A Day That Will Live In Infamy 9.11.01 2,819 people were killed in the terrorist attack of 9.11 343 of them were firefighters and paramedics 27 were NYPD officers trying to get people to safety The youngest passenger on the hijacked jets was Christine Hanson on United Airlines Flight 175. She was 2 and on her first trip to Disneyland. Two-thousand children lost a parent Sept. 11, including 146 who lost a parent at the Pentagon. Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22 1.5 million working hours during 261 days were spent removing the debris at the WTC site. Bodies found "intact": 289 Body parts found: 19,858 Number of families who got no remains: 1,717 Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051 These brave men and women's lives were sacrificed so that you and me could walk across the street and not be told where we should go and how we should live. Everyone who died on this day deserves more respect then we can give them. Please pray for all the families who lost a mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, child, aunt, uncle, or any other family member on 9/11. And please keep in mind everyone on Flight 93 who prevented a plane to be crashed into the white house. Those brave souls touch my heart in a way no one ever has or will.