Thursday 15 September 2011

9-11

The Dead We Mourn and the Dead We Don’t:

2,977 - Died and missing September 11, 2001

1,994 - Hurricane Katrina

c. 40,000 - US Traffic fatalities per year

1 comment:

  1. That's not right to compare these three numbers!
    They are all tragic numbers, for sure. Family and friends mourning and full of sadness - all three of them. But 9/11 was caused by terrorists, by other human beings. How can you compare them with eachother? Most provocative of you.

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