Casualties


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As of September 7, 2002, 3044 people were presumed dead as a result of all
four September 11 attacks. This includes the World Trade Center, Pentagon,
airplanes and hijackers.

Planes

265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8
pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly
boarded the planes as passengers.)

   * American Airlines flight 11 BOS-LAX (north tower of World Trade
     Center): 93 people: 82 passengers (including 5 hijackers), 9 flight
     attendants, 2 pilots
   * United Airlines flight 175 BOS-LAX (south tower of World Trade Center):
     65 people: 56 passengers (including 5 hijackers), 7 flight attendants,
     2 pilots
   * American Airlines flight 77 IAD-LAX (The Pentagon): 64 people: 58
     passengers (including 5 hijackers), 4 flight attendants, 2 pilots
   * United Airlines flight 93 EWR-SFO (Pittsburgh): 44 people: 37
     passengers (including 4 hijackers), 5 flight attendants, 2 pilots

World Trade Center

By September 7, 2002, 2650 people were presumed confirmed dead and 1058
bodies had been identified. (Note: this total does not include the 127
passengers and 20 crew on the two aircraft or the 10 hijackers).

The number of missing people grew to estimates as high as over 6000 in the
months following the attack, but steadily declined as stories were checked
and duplicate entries removed. See Timeline of WTC missing).

As of August 2002, there were approximately 90 people who were officially
missing; that is, their remains had not been identified and no family
members had requested a death certificate.

Survivors

The great majority of the over 40,000 people working at the World Trade
Center at the time of the attack evacuated safely, including 18 who escaped
from above the impact zone in the second tower hit. By 9/20/2001 6291
people, including rescue and recovery workers, had been treated for injuries.

Pentagon

The Pentagon reports 125 staffers killed or missing, with 121 remains
recovered and identified, as of Sept. 11, 2002. At least one person died
later as a result of wounds incurred.

Missing Persons

The Pentagon reports 4 staffers missing. One passenger on the airliner which
hit the Pentagon was also never identified.