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9/11/01: Death count expected to rise

Firefighters make their way through the rubble on

Photo credit: AP | Firefighters make their way through the rubble on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers in Manhattan.

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The burning World Trade Center is seen from 9/11/2001

America went to bed last night with little idea of how many people lost their lives in yesterday's horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. At midnight, at least six people, their crushed bodies covered in blood-stained sheets, had been pulled from the rubble, with five others confirmed dead by St. Vincents and Bellevue hospitals.

The bodies of up to 18 others were put in body...

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