2018-09-11 Cincinnati
9/11 Deaths x 365 days/year x 17 years
2,996 individuals died on 9/11/2001 because of the hijackings and crashes perpetrated by the al-Qaeda fanatics.
Nothing was the same.
2,996 families dealt with the sudden, senseless, and violent death of a loved one.
Nothing was the same.
2,996 neighborhoods lost a resident.
Nothing was the same.
2,996 networks lost a member.
Nothing was the same.
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About twice as many individuals (5,900) died from HIV that same day.[1]
…and the next,
…and the next,
…for 365 days that year,
…and 365 days per year every year,
…and the years continue.
The use of anti-retroviral medicines has halved the daily death toll. But even now, on 9/11/2018, we are losing to AIDS about as many people as we lost on the original 9/11, in the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania slaughter. And we’ll lose as many tomorrow, and the next day, and every day. And the days keep coming.
“Statistics are human beings, with the tears wiped off.”[2]
[1] Over three times as many individuals (9,589) were newly infected with HIV on 9/11/2001.
[2] Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct, 1985.
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