.
The attacks that took place on 9/11 add up to deadliest domestic terrorist attack that has ever taken place on modern American soil, with the total deaths reaching 2,977 (not including the 19 terrorists).
At the World Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan, 2,753 people died after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the Twin Towers. According to CNN, only 1,644, or 60 percent, of those 2,753 victims have been identified as of July 2019. Not only does the death toll include innocent workers of the north and south towers, but it also includes NYC firefighters, police officers, and passersby.
2. The time between the first attack and the collapse of both World Trade Center towers is 102 minutes.
Though it seemed like a lifetime between the time of the first attack and the collapse of the Twin Towers, everything took place within two hours.
3. The immediate economic impact of 9/11 totals at least $3.3 trillion.
Physical damage, the 2001 recession, the War on Terror, medical funding, insurance, and the U.S. debt crisis bring the total economic impact of the September 11 attacks well beyond a trillion dollars.
To start, the New York Comptrollers Officers calculated the cost of physical damage to $55 billion in 2002, with the collapsing World Trade buildings alone costing $8 billion. About $24 billion would cover expected income of lives lost, and office supplies, subway repairs, and damaged automobiles racked up to $11 billion. The city would spend $6 billion fixing other damaged buildings and cleaning up the surrounding area, and another $5 billion to treat injuries.
4. It took 3.1 million hours of labor to clean up 1.8 million tons of debris at Ground Zero.
“Ground Zero” refers to the place in New York City where the north and south World Trade buildings collapsed. The collapsed towers left a gaping hole that anyone could visit. In the direct aftermath of the attacks, first responders rescued those who were trapped in the rubble.
By September 12, 2011, responders had a new heartbreaking mission of then searching for human remains to later identify bodies and notify loved ones. As you can imagine, working around Ground Zero was very dangerous. Some firefighters wrote their names on their arms in case they were crushed during cleanup. Toxic debris has also made thousands sick, including many men who developed breast cancer (this only happens in one percent of all men).
5. One World Trade Center is the tallest building in America, and one of the safest in the world.
On March 5, 2002, former governor Pataki and mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that plans for a memorial were in the works. After a competition that allowed the public to submit design ideas, construction commenced in 2006.
One World Trade Center, also known as Freedom Tower, was completed in 2014 and stands high and proud as the tallest building in the U.S. at 1,792 feet to tip. One world Trade Center is home to office buildings, an observatory, a 9/11 Memorial, and a 9/11 Museum.
Source: Prevention Magazine
