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Timeline of Events: Sept. 11, 2001
Associated Press staffers provided to media representatives the following timeline of that fateful day 10 years ago. Where were you during these developments?
8 a.m. EDT: American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.
8:14 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes off from Logan for Los Angeles.
8:21 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles.
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8:40 a.m.: Federal Aviation Administration notifies North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 11.
8:41 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco.
8:43 a.m.: FAA notifies NORAD about suspected hijacking of United Flight 175.
8:46 a.m.: American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center.
9:03 a.m.: United Flight 175 crashes into south tower.
9:08 a.m.: FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through its New York Center airspace.
9:21 a.m.: All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan are closed.
9:24 a.m.: FAA notifies NORAD about suspected hijacking of American Flight 77.
9:26 a.m.: FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft.
9:31 a.m.: President Bush, in Florida, calls crashes an “apparent terrorist attack on our country.”
9:40 a.m.: American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon.
9:45 a.m.: FAA orders all aircraft to land at nearest airport as soon as practical. More than 4,500 aircraft are in air at the time.
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9:48 a.m.: U.S. Capitol and White House’s West Wing evacuated.
9:59 a.m.: South tower of trade center collapses.
10:07 a.m. (approximately): United Flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania field.
10:28 a.m.: North tower of trade center collapses.
11:00 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani orders evacuation of lower Manhattan.
1:04 p.m.: Bush, at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, announces U.S. military on high alert worldwide.
2:51 p.m.: Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York, Washington.
3:07 p.m.: Bush arrives at Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
5:25 p.m.: Empty 47-story 7 World Trade Center collapses.
Source for Timeline: Associated Press
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