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Key figures on the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City committed on September 11, 2001

Characteristic	Key figures
Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02)	2,819
Number of firefighters and paramedics killed	343
Number of NYPD officers and Port Authority police officers	60
Number of employees who died in Tower One	1,402
Number of employees who died in Tower Two	614
Number of WTC companies that lost people	60
Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks	115
People rescued alive from wreckage*	18
Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center	36,000
Total units of donated blood actually used	258
Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11	422,000
Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed	98
Tons of debris removed from site	1,506,124
Days fires continued to burn after the attack	99
Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks	146,100
Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks (in billion U.S. dollars)	105
Estimated cost of cleanup (in million U.S. dollars)	600
Total FEMA money spent on the emergency (in million U.S. dollars)	970
Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities (in billion U.S. dollars)	1.4
Estimated cost of New York 9/11 memorial (in million U.S. dollars)*	700

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September 2012

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As of September 11, 2012

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The statistic shows key figures on the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City committed on September 11, 2001. 2,819 people lost their lives due to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

The September 11 attacks were a series of four suicide attacks by the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, that were committed in the United States on September 11, 2001. The terrorists hijacked four passenger jets and tried to pilot them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the United States Capitol Building. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.