On the somber 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the United States recorded its third consecutive day of 1,000 or more deaths due to the coronavirus, according to worldometers.info.
Put another way, over three days, the nation saw more fatalities than the worst terrorist attack in world history–which mobilized the nation and the world to stop it from happening again.
Texas, Florida and California led the nation in both daily reported cases and fatalities. The United States also registered more than 40,000 new cases for the first time since before Labor Day.