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American Airlines Flight 11, bound for Los Angeles takes off from
Boston's Logan Airport. There 92 people onboard; 81 passengers &
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0814 EDT
United Airlines 175, bound for Los Angeles takes off from Boston's
Logan Airport. The plane was carrying 65 people; 56 passengers &
9 crew members. The plane was fully laden with fuel for the cross-country
flight.
American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International
Airport near Washington DC. Also bound for Los Angeles, the flight
carried 64 people.
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0820 EDT
Flight 11 turns south towards NY City |
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0840 EDT
NORAD* alerted of hijacking of Flight 11.
Flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney makes a call to ground supervisor
Michael Woodward to report the hijacking. She also gave seat number
of one of the hijackers, information that was to help in the investigation.
Said that she saw water and buildings.
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0842 EDT
United Airlines Flight 93 bound for San Francisco takes off from
Newark New Jersey with 44 aboard. |
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0843 EDT
NORAD alerted of hijacking of Flight 175.
Passenger Peter Burton Hanson calls his father twice to tell him
of on goings in the hijacked plane. Hanson was traveling with his
wife and 3-year-old daughter.
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0846 EDT
Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower
of the WTC. Plane explodes into huge fireball and the North Tower
is left with a gaping hole on its side. |
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0846 EDT
NORAD orders two F-15 fighter jets at Otis Air National Guard
Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts into the air. |
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0850 EDT
Flight 175 deviates from flight path and turns towards NY City.
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0852 EDT
F-15s are airborne. |
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0900 EDT
US President George Bush arrives at Emma Booker Elementary School
and receives news of Flight 11 which had crashed into the WTC.
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0903 EDT
The world watches as Flight 175 crashes
into the South Tower of the WTC. F-15 fighter jets approximately 8
minutes away. |
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0904 EDT
Federation Aviation Administration's Boston Air Route Traffic
Control Centre stops all departures from airports in New England and
eastern NY state. |
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0906 EDT
FAA halts takeoffs of all flights bound to or through NY airspace.
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0907 EDT
Bush was sitting in front of the children when the White House
chief of staff, Andrew Card, breaks the news of the second crash to
him. |
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0916 EDT
FAA informs NORAD that Flight 93 may have been hijacked.
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0917 EDT
All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan closed. |
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0920 EDT
FBI announced that it was investigating reports of the two planes
having been hijacked. |
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0924 EDT
FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 77 has been hijacked, Two F-16s
from Langley Air Force Base ordered into the air to intercept the
plane. |
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0926 EDT
FAA orders a national ground stop, halting takeoffs of all civilian
aircraft, regardless of destination. |
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0930 EDT
Bush addresses the nation from Florida. Grim-faced, Bush asks
for a moment of silence after he announces, "We have had a national
tragedy. Two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Centre in an apparent
terrorist attack on our country." |
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0935 EDT
Flight 93 turns around near Cleveland and heads east.
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0943 EDT
The American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington
to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon. F-16 fighters were still
about 12 minutes away. They remained airborne to perform air patrols.
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0945 EDT
The Secret Service orders evacuation of the White House and the
Eisenhower Executive Office Building on news that a fourth plane is
headed for Washington.
FAA orders shutdown of US airspace. All airborne planes to land
as soon as reasonable , regardless of their destination. First time
in US history that air traffic nationwide has been halted. There
were reportedly more than 4,500 flights in the air at that point.
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0955 EDT
Bush departs on Air Force One. In flight, he speaks to Vice President
Dick Cheney and puts US military worldwide on high alert. Bush also
receives word of the other two plane crashes. |
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1003 EDT
Flight 93 crashes to the ground near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania, 128 km south east of Pittsburgh. |
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1005 EDT
South Tower of the WTC collapses, creating a massive cloud of
dust and debris. Many of those still in the tower were trapped under
the debris. Emergency workers and firefighters were crushed under
the rubble as well. |
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1010 EDT
A portion of the Pentagon collapses. |
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1020 EDT
State and Justice Departments and World Bank evacuated.
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1029 EDT
North Tower of the WTC collapses, adding to the devastation. The
southern part of Manhattan Island now covered in a thick layer of
debris and dust. |
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1031 EDT
FAA allows all military and law enforcement flights to resume.
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1045 EDT
All federal buildings in Washington evacuated. |
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1046 EDT
US Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short trip to Latin America,
leaves Peru for the US. |
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1102 EDT
NY City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay indoors
and orders evacuation of the area south of Canal Street. |
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1145 EDT
Air Force One lands at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
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1204 EDT
Los Angeles International Airport, destination of three of the
crashed airplanes, is evacuated.
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1215 EDT
San Francisco International Airport evacuated and shut down.
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1236 EDT
President Bush makes a second statement, in which he vowed to
hunt down and punish those responsible. |
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1327 EDT
State of emergency declared in Washington DC. |
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1344 EDT
The Pentagon deployed five battleships and two aircraft carriers
along the east coast of the US to provide upgraded air defence for
the NY and Washington areas.
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0144 SST |
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1348 EDT
Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base aboard Air Force One and
flies to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
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1407 EDT
FAA announces that all domestic flights accounted for.
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1430 EDT
FAA announces no US commercial air traffic till noon Wednesday
earliest. |
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1449 EDT
At a news conference, Mayor Giuliani says that subway and bus
service is partially restored in NY City. |
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1450 EDT
Air Force One lands and Offutt Air Force Base. President Bush
taken to the Base's secure command centre. |
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1507 EDT
Bush convenes National Security Council, holding a video conference
with council members in Washington. |
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1555 EDT
Giuliano announces that the number of critically injured stands
at 200 with more than 2,000 total injuries reported. |
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1610 EDT
Building 7 of the WTC complex reported on fire. |
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1625 EDT
American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and New York Stock exchange announce
they will remain closed on Wednesday. |
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1636 EDT
President Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska to return
to Washington. |
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1720 EDT
The 47-storey Building 7of the WTC complex collapses. Building
had been damaged when the twin towers collapsed. Other buildings nearby
were still on fire. |
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1834 EDT
Air Force One lands in Maryland with a three-fighter jet escort.
Bush boards Marine One, the helicopter to take him back to the White
House. |
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1854 EDT
Marine One lands on the South Lawn of the White House.
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1945 EDT
New York Police Department announces at least 78 officers missing.
The city also says that as many as half of the first 400 firefighters
on the scene were killed. |
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2030 EDT
President Bush addresses the nation. In his speech, he asks for
prayers for families and friends of the victims. |
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2100 EDT
Bush convenes a meeting with the National Security Council. At
this meeting, he starts planning the military response to the attacks.
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