Facts & Numbers

The Facts

Top floors occupied by Cantor pre-September 11th
101st – 105th
Cantor WTC Employees on Sept 10 2001
960
Cantor WTC Employees killed on Sept 11 2001
*Almost twice the loss suffered by the FDNY, who lost 343 firefighters.
658
Number of Cantor Employees who got out on Sept 11 2001
0
Cantor’s percentage of total Sept 11 casualties
24%

The Loss

Average number of funerals per day through September and October 2001
10
Percentage of Cantor dead whose remains were never found
40%
Pairs of siblings killed together at Cantor on Sept 11 (“doubles”)
27
Number of pregnant wives left behind
38
Number of children who lost a parent at Cantor
955
Number of engaged employees killed on Sept 11
46

The Business Crisis

Amount of money Cantor had to borrow the day after the attacks to open for business
$70 billion
Amount of time Cantor had to re-open for business (Bond Market trading)
2
Number of days before the stock market re-opened after the attacks
6

The Financial Recovery & Aid

Total Cantor Relief donations to Cantor deceased employees’ families
$180 million
Number of Cantor Employees Ten Years after attacks
1700
Number of original surviving Cantor Employees still working there 10 years after 2001
74