Nearly 3,000 people killed, countless lives were forever changed. Here's a look back at the terror attacks that devastated America on September 11.
2,753 died at the World Trade Center site37 were police officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey40 were killed on United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, PennsylvaniaThe victims ranged in age from two to 85 years. Approximately 75-80% of the victims were men.
As of 2021, 1,647 of 2,753 WTC victims' remains have been positively identified, according to the medical examiner's office. Two new identifications of victims -- Dorothy Morgan and a man whose name is being withheld at the request of his family -- were announced Sept. 7, 2021.The estimated economic loss during the first two to four weeks after the World Trade Center towers collapsed was $123 billion.
It took 3.1 million hours of labor to clean up 1.8 million tons of debris at Ground Zero. Cleanup officially ended May 30, 2002.
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