Respectfully.........This post was started on a positive note.
If you are tired of hearing hearing about this, there is really no reason for you to continue to click on this topic and continue reading.
I don't think it was done by any one person, but the intent of this topic has been hijacked..
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It doesn't seem that long ago does it.

<u>Just a historical fact:</u>
2,403 people were killed in Pearl harbor
2,819 people were killed on 9/11

I think that clearly justifies 9/11 as a signifcant event in US history.......

As you said, god bless all those folks killed and/or affected by this tragedy.
Down the list you will see the number of retirees from FDNY, doesn't mention the cops or anybody else though. Also doesn't mention the trauma done to all the members of the rescue effort. There were many casualties from that. Both suicides and post traumatic stress disorder.
There are many AMERICANS that survived and/or contributed to helping in some form.
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Here are some numbers from 9/11, many more facts I'm sure, but here's a few........

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: 23

Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

Number of people killed at the Pentagon: 125

Number of people killed on the four planes: 256

Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60

Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402

Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614

Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658

Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22

Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115

Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1

Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39

Bodies found "intact": 289

Body parts found: 19,858

Number of families who got no remains: 1,717

Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000

Total units of donated blood actually used: 258

Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609

Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051

Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20

FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274

FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661

Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300

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

Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000

 

wow, that really touched me. i never thought about all those statistics.

 

CamoKid - Unfortunatley I am sorry that we have - just lucky enough that we where spared the tragedy that thousands of others are enduring. I understand what you are saying - I feel that America is slowly forgetting what happened, what we are doing now and why. To easy to blame Bush for everything and say it is for oil - BULL SHI#!!!!! If we had not gone to war and told the rest of the world that we are not going to take SHI# from them - imagine where we would be today as a country. Regardless if you are tired of hearing about it take empathy on your fellow American that still is working through it - let them talk - let them vent - let them feel sorrow for lost ones - let them be them. I am not going to get into the horror that was on that day - i will not get into what my family went through - I will tell you that when there is a loss such as this it takes years to recover. My mother passed away unexpectadly February of 2004 from cancer - trust me when I say I am not over it - that I need to talk about it - that I still feel sorrow beyond belief in my heart - and I will [b]never [b]forget the smells, sounds and sights of Cleveland Clinic - [b]NEVER!!!![b] I can tell you every detail. now imagine a city the size of N.Y.C. and how secure they felt in the good ol US of A going about there business never suspecting a thing to have that happen - and the sights, sounds and smells that we can not even begin to understand. Now try to understand how someone can feel as strongly as Camo does - I do - not to the point of wanting MnFriesen to rot in hell but to the point that I dont respect him as much - just how I feel.

 

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i think its pretty amazing... sad..... but.... amazingly unbelievable.... the video tape showing the planes hitting the buildings........ wow... no words the people in the floors hit and the people in the planes did not feel a thing.... instantly vaporized.... as for those below and above the hit zone... they were screwed.... jumping??? from that high up...... i think you'd die instantly wouldnt you? the things who did this to our country are complete..... morons words can't explain their stupidity!.... i don't want to make it sound like i'm a sick bastard saying that it was amazing.... but........ its...... yeah. and camokodiak450 stop blowing up on people this crap happens every day not to that extent but read the newspaprers and "stop playin with your dingy!"

 

There are many words to describe the video that was taken that day..................
I've seen some unedited video that is utterly undescribable..............
I don't think just one word can describe it.........
It is hard to imagine what all those people left in the Towers were thinking and going through, must of been hell.
To jump from 70-80-90 floors up....WOW
What could have been going through the minds of those still alive when it collapsed, of which many of them were..

How could we ever forget that day ..........I don't think you can.............