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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, Insightful) by Common Joe on Saturday September 11 2021, @07:31PM
Covid is an act of nature. Our response to Covid is not. I think it is quite fitting to remember why 360+k people died. I think it's also appropriate to remember the various ways governments around the world responded to the crisis including the lack of transparency of information. And while we're at it, we should also remember the roll that the media and social media play in pouring gasoline onto burning flames instead of trying to make sense of the situation -- like explaining how science works, what we know, and why our knowledge and responses change over time.