$3.5-billion (all dollar figures Canadian). This includes:
• $1.15-billion to remove debris and clean site
• $720-million in overtime pay for city workers
• $130-million for disaster supplies, equipment and services
• $24-million for disaster-command and family centers
• $40-million for landfill operations
• $58-million to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Estimated lost 2002 tax revenue for New York city and state: $5-billion

Estimated tax losses for 2003:

• $2.2-billion (city), $6.5-billion (state)

Damage to City University of New York and Borough of Manhattan Community College: $9.3-million

Total of insured property damage in New York: $32-billion


Number of claims: 49,000 (30,000 personal, 15,000 commercial, 4,000 auto)

Uninsured expenses relating to the cleanup, replacement and repair of buildings and infrastructure:

• $15.5-billion to $22-billion

Cost of postponing New York mayoral elections: $12.5-million

Total estimated wages lost because of company closings, decline in business, workers leaving the city and other reasons: $7-billion

Cost estimate to replace twin towers:

• $10.5-billion

All other damaged buildings:
• $9.5-billion

Losses reported by lease holder Silverstein Properties: $13-billion

Fire-department vehicles lost: 91
Replacement value: $97-million

Lead content of 300 classroom ventilators at Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan after WTC collapse: 30 times acceptable level
Cost to clean: $1.5-million

Value of the corporate art destroyed: $155-million
Includes several works by Rodin owned by Cantor Fitzgerald and the Port Authority collection, with pieces by Joan Miro and Alexander Calder

Estimated cost to repair shattered transit system: $11.3-billion

Firefighters killed: 343
How long firefighters remained on salary and full overtime: 18 days
Payment to survivors:
$6-million plus

Sources: City of New York Office of Management and Budget, U.S. General Accounting Office, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Insurance Services Offices Inc., The New York Times, Associated Press, AXA Art Insurance Corp., New York Daily News.