5:00 AM: National Public Radio begins broadcasting its pre-recorded program, Morning Edition, beginning with a story about President Bush visiting a school in Florida.
6:00 AM: Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al Omari arrive at the airport in Portland, Maine, for a flight to Boston.
6:00 AM: In New York City, Howard Stern begins another broadcast of The Howard Stern Show.
6:45 AM: Atta and Omari arrive in Boston.
6:52 AM: Atta receives a phone call from Marwan al Shehhi, fellow hijacker at another terminal at Logan Airport. They speak for three minutes.
6:45 AM: Atta and Omari, along with Satam al Suqami,Wail al Shehri, and Waleed al Shehri, check in and board American Airlines Flight 11 [1st impact, north tower], bound for Los Angeles, sometime between 6:45 and 7:40. The flight is scheduled to depart at 7:45.
In another Logan terminal, Shehhi, joined by Fayez Banihammad, Mohand al Shehri, Ahmed al Ghamdi, and Hamza al Ghamdi, check in for United Airlines Flight 175 [2nd impact, south tower], also bound for Los Angeles.
7:00 AM: In New York City, Howard Stern begins hour 2 of The Howard Stern Show.
7:15 AM: Khalid al Mihdhar and Majed Moqed check in with American Airline at Dulles in Washington for flight 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon], bound for Los Angeles. Within the next 20 minutes, they are joined by Hani Hanjour and two brothers, Nawaf al Hazmi and Salem al Hazmi.
7:39 to 7:48 AM: All four hijackers have boarded UA 93 [4th impact, PA] in Newark, New Jersey.
7:40 AM: AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] pushes back from the gate at Logan.
7:58 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] pushes back from the gate. It is scheduled to depart at 8:00, but is delayed 14 minutes.
7:59 AM: AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] departs Logan.
8:00 AM: Scheduled departure time of UA 93 [4th impact, PA] out of Newark, New Jersey. Due to heavy airport traffic, the plane is delayed and won't be airborne until 42 minutes later.
In New York City, Howard Stern begins hour 3 of The Howard Stern Show. As American Airlines 11 crashes, the conversation focuses on a missed Stern sexual opportunity with Pamela Anderson.
8:09 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] pushes back from the gate at Washington Dulles.
8:14 AM: AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] has its last routine radio communication. The takeover likely happens only moments later. When the aircraft fails to heed instruction to climb to 35,000 feet, the controller repeatedly tries to raise the flight.
8:14 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] departs Logan in Boston.
8:19 AM: Flight attendant Betty Ong onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] notifies AA of hijacking.
8:20 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] departs Washington Dulles. It was scheduled to depart at 8:00 but is delayed 20 minutes
8:21 AM: AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] transponder is turned off.
8:23 AM: AA attempts to contact the cockpit of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:24 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], Atta keys the cockpit microphone in an attempt to communicate with the passengers. Instead, he transmits outside the aircraft and those transmissions are recorded on the ground. He says, "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you'll be okay. We are returning to the airport." And then, “Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves, you’ll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet.”
8:25 AM: Boston Center is aware of the hijacking of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:25 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], flight attendant Amy Sweeney gets through to the American Flight Services Office in Boston but is cut off.
8:26 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], flight attendant Betty Ong reports that the plane is “flying erratically.”
8:27 AM: AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] turns south.
8:28 AM: Boston Center calls the Command Center in Herndon to advise that it
believes American 11 has been hijacked and is heading toward New York Center’s airspace.
8:29 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], flight attendant Amy Sweeney again gets through to the American Flight Services Office in Boston but is again cut off.
8:32 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], flight attendant Amy Sweeney is reconnected to the Flight Services Office in Boston and begins relaying updates to the manager, Michael Woodward.
8:32 AM: Boston Center notifies the Operations Center at FAA headquarters of hijacking of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:34 AM: The Boston Center controller receives a third transmission from American 11: "Nobody move please. We are going back to the airport. Don’t try to make any stupid moves."
