09.11.2001 by M.K.

09.11.2001: In Remembrance: 

09.11.2001 REMEMBERED by M.K.

As dirt and ash rained down: We became one color.

As we pulled each other from burning buildings: We became one class.

As we lit candles: We became one generation.

As we shouted: We spoke one language.

As we gave our blood: We became one body.

As we wept and mourned: We became one family.

As we recall the losses, the heroes, the destruction: We became one people

We are The Power of One. 

We are United. 

We Shall Never Forget.

We are America!!

2,977 fatalities included the following:

246 aboard the four hijacked planes.

American Airlines Flight 11

United Airlines Flight 175

American Airlines Flight 77

United Airlines Flight 93

2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground

This includes 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters, including one FDNY Fire Chaplain, Franciscan Fr. Mychal Judge, 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority Police Department officers, 15 EMTs  and 3 Court Officers.  1,366 people died who were at or above the floors of impact in the North Tower (1 WTC); according to the Commission Report, hundreds were killed instantly by the impact while the rest were trapped and died after the tower collapsed (though a few people were pulled from the rubble, none of them were from above the impact zone).

As many as 600 people were killed instantly or trapped at or above the floors of impact in the South Tower (2 WTC). Only about 18 managed to escape in time from above and in the impact zone and out of the South Tower before it collapsed.Of those who worked below the impact zones, 110 were among those killed in the attacks.  A USA Today report estimated that approximately 200 people perished inside the elevators.

125 in the Pentagon