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7:59 AM - Flight 11 leaves from Boston
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8:14 AM - Flight 175 leaves from Boston
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8:19 AM - Flight 11 crew alerts the ground that the plane has been hijacked
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8:20 AM - Flight 77 leaves from Washington DC
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8:41 AM - Flight 93 leaves from Newark
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8:46 AM - Flight 11 crashes into floors 93-99 of the North Tower
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9:02 AM - Port Authority orders everyone to evacuate both towers.
"Get Everybody Out Now!" - Officer David Lim of the PAPD and his bomb dog, Sirius, were under the South Tower in his office when the first plane hit. Lim then went to help evacutate everyone from the South Tower. As he helped, the 2nd plane hit. Unfortunately, Sirius did not stay with Lim during the evacation and died when the South Tower collapsed. -
9:03 AM - Flight 175 crashes into floors 75-85 of the South Tower
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9:37 AM - Flight 77 crashes into the western facade of the Pentagon
"I'm Not Giving Up" - Colonel Philip McNair, after many years of service, felt it was his duty to get everyone out safely. He was giving out orders to officers to go help find people in the wreckage near where the plane crashed into the Pentagon. He and fellow officers lowered people out of a window to safety after guiding them out of the wreckage. -
9:45 AM - White House and US Capitol Building are evacuated
"It's Us or Nobody" - Naval officers Thomas and Tarantino worked together to rescue people from the Naval wing of the Pentagon where the plane crashed. Pipes and other debris had landed on top of Jerry Henson. Thomas and Tarantino rescued Henson and several others despite not having any rescue gear or safety clothing. -
9:59 AM - South Tower collapses
"We Can't Abandon Her" - Capt. Jay Jonas of the NY FD Ladder 6 arrived minutes after the North Tower was hit by Flight 11. His team was given orders to climb up and evacate as many people as they could. In trying to save Josephine Harris, the team was slowed down enough that they were not killed as the North Tower collapses. They were trapped on the few floors that survived the tower's down fall. -
10:07 AM - Flight 93 attempts to take back the plane from the hijackers. The plane crashes in Somerset, PA
"Okay, Let's Roll" - This story of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 tells how they learned after calling loved ones that the terrorists were planning to hit something important to the U.S. While there were no survivors, records of phone calls to friends and family tell the heroic tale of the people on Flight 93. -
10:28 AM - North Tower collapses 102 minutes after it was struck.
"Don't Jump! We're Coming!" - Lt. Ross Terranova came upon the scene and saw people jumping from the floors in flames because they would rather jump than die in the inferno. He was largely in charge of helping set up command posts and check in locations for the EMS workers to help save the people who were evacuated. He attended as many funerals as he could for the fallen officers.
