THE FINAL FIGURES

02 Oct 2011

In this tenth anniversary issue of the 11th September 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, in place of the Final Word, we feature the Final Figures…

Timings

8.46    The time that American Airlines flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre

9.03    The time that United Airlines flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Centre

9.37    The time that American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon

9.58    The time the South Tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed

10.03  The time that United Airlines flight 93 crashed in Shanksville

10.28  The time the North Tower of the World Trade Centre collapsed

Deaths

23      New York City Police Department

37      Port Authority Police Department

40      United Airlines flight 93 (excluding hijackers)

59      American Airlines flight 77 (excluding hijackers)

60      United Airlines flight 175 (excluding hijackers)

87      American Airlines flight 11 (excluding hijackers)

115     Number of countries which lost citizens

125     Pentagon

200     Estimated (by USA Today) number of people who jumped to their deaths from the WTC

292     Estimated deaths at street level in New York caused by falling debris and people who jumped

343     New York City Fire Department

373     Foreign nationals

658     Cantor Fitzgerald employees

2606   World Trade Centre total casualties

2996   Official death toll, including hijackers

Hijackers

4        Hijackers who failed to reach their intended targets

15      Hijackers of Saudi nationality

15      Hijackers reached their intended targets

19      Total number

The Living

17      Number of babies subsequently born to women whose husbands died

1300   Number of orphans (according to The Guardian) created by the attacks

1609   Number of people widowed

3051   Number of children who lost a parent

The Cost (according to the Institute for Analysis of Global Security)

$385 million                       The loss of four civilian aircraft
up to $1 billion                  The damage to the Pentagon

$1.3 billion                        Cleanup costs
$3 billion to $4.5 billion       The destruction of major buildings at the World Trade Centre

$10 billion                         Loss of air traffic revenue

$10 billion to $13 billion       Property and infrastructure damage

$17 billion                         In lost wages

$21.8 billion                      Damaged or unrecoverable property

$40 billion                         Losses to the insurance industry

$40 billion                         Federal emergency funds (heightened airport security, sky marshals, government takeover of airport security, retrofitting aircraft with anti-terrorist devices, cost of operations in Afghanistan)

$95 billion                         Losses to the city of New York (lost jobs, lost taxes, damage to infrastructure, cleaning)

 

 

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