America at War: The call of despair : 5,506 TOLL OF MISSING AND DEAD

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, Sep 16, 2001 | by MIKE HAMILTON

THE feared death toll after the New York terror attacks jumped to 5,506 last night.

New figures broke down the casualties as follows: New York World Trade Center dead - 152, missing feared dead 4,963; American Airlines Flight 11 - 92 dead; United Airlines Flight 175 - 65 dead; Pentagon - 125 dead and missing; American Airlines Flight 77 - 64 dead; United Flight 93 (Pennsylvania) - 45 dead.

The number of dead hijackers is believed to be 18.

Rescue teams combed the wreckage of the Trade Center buildings as the number of missing rose by 200 yesterday. Hope of finding more survivors faded as fire smouldered under 450,000 tons of rubble.

None have been found since Wednesday. Bodies recovered include scores of firefighters and police officers, with 92 identified so far.

The FBI have quizzed 25 people in connection with the atrocities and one man - described as a "material witness" - was arrested in New York.

In Britain, Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch raided a house in Brixton, South London, on behalf of the FBI. No arrests were made. And a small group of Met Police officers arrived in New York yesterday to help identify British victims.

To the relief of the business community, the US Stock Exchange in Wall Street is due to reopen tomorrow after computers were successfully tested yesterday.