Bloomberg.com: U.S.: "Hurricane Donations in U.S. Exceed Fundraising After Sept. 11
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Donations to U.S. hurricane relief efforts have surpassed the amount raised for victims and their families after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Chronicle of Philanthropy said.
About $2.3 billion has been collected in the 12 weeks since Hurricane Katrina flooded the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, killing more than 1,100 people and displacing thousands from their homes, said Evan Goldstein, a spokesman for the newspaper. This tops the record $2.2 billion that charities received after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to the Chronicle."
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