Emotional Fallout
Written on June 14, 2009 by CincauHangus
Numbers is such an interesting topic. When I was reading on the statistics of the 9/11 attacks, I stumble upon this article. Here’s an excerpt:
Number of orphans created by the 9/11 attacks: 1,300
Number of babies born to women whose husbands were lost on 11 September: 17
Number of days after 9/11 that Pat Flounders, widowed in the attacks, shot herself, the first related suicide: 91
Percentage of those living within a one mile radius from the Twin Towers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: 20
Increase in PTSD among Manhattanites post-9/11: 200%
Estimated minimum number of New Yorkers suffering from PTSD as a result of 9/11: 422,000
Estimated number of the city’s public school students suffering from PTSD as a result of 9/11: 10,000
Percentage of Manhattanites who increased their alcohol consumption following 9/11: 25
Percentage of Manhattanites who increased their cigarette consumption following 9/11: 10
Percentage of Manhattanites who increased their marijuana consumption following 9/11: 3.2
Percentage sales increase at Toys in Babeland, a sex store in the Lower East of New York, in late September/October 2001: 30
Percentage increase in number of births reported in New York hospitals nine months on from 9/11: 20
Reported increase in church and synagogue attendance following 9/11:20
Taken from Guardian.
Last few numbers are interesting, in showing how the human being consoles itself. Try to understand the numbers and the meaning behind each one.
Check out the final photos of a photographer at the WTC collapse.
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