09/05/2026
"25th Anniversary of 9/11 (2001)
(Data obtained using Google’s AI Mode Research/September 1, 2026)
BY: Tommy Clack
Twin Towers, 110 stories tall each broke ground in August 1966 and dedicated in April 1973
On February 26, 1993 at 12:17 PM, a bomb went off at B2 Garage Parking Level, below the North Tower, killing 6 people, injuring 1,042 others, creating a five-story deep hole 100’ across and causing $500 million in damages. The seven Al-Qaeda terrorists were from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Palestine and all were captured and sentenced.
North Tower (1 WTC) Hit at 8:46 AM & collapsed at 10:28 AM, Struck by American Airlines Flight 11 at Floors 93-99, severing all stairways and no one above the 91st Floor survived. Flight 11 had 76 passengers, 11 crew members and
5 Al-Qaeda hijackers (4 from Saudia Arabia and 1 from Egypt)
South Tower (2 WTC) Hit at 9:02 AM & collapsed at 9:59 AM, Struck by United Flight 175 at the 78th Floor at an angle, thus leaving one stairwell functional and allowing 18 people at Floor 78 and above to escape. Flight 175 had 51 passengers,
9 crew members and 5 Al-Qaeda hijackers (5 from Saudia Arabia)
The Pentagon was hit at 9:37 AM by American Flight 77, killing 53 passengers, 6 crew members, 5 Al-Qaeda hijackers (5 from Saudia Arabia) along with 75 Army & Navy personnel and 50 civilians within the Pentagon
United Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, PA at 10:03 AM, killing 33 Passengers, 7 crew members, 4 Al-Qaeda hijackers
(3 from Saudia Arabia & 1 from UAE). The passengers learned from Todd Beamer’s call to his wife that three planes had already struck their targets and he rallied the passengers to fight back with his last words “Let’s roll!”
The Twin Towers collapsing took less than ten seconds each creating additional damage to existing buildings:
3 WTC, a 22-story Marriott Hotel was crushed; 4 WTC, a 9-story Commodities Exchange was crushed; 5 WTC, a 9-story office building was crushed; 6 WTC, an 8-story U.S. Customs building was crushed; 7 WTC, a 47-story office building was crushed,
the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and the Deutsche Bank were severely damaged
Additionally, on 9/11, 2,192 office workers died in the Twin Towers collapsing, along with 343 New York Firmen, 37 Port Authority Officials, 23 New York Policemen and 8 EMT Personnel
9/11 cost 2,977 people their lives, 1,100 remain unidentified; 17,400 were in the Twin Towers at 8:46 AM with the potential for 50,000 office workers being present at full capacity; 99% of the survivors were from floors below the impact of the planes
Per all the buildings damaged their total cost was $55 billion; from 9/12/2001 – May 30, 2002 1.8 million tons of debris were removed by 91,500 workers using 108,342 truck loads (500 per day), 75 excavators, 25 cranes (one being a 100-ton crane), costing $7 billion to get all debris cleared and it was estimated that 21,900+ bone fragments were recovered
The September 11 Victim Compensation Fund was created and from 2001-2004 $7 billion was paid out to 5,300 claimants, from $87.02 to $8.6 million with the average being $2.08 million; then the James Zadroga Health and Compensation Fund was created to handle health issues caused by those exposed on 9/11 to any/all conceived hazards and to function through October 1, 2090 and to date $16.8 Billion has been paid out to 71,000+ claimants including 400 people who died from exposures
Besides the 9/11 Commission Report being released on July 22, 2004, there have been 50 movies and documentaries made, with most famous made by a French film crew following the New York Fire Department on 9/11; 1,000+ books written; TSA was created on November 19, 2001 and now has 61,000 employers and an annual budget of $11.5 billion; each passenger pays a ticket fee of $5.20 each way as part of the Passenger Security Fee; all new high-rise buildings must have fire-proof elevators and all stairways must be wider and lighted with steps glowing in the dark
Rebuilding the entire 16+ acres now has: The 7 WTC with 52 stores, 743’ tall, costing $700 million and dedicated on
May 23, 2006; The National September 11 Memorial Plaza cost $700 million and dedicated on September 10, 2011;
The 4 WTC with 72 stories, 977’ tall, costing $1.67 billion and dedicated on November 13, 2013; The 9/11 Memorial Museum costing $700 million and dedicated on May 15, 2014; The 1 WTC with 94 stories, 1,776’ tall, costing $3.9 billion and dedicated on November 3, 2014; The Oculus (WTC Transportation Hub underground) costing $4 billion and dedicated on
March 3, 2016; The 3 WTC with 80 stories, 1,079’ tall, costing $2.75 billion and dedicated on June 11, 2018;
The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church costing $85 million and dedicated on July 4, 2022;
The Perelman Performing Arts Center costing $560 million and dedicated on September 13, 2023;
The Deutsche Bank Building was not rebuilt and 2 WTC and 5 WTC are still being proposed
Georgia had 16 victims with direct ties to the State (either born or living there), with 11 killed inside the WTC Towers and
5 filled inside the Pentagon"
