# A statistic about firefighters and the WTC

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**Created:** [September 22, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-statistic-about-firefighters-and-the-wtc/83238 "2001-09-22T20:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-statistic-about-firefighters-and-the-wtc/83238/1 "2001-09-22T20:27:03Z")

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I looked up some numbers at the [National Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial](http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ffmem/), from the PDF report [Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2000](http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/usfapubs/ff_fat00.pdf).

About as many firefighters were killed or are still missing at the World Trade Center as died in the line of duty in the last _three years_ in the _entire United States._