Perspective

[aroraborealis]

In 2001, in the US, approximately...

65,000 people died from the flu.
40,000 people died in car accidents.
30,000 people committed suicide.
17,000 people died in drinking-related car accidents.
16,000 people were murdered.
15,000 people died of AIDS-related causes.
3,000 people died in the events of 9/11/01.

Just a few statistics for pondering.

Comments

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

So, 3/16ths of the people murdered in the US last year died in the events of September 11?

Real food for thought.

perspective

[hawkegirl.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's the number of people who died that particularly makes 9/11 so impacting to so many people. I think it's more the shock of a whole new way for people to die. There's a feeling of safety that many people have (or had) about living on the mainland, that got rocked for the first time. Not just the plane crashes, but the anthraxs and what not being very scary too. We've grown up with murder, flu, car accidents, drunk drivers, and we're used to that.

$.02