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American Airline Flight 11 takeoff
At 7:59 AM, American Airline flight 11 took off with 92 people aboard from Boston’s Logan International Airport on its was to Los Angeles. -
United Airline 175 flight takeoff
At 8:14 AM flight 175 took off from Boston -
Distress call from flight 11
At 8:19, flight attendants from flight 11 notify ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked. -
American Airlines Flight 77 takeoff
At 8:20 AM American Airlines Flight 77 takes off with 64 passengers from Dulles International Airport to Lost Angeles -
Ground Personnel is Notified that Flight 11 was hijacked
At 8:24 AM, Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes two transmissions and Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control accidentaly notifies ground personnel in attempt to communicate with the plane’s cabin. -
United Airlines Flight 93 departure
At 8:41 AM, a Boeing 757 with 44 people aboard, takes off from Newark International Airport. -
First plane crashes
At 8:46 AM Flight 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The plane crashed specifically into floors 93-99. -
Bush is informed of the attack
At 8:50 AM, President George W. Bush is notified of the terrorist attack while reading to students at an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida. -
Ground personnel is notified about Flight 77
At 9:24 AM, passengers on the plane call family members about their fight (Flight 77) being hijacked. The FAA notified NEADS about the hijacking. -
Plane Crashes into the Pentagon
At 9:37 AM, Flight 77 crashes into the western façade of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing a total of 184 people (passengers and personnel inside the building). -
Flights are grounded
For the first time in the continental United States, at 9:42 AM, all flights are grounded and notified to land in airports in Canada and the United States. -
First WTC tower falls
At 9:59 AM, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. -
Flight 93 crashes
At 10:07 AM, passengers on flight 93 call families and learn of the previous terrorist attacks. They assume that their flight is also going to contribute in the attacks and begin to fight the hijackers. The plane crashes into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, killing all 40 passengers and crew aboard. -
North WTC Tower Collapses
At 10:28 AM, The World Trade Center’s North Tower collapses, 1 hour and 42 minutes after being attacked. -
Second plane crashed into the Tower
At 9:03 AM, United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into floors 75-85 of the World Trade Center's South Tower. -
President Bush Addresses the nation
In 8:30 PM, President Bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks “evil, despicable acts of terror” and declaring that America, its friends and allies would “stand together to win the war against terrorism.” -
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Remembering September 11, 2001
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President Bush Bull Horn Speech
Three days after 9/11, President George W. Bush visited ground zero (at the place of the WTC attack) and gave his famous motivational Bull Horn Speech on atop of the rubble. -
President Bush declares war on Terror
President Bush Declares “War on Terror” that would lead to war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
