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9/11 In Memoriam

posted by janrinok on Saturday September 11 2021, @07:03AM   

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.

• Re:I hope for a 20 years commemoration of... Re:I hope for a 20 years commemoration of... (Score: 5, Informative) by stretch611 on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:15AM (1 child)

  by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:15AM (#1176924)

  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

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• Re:I hope for a 20 years commemoration of... (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @10:16AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @10:16AM (#1176936)

  Those who will commit suicide salute you.

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