10,000 Dead?

Fox News | 9/11/2001 | Earl B.

[Earl B.]

Should I believe my ears? Did one of the analysts on Fox News just say that estimates of fatalities were in the range of 10,000 persons? If so, this dwarfs everything. How many died at Pearl Harbor? In Viet Nam? The Korean War? At Hiroshima or Nagasaki?

We're at war. Who are we fighting against?

[Earl B.]

Was I the only one who heard this?

[Paul L. Hepperla]

Each tower held 25000 people. The pentago holds 20000 people. 10000 is a very low number. I expect total deaths to be over 25000 with total casualties well over 50000.

This will the largest loss of life in a single 'event' in the US.

I pray for the souls of those passed and for the well being of those currently injured.

[eFudd]

Im am sure it will be more.

Do you have any idea of how many people are in those buildings during the work day? Elevators do not work when there is a fire. That leaves the stairways.

Many people were still inside those buildings when they collapsed.

[Nitro]

Pearl Harbor took between 2,000 and 3,000 - Vietnam just over 58,000 dead, Korea I don't know but fewer than Nam and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were in the 100's of thousands.

I would say 10,000 is a low ball estimate, I would guess closer to 30,000 when all is said and done!

[sonjay]

Some 50,000 people work in the 2 WTC towers. 10,000 dead is not unrealistic.

[NovemberCharlie]

Sounds believeable, about 50,000 people work at the Worlld Trade Center, and 200,000 visit per day. For a weekday morning, 10,000 could be a low number.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I heard 10,000 per Tower not counting those in the planes or on the ground.
Number of deaths could conceivably top 25,000

This was to well planned to be a terrorist attack, This must have been sanctioned by a Government... "Act of War"

[Terriergal]

A local guy being interviewed on AM1500 KSTP (you can get their webcast at am1500.com I think) said that he believes probably 50,000 PER BUILDING .

Says something about our country if the worst monster we can produce out of our own loins is Tim McVeigh. People thought he was bad, or the Unabomber was bad, they got *nothing* on the people who really *want* to take this country down.

[jwalsh07]

Yes, you should believe it and yes we are at war. The WTC holds 50,000 people. God bless the dead and heal the wounded.

My wife and I just got back from the hospital to donate blood. We hope that freepers will lead the way in this effort throughout the country. It isn't much but is something that we can all do.

And one last thing. Bin Laden should be dead before the sun sets!

[Liberal Classic]

If I recall, about 2,500 Americans died in Pearl Harbor. Hiroshima had immediate casualties of 70,000, and many more injuries and deaths resulting from radiation sickness.

[SamAdams76]

There are 50,000 people working in the WTC alone. I have been in contact with people who work in the vicinity of the WTC towers. They are stranded in the buildings. They cannot get out due to the debris on the ground. There was thick smoke outside their windows and they are petrified. This is a disaster beyond belief.

I just hope we find out the terrorist organization that did this and remove them from the face of the earth. Collateral damage be damned. This is WORSE than Pearl Harbor. Far worse.

[Nonstatist]

Try 100,000. THE twin WTC held 50,000, not including Port Authority tunnel, tourists etc. 7 or 8 million people work in Manhattan, most downtown. Imagine twice the no dead that died in Viernam? Impossible to assimilate right now

[Terriergal]

Yes, you should believe it and yes we are at war

Only if our namby pamby Congress says so. I shudder to think about the debate going on there...

I'm sure there were plenty of little schoolkids taking their little field trips to the New York area... I sure hope not though.

[cracker]

These numbers are too high. Let's calm down people.

The Pentagon was being evacuated early - lower casualties.

The WTC towers didn't fall immediately, and evacuations began quickly. The first to collapse stood for at least 20 minutes, the second for over an hour. Moreover, reports indicate that the buildings were not full at 9 am - WTC workers come in later on many floors.

10K is probably in the ballpark - 50K is way too high.

[Nitro]

Let's not forget, the Pentagon is about 1/5 destroyed now and it is getting worse.

We are at DEFCON 1 and every unit should be gearing up for a serious blood-letting.

Nukes sound good, but I would rather see them all gut shot so they can watch their guts ooze slowly out as they die drowning in their own blood!

[an amused spectator]

Hiroshima: August 6, 1945, the uranium bomb, Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m. Hiroshima time, 43 seconds after it left the B-29 Enola Gay, almost 2,000 feet above the ground. It had a yield equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT. Everything within four square miles was destroyed.

Instantly Killed:

70,000

Instantly Injured:

70,000

December 1945 total death toll:

140,000

1950 total death toll:

200,000

Nagasaki: August 9, 1945, the plutonium bomb, Fat Man, exploded 1,650 feet above Nagasaki at 11:01 a.m after it left the B-29 Bockscar. It had a force of 21,000 tons of TNT. Everything within three square miles was destroyed.

Instantly Killed:

40,000

Instantly Injured:

60,000

January 1946 total death toll:

70,000

1950 total death toll:

140,000

[Jeff Head]

This will the largest loss of life in a single 'event' in the US.

We will have to wait and see. Actually, I believe there were battles in the Civil War where the causalty rate may be higher.

But clearly, NOTHING compares to this since, and NOTHING compares in terms of non-combatant loss.

I expect that the losses will approach and maybe exceed 20,000 in terms of deaths.

We MUST exact a swift, horrific and lasting retribution against any organization that did this AND against ANY nation that abetted it.

Once we know who those organizations and nations are, I believe thus use of tactical nuclear devices is in order and would make the statement to those responsible and to thew world to NEVER EVER consoider such action against the USA again.

... I am completely diraught over this. I know I am speaking emotionally. But I believe just the same that such a response is necessary. The pictures of those explosions, and particularly of those buildings collapsing ... and KNOWING what it meant as it happend, are etched on my consciousness until the day I die.

[pabianice]

>>Should I believe my ears? Did one of the analysts on Fox News just say that estimates of fatalities were in the range of 10,000 persons? If so, this dwarfs everything. How many died at Pearl Harbor? In Viet Nam? The Korean War? At Hiroshima or Nagasaki?

Pearl Harbor: 2,450 (US)

Vietnam: 58,400 dead (US)

Korea: ~ 32,000 (US)

Hiroshima/Nagasaki: ~ 50,000 each from blast; additional 200,000 each from injuries

[Jeff Head]

This will the largest loss of life in a single 'event' in the US.

We will have to wait and see. Actually, I believe there were battles in the Civil War where the causalty rate may be higher.

But clearly, NOTHING compares to this since, and NOTHING compares in terms of non-combatant loss.

I expect that the losses will approach and maybe exceed 20,000 in terms of deaths.

We MUST exact a swift, horrific and lasting retribution against any organization that did this AND against ANY nation that abetted it.

Once we know who those organizations and nations are, I believe thus use of tactical nuclear devices is in order and would make the statement to those responsible and to thew world to NEVER EVER consoider such action against the USA again.

... I am completely diraught over this. I know I am speaking emotionally. But I believe just the same that such a response is necessary. The pictures of those explosions, and particularly of those buildings collapsing ... and KNOWING what it meant as it happend, are etched on my consciousness until the day I die.