Positive Stats of the terrorist attacks

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[Tai_Chung]

Here 'tis...

By now everyone has been hearing the death toll rise and reports of the destruction from the terrorist attacks on the US. These were deplorable acts that we will never forget. But now is a time to look at the other side of the numbers coming out of New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

The sad but somewhat uplifting side that the mainstream media has not reported yet - the SURVIVAL rates and some positive news about the attacks.

The Buildings

The World Trade Center
The twin towers of the World Trade Center were places of employment for some 50,000 people. With the missing list of just over 5,000 people, that means 90% of the people targeted survived the attack.
A 90% on a test is an 'A'.

The Pentagon
Some 23,000 people were the target of a third plane aimed at the Pentagon. The latest count shows that only 123 lost their lives. That is an amazing 99.5% survival rate. in addition, the plane seems to have come in too low, too early to affect a large portion of the building. On top of that, the section that was hit was the first of five sections to undergo renovations that would help protect the Pentagon from terrorist attacks. It had recently completed straightening and blastproofing, saving untold lives. This attack was sad, but a statistical failure.

The Planes

American Airlines Flight 77
This Boeing 757 that was flown into the outside of the Pentagon could have carried up to 289 people, yet only 64 were aboard. Luckily 78% of the seats were empty.

American Airlines Flight 11
This Boeing 767 could have had up to 351 people aboard, but only carried 92. Thankfully 74% of the seats were unfilled.

United Airlines Flight 175
Another Boeing 767 that could have sat 351 people only had 65 people on board. Fortunately it was 81% empty.

United Airlines Flight 93
This Boeing 757 was one of the most uplifting stories yet. The smallest flight to be hijacked with only 45 people aboard out of a possible 289 had 84% of its capacity unused. Yet these people stood up to the attackers and thwarted a fourth attempted destruction of a national landmark, saving untold numbers of lives in the process.

In Summary

Out of potentially 74,280 Americans directly targeted by these inept cowards, 93% survived or avoided the attacks. That's a higher survival rate than heart attacks, breast cancer, kidney transplants and liver transplants - all common, survivable illnesses. The Hijacked planes were mostly empty, the Pentagon was hit at it's strongest point, the overwhelming majority of people in the World Trade Center buildings escaped, and a handful of passengers gave the ultimate sacrifice to save even more lives. Don't fear these terrorists. The odds are against them.

[Waco]

Plus: Good chance that a big majority of the victims at WTC were liberals. (They never wake up.)

[JustPiper]

After the first week I've talked about 'when' will we here the good stats on those who did not die? there were many more of those and I wanted good news. I thank you for finding and posting this Tai!

[Cicero]

This is what I've been thinking. When I saw the towers collapse, I figured probably 20 or 30 thousand would be killed. But in the first few days, I heard any number of stories of people who weren't there because they had to drop their kid off at school first, or they decided for one reason or another not to go to work that day.

My oldest son was due at a meeting at the Trade Towers that morning, but he stayed home because he got in so late the night before. His brother-in-law worked at a big law firm in one of the towers, and he too was late going to work for some reason. I'm told all his colleagues in the firm survived. Other friends have told similar stories about friends and relatives just happening not to be there. At the time when I mentioned this, someone said to me, "Well, you're only hearing from the survivors." But it does look as if we were extremely fortunate that the number of people killed wasn't two or three times what it was.