|
8:48 a.m. |
American
Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Boston's Logan Airport
to Los Angeles International with 92 people onboard, slams into the
north tower, 1 World Trade Center. |
|
9:05 a.m. |
Approximately 18 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also a
Boeing 767 enroute from Boston to Los Angeles with 65 people onboard,
hits the south tower, 2 World Trade Center. |
|
9:21 a.m. |
New York
City Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in New York City. |
|
9:24 a.m. |
President Bush calls the crashes "an apparent terrorist attack on our
country." |
|
9:32 a.m. |
New York
Stock Exchange closed |
|
9:40 a.m. |
The FAA
orders the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down. All flights
at U.S. airports are stopped. |
|
9:43 a.m. |
American
Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 enroute from Dulles Airport outside
Washington to LAX with 58 passengers and six crew members, crashes
into the Pentagon. One of the building's five sides collapses. |
|
9:45 a.m. |
The
White House is evacuated. |
|
9:59 a.m. |
The
south tower of the WTC collapses in a plume of ash and debris. |
|
10:00
a.m. |
United
Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 en route from Newark, N.J., to San
Francisco with 38 passengers and seven crew members, crashes just
north of the Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of
Pittsburgh. Shortly before impact, a passenger called on his cell
phone from bathroom: "We are being hijacked!" At this time there was
concern the plane was headed to Camp David. |
|
10:24
a.m. |
FAA
reports that all inbound transatlantic flights are to be diverted to
Canada. |
|
10:28
a.m. |
The
World Trade Center's north tower collapses. |
|
12:15
p.m. |
The
United States closes some border crossings with Canada and Mexico. |
|
1:02 p.m. |
New York
Mayor Rudolph Guiliani orders an evacuation of Manhattan south of
Canal Street. |
|
1:04 p.m. |
In a
speech at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush
announces that security measures are being taken: "Make no mistake,
the U.S. will hunt down and punish those responsible for these
cowardly acts." |
|
1:44 p.m. |
The Navy
dispatches aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers to New York
and Washington. Around the country, fighters, airborne radar and
refueling planes scramble. The North American Aerospace Defense
Command go to its highest alert. |
|
1:44 p.m. |
President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base for Nebraska's Offutt
Air Force Base, home to the U.S. Strategic Command. |
|
4:30 p.m. |
President Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska for
Washington. |
|
4:45 p.m. |
The City
of New York announces that 200 firefighters have been killed and 78
police officers are missing. |
|
5:20 p.m. |
Seven
World Trade Center, a 47-story tower, collapses from ancillary damage. |
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