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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:The biggest tragedy was how we reacted to itRe:The biggest tragedy was how we reacted to it (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:15PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:15PM (#1176957)

  Plans to remove Saddam were being discussed before 9/11, and accelerated on the day of 9/11. It wasn't an accident that we went there.

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• Re:The biggest tragedy was how we reacted to it(Score: 3, Touché) by Opportunist on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:29PM

  by Opportunist (5545) on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:29PM (#1176965)

  No, it was no accident, it was a mistake.

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