I was sent this and thought some would find it interesting. Enjoy, Orma > > > > POSITIVE STATISTICS > > > > By now everyone has been hearing the death toll > rise and reports of > > the destruction from the terrorist attacks on the > US. These were > > deplorable acts that we will never forget. > > But now is a time to look at the other side of the > numbers coming out of > > New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. The sad but > somewhat uplifting > > side that the mainstream media has not reported > yet - the SURVIVAL rates > > and some positive news about the attacks. > > The Buildings: > > The World Trade Center > > The twin towers of the World Trade Center were > places of employment > > for some 50,000 people. With the missing list of > just over 5,000 people, > > that means 90% of the people targeted survived the > attack. A 90% on a > > test is > > an'A'. > > The Pentagon > > Some 23,000 people were the target of a third > plane aimed at the > > Pentagon. > > The latest count shows that only 123 lost their > lives. That is an amazing > > > > 99.5% survival rate. in addition, the plane seems > to have come in too > > low, > > too early to affect a large portion of the > building. On top of that, the > > section that was hit was the first of five > sections to undergo > > renovations > > that would help protect the Pentagon from > terrorist attacks. It had > > recently completed straightening and > blastproofing, saving untold lives. > > This > > attack was sad, but a statistical failure. > > > > The Planes: > > American Airlines Flight 77 > > This Boeing 757 that was flown into the outside of > the Pentagon could > > have carried up to 289 people, yet only 64 were > aboard. Luckily 78% of > > the > > seats were empty. > > > > American Airlines Flight 11 > > This Boeing 767 could have had up to 351 people > aboard, but only carried > > 92. Thankfully 74% of the seats were unfilled. > > > > > > United Airlines Flight > > 175Another Boeing 767 that could have sat 351 > people only > > had 65 people on board. Fortunately it was 81% > empty. > > > > United Airlines Flight 93 > > This Boeing 757 was one of the most uplifting > stories yet. The > > smallest flight to be hijacked with only 45 people > aboard out of a > > possible > > 289 had84% of its capacity unused. Yet these > people stood up to the > > attackers and thwarted a fourth attempted > destruction of a national > > landmark, > > savinguntold numbers of lives in the process. > > > > In Summary > > Out of potentially 74,280 Americans directly > targeted by these inept > > cowards, 93% survived or avoided the attacks. > That's a higher survival > > rate than heart attacks, breast cancer, kidney > transplants and liver > > transplants - all common, survivable illnesses. > > > > Pass this information on to those in fear and the > media. Don't fear these > > > > terrorists. The odds are against them. > > > >
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