Today marks the 13th anniversary since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
As we commemorate the innocent lives of lost at the World Trade Center, and on the four hijacked airplanes, Hip-Hop Wired decided to look into the number 13 and how significant it has become in the 9/11 story.
The number itself is considered “unlucky,” and pops up a lot. From the casualties, to facts about the highjacked planes and the World Trade Center history, the No. 13 is all over the place. Quite a coincidence.
Hit the gallery for examples.
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Four minutes after the first plane hit World Trade Center one, a cascade of 13 people fell out of the building’s windows in just two short minutes.
Arizona’s only 9/11 widow, is Donna Bird, who lost her husband Gary. He was at the World Trade Center for a business trip. The couple met on June 13, 1981. Their son was 13, on 9/11/2001.
9/11 casualty Moira Ann Smith, both on Feb. 14, 1963, was a member of the NYPD’s 13th precinct.
There were 13 casualties from General Telecom located in the World Trade Center North tower.
Ecuador lost 13 people in the terrorist attacks, and just under 13 percent of those killed in the 9/11 attacks were non-American citizens.
Alexandra Costanza and David Marc Sullins, two of the nearly 3,000 victims who died in 9/11, were both born on the 13th of June.
The most recent 9/11 casualty whose remains were positively identified was, Lt. Jeffrey P. Waltz of the New York City Fire Department. His remains were collected before May 2002, but his identity wasn’t confirmed until 2013.
Prior to 9/11, the World Trade Center suffered a fire, robbery, and the bombing in 1993. The first event to occur was the fire, which was set by an janitorial employee, on Feb. 13, 1975.
Ex Georgetown Coach John Thompson was supposed to be on Flight 77, which was highjacked and crashed near the Pentagon. He changed his ticket at the last minute due to scheduling, and was planning to travel to Las Vegas for a friend’s birthday, which is Sept. 13.
According to the 9/11 commission, American Airlines Flight 11 was soaring over Central Massachusetts at 8:13: 29, the plane was flying over Central Massachusetts, and at 8:13: 47 pilots were told to drop to cursing altitude. The highjacking officially began at 8:14.
The wreckage of American Airlines Flight 93 covered 8 miles, or 13 kilometers.
