This article was written by Pastor Andy Harris, Central Assembly of God, Springfield, MO.

A Day We Will Never Forget!

• Total number killed in attacks (official
  figure as of 9/5/02): 2,996
  
• Total number of victims killed 2,977 Total
  number of hijackers 19
  
• Total number who died on the four planes
  246
• Total number who died in the World Trade
  Center Towers 2,606
  
• Total number who died at the Pentagon 125
  
• Total number who died in Shanksville, PA 44
  
• Number of firefighters and paramedics
  killed: 343
• Number of NYPD officers killed: 23
• Number of Port Authority police officers
  killed: 37
• 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
• Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1
  
• Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39
  
• Bodies found “intact”: 289 
• Number of families who got no remains of
  their loved ones: 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 in the attacks:1,609
• Estimated number of children who lost a
  parent: 3,051
• Number of  funerals attended by
  Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200
• Days fires continued to burn after the
  attack: 99
• Jobs lost in New York owing to the
  attacks: 146,100
• Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began
  bombing Afghanistan: 26
• Economic loss to New York in month
  following the attacks: $105 billion
• Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
  
• Estimated amount donated to 9/11
  charities: $1.4 billion
  
• Estimated amount of insurance paid
  worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2
  billion
  
• Estimated amount of money raised for
  funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million
  
• Percentage of total charity money raised
  going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25%
  
• Average benefit already received by each
  FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million
  
• Estimated number of New Yorkers
  suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000

Friend, the greatest thing we can do as we reflect on September 11, 2001, is to go to church this Sunday to honor the heroes and pay tribute to the memory of those who lost their lives.  Pray for their families and our nation.