With A Moment Of Silence, REMEMBER...

Remember...

Unsung Heroes...

They gave everything they had and more...

They never gave up...

At least 2,985 people died in the September 11, 2001, attacks, including:

• As many as 10 of the reported 19 terrorists
• 2,966 victims [2,998 as of Spring 2009] 

There were 266 people on the four planes:

• American Airlines Flight 11 (crashed into the WTC): 92 (including five terrorists)
• United Airlines Flight 175 (crashed into the WTC): 65 (including five terrorists)
• American Airlines Flight 77 (crashed into the Pentagon): 64 (including five terrorists)
• United Flight 93 (downed in Shanksville, PA): 45 (including four terrorists)

There were 2,595 people in the World Trade Center and near it, including:

• 343 NYFD firefighters and paramedics
• 23 NYPD police officers
• 37 Port Authority police officers
• 1,402 people in Tower 1
• 614 people in Tower 2
• 658 people at one company, Cantor Fitzgerald
• 1,762 New York residents
• 674 New Jersey residents
• 1 NYFD firefighter killed by a man jumping off the top floors of the Twin Towers

There were 125 civilians and military personnel at the Pentagon.
1,609 people lost a spouse or partner on 9/11. More than 3,051 children lost parents.
While it was mostly Americans who were killed in this horrific attack, there were also 327 foreign nationals.

(Source HERE)

Photo credit: Getty Images | Names of those killed on 9/11 are seen around a memorial pool at the National September 11 Memorial (World Trade Center).

With a moment of silence, please REMEMBER...