Subject: Disaster stats Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:33:09 EDT From: LHalliday at aol.com
>From Time Magazine (as published on AOL):
6,333 People reported missing in the World Trade Center rubble as of Sept. 22
2,593 Estimated number of foreign citizens from 65 countries missing or dead
1,968 Total number of people killed in the world's 10 worst terrorist attacks before Sept. 11
7,000 FBI agents and support personnel involved in the investigation into the terrorist attacks--the largest FBI investigation ever
5,131 Air Force National Guard members and reservists called to active duty
$4 billion Estimated benefits the life-insurance industry expects to pay out because of the attacks
$151,635 Federal money given to each family of a police officer, a fire fighter or an EMT who died in the Trade Center collapse
$15,000 Value of the life-insurance policy of a kitchen worker at Windows on the World
44 Age of suspected terrorist ringleader Osama bin Laden
47 Life expectancy of an Afghan citizen
43% Drop in stock value last Monday of UAL Corp., the parent company of United Airlines
11% Rise in value of shares of handgun maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. the same day
3,695,000 Afghan refugees as of Sept. 10, 2001
15,000 Number of Afghans who crossed the border into Pakistan the week after Sept. 11
15,000 Number of copies in the first printing of Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War (Simon & Schuster), released Sept. 11
100,000 Copies ordered for the second printing after the book topped Amazon's best-seller list on Sept. 11
1.2 million Cubic yards of earth and rock excavated to build the World Trade Center
90,937 Tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center site as of Sept. 22, 2001
256 Body parts recovered from the rubble
15 Ladder trucks, fire engines and support vehicles recovered
$25 million Reward for Osama bin Laden's capture
$800 Per capita GDP of Afghanistan
300,000 Pledges made during the first 15 min. of the Tribute to Heroes telethon
16,000 Approximate number of tickets sold in 15 min. for Madonna's first London concert
79,390 Airline workers who were laid off after the terrorist attacks
$15 billion Aid package passed by Congress to bail out the airlines
Sources: Office of the Mayor, Reuters, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, NYT, CNN, NYT (2), TIME, CIA, AP, Reuters, United Nations (2), AP (2), Twin Towers Bldg. Proj., Office of the Mayor, NYT (2), U.S. State Dept., CIA, Tribute to Heroes, Press Assoc., AP, NYT
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