How many victims of 9 11?

During the September 11 attacks of 2001, 2,996 people were killed (including 19 terrorists) and more than 6,000 others wounded. These immediate deaths included 265 on the four planes (including the terrorists), 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 at the Pentagon. read more

This raises the number of victims at the World Trade Center site to 2,753, and the overall 9/11 death toll to 2,996. read more

Nothing more graphically spells out the horror of 9/11 than grainy images of poor souls throwing themselves to their deaths. Even now, no one seems to know who they were or how many jumped. read more

The office uses DNA testing and other means to match bone fragments to the 2,753 people killed by the hijackers who crashed airplanes into the twin towers on 11 September, 2001. Remains of 1,641 victims have been identified so far, leaving 40% of those who died unidentified. read more