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$43.6 billion (in 2015 dollars) - Total insured losses from the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, including property, life and liability insurance claim costs.

$123 billion - Estimated economic loss during the first 2-4 weeks after the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York City, as well as decline in airline travel over next few years.

$60 billion - Estimated cost of the World Trade Center site damage, including damage to surrounding buildings, infrastructure and subway facilities.

$40 billion - Value of the emergency anti-terrorism package approved by the U.S. Congress on Sept. 14, 2001.

$15 billion - Aid package passed by Congress to bail out the airlines.

$1 billion - Damage to a portion of the Pentagon.

$970 million - Total Federal Emergency Management Authority money spent on the emergency.

$750 million - Total cost of cleanup at Ground Zero.

$385 million - Cost of the loss of four civilian aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001.

$500,000 - Estimated amount of money it cost to plan and execute the 9/11 attacks.

1.8 million - Tons of debris removed from the World Trade Center site.

146,100 - Number of jobs lost in New York after the attacks.

3,051 - Estimated number of children who lost a parent on Sept. 11, 2001.

2,976 - The total number of people who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania, excluding the 19 hijackers.

1,640 - World Trade Center victims' remains that have been positively identified, according to the medical examiner's office, as of August 2016.

1,609 - Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks.

343 - Number of firefighter and paramedics killed. 

98 - Number of Fire Department of New York vehicles destroyed.