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09/11/2025

09/11/2025

The number “343” is indelibly linked with September 11, 2001 — the official number of firefighters killed on 9/11. However, a 344th New York City firefighter was killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. His name was Keith Roma, and he was a 27-year old Staten Island firefighter who worked for the New York Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village. Roma worked for the Fire Patrol for six years, following in the footsteps of his father, Arnold Roma, who worked for the same unit from 1971 to 1973. But Roma is not officially included in the final somber tally of 343 because the New York Fire Patrol is not part of the FDNY.

09/11/2025

September 11th by the numbers:

Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753

Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 344 (yes, it was NOT 343)

Number of NYPD officers: 23

Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128

Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402

Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614

Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658

Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 2,343

Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115

Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39

Bodies found "intact": 291

Remains found: 21,906

Number of families who got no remains: 1,717

Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000

Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609

Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051

Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20

FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274

FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661

Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300

Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200

Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98

Tons of debris removed from site: 1.8 million

Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99

Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100

Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6

Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81

Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26

Total number of civil rights complaints reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide from 2002 to 2008: 12,962

Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion

Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million

Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million

Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion

Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion

Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion

Amount of money granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion

Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million

Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25

Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million

Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9

Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40

Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50

Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150

Number of mentions of 9/11 at the 2002 Oscars: 26

Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 23,000

Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,167

Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million

Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!

08/09/2025

Happy National Book Lovers Day!

07/01/2025

Help me send a CONGRATULATIONS to Brooke Auckerman a talented young author whose first book, Be Kind, Loretta Owl, was nominated for the Ella's Way Children's Book Award. Brooke is an amazing young lady on the spectrum who is proving everyone wrong!

06/29/2025

I'm so excited to share my new book, The Healing Leaf, a heartfelt story of time travel, healing, and rediscovering what truly matters.

When therapist Ian Moretti takes an elixir meant to help his allergies, he never expects to wake up in 1880. What begins as a search to return home becomes a journey of friendship, resilience, and the quiet power of kindness.

Filled with homegrown remedies, unforgettable characters, and life lessons that span generations, The Healing Leaf is a story for anyone who’s ever wondered if the past holds the key to a better future. Perfect for fans of time travel, historical fiction and soul-stirring journeys.

Available now on Amazon!

When therapist Ian Moretti accepts an elixir from a friend, meant to ease his allergies, he doesn’t expect it to send him spiraling into the past. But one moment he’s standing beside his wife, Mallory, in church, and the next, he wakes up in the year 1880. Horse-drawn wagons roll past dirt ro...