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We all know what the headlines are from these past two weeks, but thanks to Time's nifty archive feature and Jen's subscription these are the numbers
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$1.1 billion Cost of the World Trade Center buildings
$1,197 Nonstop one-way fare for a Boston-Los Angeles flight on American Airlines
$4 Cost of a box cutter
116,000 American flags sold by Wal-Mart on Sept. 11
6,400 Flags sold by Wal-Mart on that date last year
$40 billion Value of the emergency antiterrorism package approved by the U.S. Congress on Sept. 14
$11.1 billion Amount of federal aid approved after Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992, until now the most expensive disaster in U.S. history
30,000 Body bags set aside for New York City after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks
20,000 DNA tests the New York City medical examiner is willing to conduct to identify victims
2,527 People killed in international terrorist acts from 1990 to 1999
5,515 People reported missing or dead in New York City and Washington after the Sept. 11 attacks
12,500 Estimated number of murders in U.S. in 2000
11,550 Uniformed New York City fire fighters
350 Fire fighters missing or dead since the Sept. 11 attack
27 Fire fighters who died in 1947 battling ship fires in Texas City, Texas--previously the most in any single disaster
$29,973 Starting salary of an N.Y.C. fire fighter
1918 The last time Major League Baseball play was suspended for more than three days, during World War I
1929 The last time the New York Stock Exchange was shut down for more than three days, after the Crash
$3.2 billion Amount a developer paid in July to lease the World Trade Center office and retail space
99 Years left on that lease
0 Number of times in the past that Broadway theaters have voluntarily gone dark
0 Number of times the FAA has shut down all U.S. airports
0 Number of times the NFL has postponed all games
9/11/1922 Beginning of the British mandate in Palestine and the eventual creation of the Israeli state
9/11/1840 British bombing of Beirut in support of Turkey
$30 million Pledged by the Lilly Endowment to help the relief efforts
$1,000 Donated by the Guste public-housing development in New Orleans
2 hr. 40 min. Time it took for the Titanic to sink after hitting an iceberg
1 hr. 44 min. Time between the first attack and the collapse of both World Trade Center towers
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
285,210,895 People currently living in the United States as of Sept. 23, 2001
90% President Bush's approval rating as of Sept. 23, 2001
5,015,367,117 Estimated number of people on the planet who are against the belief system that lead to the Sept. 11 attack
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