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.48:48 a.m American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Bostons Logan Airport to9:05 a.m9:43 a.m9:45 a.m10:24 a.m4:45 p.m5:20 p.mLos Angeles International with 92 people onboard, slams into the north tower, 1World Trade Center.United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767 en route from Boston to Los Angeleswith 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 closes.9:40 a.m The FAA orders the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down. All flights at U.S.airports are stopped.American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 enroute from Dulles Airport outsideWashington to LAX with 58 passengers and six crew members, crashes into thePentagon. One of the buildings five sides collapses.The White House is evacuated.9:59 a.m The south tower of the World Trade Center 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 Franciscowith 38 passengers and seven crew members, crashes just north of the SomersetCounty Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Shortly before impact, apassenger called on his cell phone from a locked bathroom: We are being hijacked,we are being hijacked! At this time there was concern the plane was headed toCamp David.The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic flights are to be diverted to Canada.10:28 a.m The World Trade Centers 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 CanalStreet.1:04 p.m In a speech at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush announcesthat security measures are being taken and says: Make no mistake, the UnitedStates 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 Yorkand Washington. Around the country, fighters, airborne radar and refueling planesscramble. The North American Aerospace Defense Command goes to its highestalert.The City of New York announces that 200 firefighters have been killed and 78 policeofficers are missing.Seven World Trade Center, a 47-story tower, collapses from ancillary damage. Sequence of Events collected from MSNBC.com |
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