Number of New York firefighters killed: 343
Number of New York Police officers: 60
Time it took to build the World Trade Center: 6 years, 8 months (from 1966 to 1973)
Time it took to destroy the Towers, from first impact to second collapse: 1 hour, 42 minutes.
Number of days to remove debris from the World Trade site: 261
Square feet of leased office space destroyed in the World Trade Center: 14 million
Estimated number of employers who had to relocate at least temporarily after the attacks: 100,000
Number of people who lost their jobs directly or indirectly from the attacks: almost 129,000
Starting salary of New York City police officer: $31,304
Starting salary of a New York Port Authority police officer: $32,361
Starting salary of an airport security baggage screener: $35,000
Spending on homeland defense in 1998: $10.5 billion
Spending on homeland defense budgeted for 2003: $37.7 billion
Number of detainees being held at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda or the Taliban (as of September 2002): 564
Number of FBI agents devoted to the investigation of terrorist activities: 2,600
Number of air marshals thought to have been hired since September 11, 2001: as many as 6,000 (the exact number of air marshals is classified)
Number of air marshals thought to have quit: fewer than 80
Number of books published about the attacks as of September 2002: over 150 (and counting)
Number of applications to trademark the phrase "Let's Roll" (stated by Todd Beamer on Flight 93 before passengers seized control of the hijacked plane): 14
Number of people who requested Peace Corps applications after President Bush's State of the Union speech in 2002 (encouraging people to become more involved in their communities): over 76,000; number requesting Citizen Corps program applications: 48,000
Number of items confiscated by airport security from February 17, 2002 to March 26, 2002: 449,417
Cost of the attack on New York City: $83-95 billion
Amount lost on Broadway on September 12-13, 2001: $3 million
Cost of the attack on the Pentagon: $700 million
Insurance payments from the Sept. 11 attacks: $40.2 billion
Estimated cost of 1993 World Trade Center bombing: $9 million
Estimated cost of Oklahoma City bombing: $250 million
Amount raised by America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon: $112 million
Amount raised by the 36 largest charities related to September 11: $2.4 billion
Amount of money stolen from a Red Cross relief fund by 12 Port Authority employees who claimed, falsely, to have lost their jobs: $14,065
Looting arrests in New York City on September 11: 6; By October 11: 60
Number of bomb threats phoned into police on September 11: 92
Sales increase of Fisher-Price's "Rescue Heroes" (fire fighter, paramedic, and police officer action figures) in one year: 70%
Sales increase for G.I. Joe: 56%
Sales of flags at Wal-Mart on September 11, 2000: 6,400; Sales on September 11, 2001: 116,000
Sales increase of survival gear (like gas masks) at CheaperthanDirt.com: 500%
New York City's annual revenue from tourism: $25 billion
Number of domestic tourists to New York City in 2000: 29.4 million; in 2001: 29.5 million
Number of estimated visitors to ground zero by the end of 2002: 3.6 million
Those who said they are "more loving" to family members in a recent survey: 80%
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1 Other homeland security includes Pentagon funding for such items as jet-fighter patrols over U.S. cities.
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