How many people survived the 2009 Stock market Crash of 2009: (market went down to 6,469.95 then) but couldn't break even likely until 2012 or 2014)

 begin quote from Google AI regarding 2009 Stock market Crash:

The 2009 stock market crash, a key part of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), saw a significant decline in stock prices, particularly in the early part of the year. The crash began in late 2007 and intensified with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a low of 6,469.95 on March 6, 2009, after losing over 54% from its pre-crisis high. 

end quote from google ai:

 

How many people survived this crash was by staying in. However, it's important to understand that those people had to be able to survive without those investments being cashed out until at the very least 2012 or 2014 when the Great Recession got slowly better. So, likely investors could theoretically have cashed out and broken even in their investments by 2012 or 2014 in most cases.

 

However, many people simply diversified their investments into more places (companies) and then rode the tide of the stock market up to 49,000 recently. So, by staying in when markets look terrible like now is how you benefit over time. But, when you sell (Unless you are a day trader) often you will lose an incredible amount of money, especially these days. The worst hit investors likely invested when the market was at 49,000. They would look terrible on paper (at least for now). However, if they stay in for a few years they might be okay too.