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To: Scoobah who wrote (484)	11/21/2001 10:24:53 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Toll From WTC Attack Falls Below 3,900 -NY Times November 21, 2001 05:25 AM ET Email this article Printer friendly version Reuters Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) - The official count of the dead and missing from the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center has fallen sharply in the last few weeks to below 3,900, nearly 3,000 less than initially feared, The New York Times reported in its online edition on Wednesday. Citing city officials, the Times said the number of dead and missing could fall to 3,000, as officials discover more duplications and errors. "Thank God so many of these people are alive and well," the paper quoted Charles Campisi, the chief of the New York Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau, as saying. On Sept. 11, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan collapsed after hijackers crashed two airliners into the 110-story structures. Another hijacked plane damaged parts of the Pentagon outside Washington and a fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The Times said there was some confusion on Tuesday among city and police officials about the World Trade Center toll. Police officials said they believed the current number of dead and missing to be 3,702, but the mayor's office put the number at 3,899, the paper said. In the Pentagon, 189 people were killed or are missing, including 64 people who were onboard the plane. Forty-four people were killed in the Pennsylvania crash. "Using the figure released yesterday, the death toll for all three attacks could not be higher than 4,142, and could fall to 3,245 as the city's revisions continue," the Times said. The newspaper said unofficial compilations of the World Trade Center toll by news organizations have reached no higher than 2,950. The Times said some individuals killed in the attack were listed more than once. For example, one woman was listed by both her maiden and married name, it said. The report also said that dozens of names linked to foreign consulates have been taken off the dead or missing list as consulates lowered the number of people from their countries they believed to be at the World Trade Center at the time of the attacks.