Remember 9/11

Remember 9/11 and the 2,974 lives that were lost. Don't forget.

Today I'd like to remember the thousands of people who died on September 11, 2001. 2,974 people went to work that morning or boarded a plane with no knowledge of what was to come. And they died. But when you look at the numbers of people who called in sick to work or missed their flight it truly is amazing. For example: Flight 93 which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania was carrying only 37 people. That type of plane could carry (I think) more than 150 people. I'm not saying that to make it sound more "pretty" or anything. That day was terrible. Here are some fatality numbers:

World Trade Center (both towers and on the ground): 2, 603
On the four airplanes: 264
Pentagon: 125

Among these were 341 FDNY personnel, 2 FDNY paramedics, 8 ambulance personnel, 23 NYPD officers, and 37 Port Authority Police Department officers. The 19 hijackers were also killed.

In the North Tower alone, 1366 people died above the impact zone of the airplane. (The airplane hit between the 93 and 99 floors).

Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. was an investment bank located in the 101st through105th floors of the North Tower (or 1 WTC). Cantor Fitzgerald alone lost 658 employees, much more than any other company.

Also dead as a result of 9/11 were 8 children on the airplanes, ranging from ages 2 - 11. The youngest victim in the towers was 17 years old.

So please remember 9/11. Remember all the people that died that day. How many of them were Christians? How many of them weren't? We will never know.

Remember.