Dec02 01 88305101

September 11th Attack Timeline

By emilymasch

  • 8:14 AM

    8:14 AM
    The United Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Boston with 65 people aboard to head on the way to Los Angeles.

  • 8:19 AM

    8:19 AM
    Flight attendants alert that the plane has been hijacked. When they find out, they notified the FBI.

  • 8:24 AM

    8:24 AM
    Mohammed Atta (the hijacker) attempts the first accidental transmissions to ground control.

  • 8:46 AM

    8:46 AM
    Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers crashed the plane into the 93-99th floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. This killed everyone on the plane and hundred inside the World Trade Center.

  • 9:03 AM

    9:03 AM
    Hijackers crash Flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC's South Tower. This killed everyone on board and hundreds inside the building.

  • 9:37 AM

    9:37 AM
    Hijackers aboard Flight 77 and crashed the plane into the western facade of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. This killed 59 people on the plane and 125 military and civilians inside the building.

  • 9:42 AM

    9:42 AM
    The first time in history, the FAA grounds all flights over or bound for the continental US. 3300 commercial flights and 1200 private planes are guided to hand at airports in Canada and the US.

  • 9:59 AM

    9:59 AM
    The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.

  • 10:28 AM

    10:28 AM
    The World Trade Center's North Tower collapses, 102 minutes after Flight 11 struck.