IP: Disaster stats

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Subject: Disaster stats
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:33:09 EDT
> From: LHalliday () aol com
>
> >From Time Magazine (as published on AOL):
>
>
> 6,333 People reported missing in the World Trade Center rubble as of Sept. 22
>
> 2,593 Estimated number of foreign citizens from 65 countries missing or dead
>
> 1,968 Total number of people killed in the world's 10 worst terrorist attacks
> before Sept. 11
>
> 7,000 FBI agents and support personnel involved in the investigation into the
> terrorist attacks--the largest FBI investigation ever
>
> 5,131 Air Force National Guard members and reservists called to active duty
>
> $4 billion Estimated benefits the life-insurance industry expects to pay out
> because of the attacks
>
> $151,635 Federal money given to each family of a police officer, a fire
> fighter or an EMT who died in the Trade Center collapse
>
> $15,000 Value of the life-insurance policy of a kitchen worker at Windows on
> the World
>
> 44 Age of suspected terrorist ringleader Osama bin Laden
>
> 47 Life expectancy of an Afghan citizen
>
> 43% Drop in stock value last Monday of UAL Corp., the parent company of
> United Airlines
>
> 11% Rise in value of shares of handgun maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. the same day
>
> 3,695,000 Afghan refugees as of Sept. 10, 2001
>
> 15,000 Number of Afghans who crossed the border into Pakistan the week after
> Sept. 11
>
> 15,000 Number of copies in the first printing of Germs: Biological Weapons
> and America's Secret War (Simon & Schuster), released Sept. 11
>
> 100,000 Copies ordered for the second printing after the book topped Amazon's
> best-seller list on Sept. 11
>
> 1.2 million Cubic yards of earth and rock excavated to build the World Trade
> Center
>
> 90,937 Tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center site as of Sept.
> 22, 2001
>
> 256 Body parts recovered from the rubble
>
> 15 Ladder trucks, fire engines and support vehicles recovered
>
> $25 million Reward for Osama bin Laden's capture
>
> $800 Per capita GDP of Afghanistan
>
> 300,000 Pledges made during the first 15 min. of the Tribute to Heroes
> telethon
>
> 16,000 Approximate number of tickets sold in 15 min. for Madonna's first
> London concert
>
> 79,390 Airline workers who were laid off after the terrorist attacks
>
> $15 billion Aid package passed by Congress to bail out the airlines
>
> Sources: Office of the Mayor, Reuters, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, NYT, CNN,
> NYT (2), TIME, CIA, AP, Reuters, United Nations (2), AP (2), Twin Towers
> Bldg. Proj., Office of the Mayor, NYT (2), U.S. State Dept., CIA, Tribute to
> Heroes, Press Assoc., AP, NYT



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