Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These were "a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks [...] against the United States of America on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001."
Of the 2,977 people who died, 2,605 were U.S. citizens and 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators). More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks, including the United Kingdom (67 deaths), the Dominican Republic (47 deaths), India (41 deaths), Greece (39 deaths), South Korea (28 deaths), Canada (24 deaths), Japan (24 deaths), Colombia (18 deaths), Jamaica (16 deaths), Philippines (16 deaths), Mexico (15 deaths), Trinidad and Tobago (14 deaths), Ecuador (13 deaths), Australia (11 deaths), Germany (11 deaths), Italy (10 deaths), Bangladesh (6 deaths), Ireland (6 deaths), Pakistan (6 deaths), and Poland (6 deaths).
It was a tragedy not only for America, but for the world.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @08:06AM (6 children)
Starting Dec 2020, US had over 9/11 level of covid deaths every day until about Feb 2021.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @08:12AM (2 children)
This is a good thing. The Boomer Remover will accelerate social change in America and improve the lives of the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @08:34AM
Even better a reason for a 20y commemoration. Or a memento of where they'll be after another 20.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:13PM
Well, yes, if you're a boomer and believe that COVID is just a secret ligbutt plan to terk er guns, it makes sense that LGBTQIABIOPCOMGWTFBBQ demons will be unaffected by COVID.
If you're worried, you should get vaccinated. Won't somebody think of the children who can't presently be vaccinated as the MOTU force them all into superspreading classrooms?
(Score: 5, Informative) by stretch611 on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:15AM (1 child)
It is still a tragedy now...
After slipping to only 200 dead a day, we are back up to the equivalent of a 9/11 every other day with over 1500 dying a day in just the US.
And nearly all of them are unnecessary now, due to having a safe and effective vaccine.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @10:16AM
Those who will commit suicide salute you.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @01:35PM
For perspective, ~8000 people die in the US every day in "normal" times. So 9/11 was about ~25% increase in a single day's mortality. We don't have the stats on covid, but it's probably not 25% overall due to other reductions from lockdown and voluntary withdrawal.