9/11 News Item (9/11/26)
Arnold Korotkin
In Memory of the Victims of the September 11 Terrorists Attacks
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City inscribes the names of all 2,977 victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, along with six additional people killed in the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Names on the 9/11 Memorial- https://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/names-911-memorial
FLIGHT 93 in Memory of the 40 Crew Members & Passengers
- https://www.nps.gov/flni/learn/historyculture/crew-and-passengers.htm
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The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in memory of the 184 lives that were lost at the Pentagon on 9/11: 59 passengers aboard American Airlines flight 77 and 115 Pentagon employees and 10 contractors inside of the Pentagon.
- https://pentagonmemorial.org/meet-the-heroes/
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In Memory of the First Responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, over 4,300 first responders and survivors have died from illnesses caused by exposure to toxic dust and debris at Ground Zero, surpassing the 2,974 people who died on the day of the attacks.
Among these, more than 400 FDNY members have died from World Trade Center-related illnesses, exceeding the 343 firefighters who perished on 9/11 itself.
Similarly, the NYPD has lost 323 officers to 9/11-related diseases, in addition to the 23 who died on the day of the attacks.
Other agencies, including the FBI and Department of Defense, have also reported deaths linked to exposure, with 21 FBI employees affected.