Everyone, please take a moment today and give a moment of silence for the 2,977 victims (the number is not including the 19 hijackers) of the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Most of those who died were U.S. citizens. The other countries with the highest losses are the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territory of Bermuda) with 67, the Dominican Republic with 47, and India with 41. In 2007, the New York City medical examiners office began to add people to the official death toll who died of illnesses caused by exposure to dust from the site. The first such victim was a woman who had died in February 2002 from a lung condition. In 2009, a man who died in 2008 was added, and in 2011 a man who died in 2010. So far, 2,999 people are listed as having died due to the attacks. Additionally 1,140 responders and people who worked, lived or studied in Lower Manhattan at the time have since been diagnosed with cancer. Over 1400 9/11 rescue workers have died since the 9/11 attacks. They were the responding to the scene in the months after the attacks. It is also known that there were eleven unborn babies who died on 9/11. ~Scott~ aka ~Hawke~
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:29:27 +0000