8:37 AM: Boston Center notifies NEADS of hijacking of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower]. This is the first notification received by the military—at any level—that American 11 has been hijacked NEADS promptly orders to battle stations the two F-15 alert aircraft at Otis Air Force Base, about 153 miles away from New York City. The air defense of America began with this call.
8:38: AM: Betty Ong tells the FAA that the AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] is flying erratically again. Sweeney tells Woodward that the hijackers are Middle Easterners, and names three of their seat numbers. This becomes key information for the early stages of the investigation.
8:41 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] enters New York City's airspace.
8:42 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] has its last radio communication with the ground, in which they report on a “suspicious transmission” overheard from another plane (which turned out to have been AA 11) [1st impact, north tower].
8:42 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] departs Newark, New Jersey, now airborne about 25 minutes after it would have been if it had pulled back from the gate at 8:00 as scheduled.
8:42-8:46 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] is taken over by the hijackers.
8:44 AM: The FAA loses phone contact with Betty Ong onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:45 AM: Onboard AA 11 [1st impact, north tower], Amy Sweeney reports to Woodward, “Something is wrong. We are in a rapid descent . . .we are all over the place.” Woodward asks Sweeney to look out the window to see if she can determine where they are. Sweeney responds: “We are flying low. We are flying very, very low. We are flying way too low.” Seconds later she says, “Oh my God we are way too low.” The phone call ends.
8:46 AM: NEADS scrambles Otis fighter jets in search of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:47 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] transponder code changes twice.
8:48 AM: A New York Center manager provides a report on a Command Center teleconference about American 11, to the New York Center controller. They were unaware that AA 11 had already crashed
8:51 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] deviates from its assigned altitude.
8:51 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] has its last routine radio communication. It has been airborne for 31 minutes.
8:51-8:54 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] is taken over by hijackers.
8:46 AM: NEADS scrambles Otis fighter jets in search of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower].
8:47 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] transponder code changes twice.
8:48 AM: A New York Center manager provides a report on a Command Center teleconference about American 11, to the New York Center controller. They were unaware that AA 11 had already crashed
8:51 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] deviates from its assigned altitude.
8:51 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] has its last routine radio communication. It has been airborne for 31 minutes.
8:51-8:54 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] is taken over by hijackers.
8:52 AM: Onboard UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] a male flight attendant calls a United office in San Francisco, reaching Marc Policastro and reports that the flight has been hijacked. The call lasts about two minutes.
8:53 AM: Otis fighter jets, scrambled 7 minutes earlier, are now airborne. They begin searching for American Airlines Flight 11 [1st impact, north tower], which crashed 7 minutes earlier. Lacking a target, they are vectored toward military-controlled airspace off the Long Island coast. To avoid New York area air traffic and uncertain about what to do, the fighters are brought down to military airspace to “hold as needed.” From 9:09 to 9:13, the Otis fighters stay in this holding pattern.
8:54 AM: UA attempts to contact UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] cockpit following phone call from flight attendant.
8:54 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] makes unauthorized turn to the south and then disappears from radar.
8:55 AM: New York Center suspects hijacking of UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower].
8:55 AM: President Bush is told by Karl Rove that a small, twin-engine plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Standing outside of a classroom in Sarasota Florida, The President’s reaction was to assume that the incident must have been caused by pilot error. He then calls National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice at the White House.
8:56 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] transponder is turned off.
8:58 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] turns toward New York City.
8:59 AM: UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] passenger Brian David Sweeney tries to call his wife, Julie. He leaves a message on their home answering machine that the plane has been hijacked. He then calls his mother, Louise Sweeney, tells her the flight has been hijacked, and adds that the passengers are thinking about storming the cockpit to take control of the plane away from the hijackers.
9:00 AM: Lee Hanson receives a chilling phone call from his son, Peter onboard UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] . It ends abruptly. Lee hears a woman scream just before it cuts off. He turns on a television and sees the second aircraft hit the World Trade Center.
