2,975 died out of 17,400 in the building.
That's 20%.
Rest in peace.
And thank God for those that survived.
I heard somewhere (I think it was in church), about what happened on that day.
There were testimonials everywhere after that, when people started telling about how they had been caught up in traffic that day, or their cars wouldn't start, or they got held up in some way, so they weren't at the World Trade Center when the planes crashed into it.
Why did so many have to die?
And why did the survivors survive when they did, while others died?
I'll get back to you on that. I need to find answers and somehow I will.
From Wikipedia:
3:00 PM
3:00 (approx.): Pasquale Buzzelli, who lost consciousness in a North Tower stairway during the collapse, awakens to find himself lying atop the debris with only a fractured foot.