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Charities and relief agencies raised over $657 million in the three weeks
following the attack, the vast bulk going to immediate survivors and
victims' families.

In the morning hours of September 21, the Congress approved a bill to prop
up the airline industry and establish a federal fund for victims. The cost
of the mostly open-ended fund may reach about $15 billion. Victims of
earlier terrorist attacks, including those linked to al-Qaida, were not
included in the fund.

AT&T dropped charges on all domestic calls involving the New York City area
(212/718/917/646/347) in the days following.

American Red Cross

From the donations to the Emergency Relief Fund, as of 11/19/2001, the
American Red Cross granted 3,165 checks to 2,776 families totaling $54.3
million.

172,612 cases were referred to mental health contacts. The 866-GET INFO
number received 29,820 calls. As of 3:10 p.m. November 20, there have been
1,592,295 blood donations since September 11.

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