Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Never forget.

 
This is what my whole post is based on. I hope you will never forget the 9.11.01 bombings.
 
 
Here is a quite disturbing picture that gets me every time I see anything so terrifying.
 
 
Statistic Verification
Source: 9/11 Commission
Research Date: 9.26.2012
September 11 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against U.S. targets. Two planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center, a third plane hit the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush.
Deaths by Area of AttackDeaths
World Trade Center2,606
Airlines246
Pentagon Building125
Hijackers19
Total number of people who died in the 9/11 attacks2,996
Casualties in the World Trade Center and Surrounding AreaDeaths
Residents of New York1,762
Persons in North Tower (Tower 1)1,402
Persons in South Tower (Tower 2)614
Residents of New Jersey674
Employees of Marsh Inc.355
Firefighters343
Employees of Aon Corporation175
Port Authority police officers37
Police officers23
Paramedics2
1 firefighter was killed by a man who jumped off the top floors
Casualties on the AirplanesDeaths
American Airlines Flight 11 (North Tower)87
United Airlines Flight 175 (South Tower)60
American Airlines Flight 77 (Pentagon)59
United Flight 93 (Shanksville, PA)40
Casualties inside the PentagonDeaths
Military and civilian deaths125

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