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If it was one hour later, the death toll would have been triple*

Posted by JacobRDaugherty

on September 11, 2026, 14:55:54, in reply to "Damn. Poor guy. The numbers have never added up to me. They say on any given day"

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50k worked in the Twin Towers. They also estimate 18k escaped. So add 3k killed to 18k escaped, that’s 21k.

The first plane hit around 8:45

So, 29k were essentially late for work that morning? Or do New Yorkers not start working until 10:00 or so?

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Do you know anyone who perished on 9/11? - bbonb September 11, 2026, 08:27:26

No, but a good friend took that Boston to LA flight every other week - jdl September 11, 2026, 15:59:10
An uncle of mine was supposed to be on the 100+th floor of one of the towers on 9/12 - ijustkrushalot September 11, 2026, 14:19:16
no - but my boss was a pretty good friend with this guy who survived - was 11 floors below where the - bulldogmba September 11, 2026, 13:48:33
The closest I got was dying inside a bit.... - KingTalkyTiki September 11, 2026, 13:21:42
No, but a former colleague has a wild story. - CWR10 September 11, 2026, 10:53:59
- that’s a vision you can’t unsee* - bbonb September 11, 2026, 13:30:29
25 Years Ago Live is a tremendous follow today... - uofi1998 September 11, 2026, 10:40:15
- Younger Americans lived through a global pandemic that turn their lives upside down. - IlliniRunner September 11, 2026, 13:37:21
  - Solid example...* - uofi1998 September 11, 2026, 13:48:28
  - The Twin Tallers falling? That's cute, have you ever had to sit at home and watch Netflix all day?* - KCWildcat September 11, 2026, 13:44:42
    - 3K deaths compared to COVID killing millions. And that doesn't even account for jab-succumbors.* - Warrin'_Illini September 11, 2026, 14:36:10
- Reading through his feed, it's a full time job to keep up 25 years later - KCWildcat September 11, 2026, 10:55:49
  - He has over 400 posts planned for today. * - Sounder September 11, 2026, 11:01:39
    - Right... he said he had like 410 teed up basically.* - uofi1998 September 11, 2026, 11:14:02
my wife had just finished college and worked downtown then. she knew a bunch.* - cpsteine September 11, 2026, 09:17:32
The spouse of a colleague worked for Cantor Fitzgerald - Sounder September 11, 2026, 08:56:01
I know the former sommelier of Windows on the world. They used to do inventory - JacobRDaugherty September 11, 2026, 08:52:59
- i knew two people who died there that day * - Throwsize September 11, 2026, 13:43:29
- Damn. Poor guy. The numbers have never added up to me. They say on any given day - bbonb September 11, 2026, 10:47:28
  - If it was one hour later, the death toll would have been triple* - JacobRDaugherty September 11, 2026, 14:55:54
  - I remember thinking the toll was going to be in the 10s of thousands when this was all happening* - uofi1998 September 11, 2026, 11:14:29
    - Same. Just under 3K is a miracle.* - Warrin'_Illini September 11, 2026, 11:21:42
- That's terrible... and there are thousands of what-ifs similar to this... - uofi1998 September 11, 2026, 10:41:31
- ugh. awful thing to have in your head.* - cpsteine September 11, 2026, 9:16:17
A scouting friend's FIL - they found a bone fragment months later * - aimlessillini September 11, 2026, 08:49:34
America. :( * - doubledown September 11, 2026, 08:45:48
- It is quite remarkable the degree to which 9/11 kind of represents a line in the sand - Sounder September 11, 2026, 08:57:37
- some people say this town don't look good in carcinogenic ash - Sammich September 11, 2026, 08:49:20
No but a family friend lost her boyfriend in the twin towers collapse* - ATL September 11, 2026, 08:45:44
Only Pete Davidson's dad.* - Warrin'_Illini September 11, 2026, 08:41:12

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