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8:46 AM // Flight 11 hits the first tower
At 8:46 AM, Flight 11 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center A total of 1,402 people died as a a result of this occurence -
9:03AM // Flight 175 hits the second tower
At 9:03AM, Flight 175 hits the south tower of the World Trade Center. 614 people perished as a result of the attack on the south tower -
9:37AM // Flight 77 crashes into the pentagon
Hijackers aboard Flight 77 manage to steer the plane towards the pentagon and impact a part of the building that was under maintenance. The tally of casualties was 125 -
9:42AM // Unites States airspace is shut down
At 9:42 AM, US airspace was shut down and all airborne planes were ordered to land. This was the first time in history US airspace was completely shut down. -
9:59AM // The south tower collapses
The south tower collapses 56 minutes after the attack -
10:03AM // Flight 93 crashes at Somerset County
A plane that was unsuccessfully hijacked and then again re-captured by the passengers hit a field in Somerset County. All of the 40 passengers died in the crash -
10:28AM // North tower collapses
The north tower collapses 1 hour and 2 minutes after the impact -
10:50 AM // Parts of the Pentagon collapses
At 10:50 AM, five stories of the western side if the Pentagon collapses as a result of the impact. -
9:45 AM // The White House and The Capitol Building is evacuated
Do to rumors' of even more terrorist attacks, the White House and the Capitol Building (Two important landmarks) were evacuated -
8:50 AM // George Bush is alerted about the terrorist attacks
At 8:50 AM, President George Bush was alerted about the terrorist attacks. He was at a elementary school in Florida, and promptly sat still for 15 minutes afterwards.