9:00 AM: In New York City, Howard Stern interrupts the fun during The Howard Stern Show at approximately 9:00 to say that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. After a few minutes, they return to discussing Pamela Anderson. As with all Americans, it took time for the magnitude of the day's events to register
[ excerpt].
9:01-9:02 AM: A manager from New York Center tells the Command Center in Herndon that there are "several situations" going on here and references an "other aircraft"
9:01 AM: While Command Center was told about this "other aircraft" at 9:01 a.m., New York Center contacted New York terminal approach control and asked for help in locating United 175
9:03 AM: Meanwhile, a manager from Boston Center reports to FAA New England that they have deciphered what they had heard in one of the first hijacker transmissions from American 11 at 8:24 AM, that the hijacker said, "We have some planes".
9:03 AM: Indianapolis Center starts, now unable to find AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] for ten minutes, begins notifying other agencies that the plane is missing and has possibly crashed. They are unaware of the other hijackings.
9:05 AM: AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] reemerges as a primary target on Indianapolis Center radar scopes, east of its last known position. It remains on their scopes for another six minutes, then crosses into the western portion of Washington Center’s airspace at 9:10. As Indianapolis Center continues searching for the aircraft, two managers and the controller responsible for American 77 look to the west and southwest along the flight’s projected path, not east—where the aircraft was now heading. They never saw AA 77 turn around.
9:05 AM: AA headquarters is aware that AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] is hijacked.
9:05 AM: The Howard Stern Show is interrupted with news of the second impact. His regular co-hosts have difficulty believing that both WTC towers are on fire. Stern is quick to suggest terrorism.
Excerpt
Bush told of 2nd crash
9:05 AM: The President is seated in a classroom in Sarasota, Florida, when White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispers to him: “A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.” The President remains in the classroom for another five to seven minutes, while the children continue reading.
9:07 AM: 31-year-old Melissa Harrington Hughes, an international trade consultant, was in New York attending a financial conference, staying in the Marriott Hotel on floor 101 of the World Trade Center's North Tower. She made
a phone call to her father at 8:55, then at 9:07 was able to get through to San Francisco to leave this message for her sleeping husband
9:08 AM: Indianapolis Center asks Air Force Search and Rescue at Langley Air Force Base to look for a downed aircraft.
9:08 AM: The Mission Crew Commander at NEADS learned of the second explosion at the World Trade Center and decided against holding the fighters in military air space away from Manhattan
9:09 AM: Otis fighters reach holding pattern.
9:09 AM: Fighters from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia are sent to New York, to provide backup.
9:09 AM: Indianapolis Center reports the loss of contact with AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] to the FAA regional center, which passed this information to FAA headquarters at 9:24.
9:12 AM: Onboard AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon], passenger Renee May calls her mother, who then calls AA to tell them the plane has been hijacked.
9:13 AM: While still broadcasting live in New York City and after viewing television footage of the 2nd plane strike, Howard Stern is perhaps the first media broadcaster to publicly declare that America is under attack. Comparatively, the CNN anchor continued to suggest that the two plane crashes were purely coincidental accidents for a full 18 minutes after the 2nd attack. Stern also suggests, without actually saying so, that the attack is being carried out by Middle Eastern terrorists [ excerpt ].
9:13 AM: The Otis fighters, now about 115 miles away from New York City, exit their holding pattern and set a course direct for Manhattan.
9:15 AM: New York Center advises NEADS that UA 175 was the second aircraft that crashed into WTC.
9:15 AM: President Bush leaves the classroom and returns to a holding room, where he is briefed by staff and sees television coverage. He next speaks to Vice President Cheney, Dr. Rice, New York Governor George Pataki, and FBI Director Robert Mueller. He decides to make a brief statement from the school before leaving for the airport. For the next fifteen minutes, the staff is busy arranging a return to Washington, while the President consults his senior advisers about his remarks. No one in the traveling party has any information during this time that other aircraft are hijacked or missing. Staff are in contact with the White House Situation Room, apparently no one with the President was in contact with the Pentagon. The focus was on the President’s statement to the nation. The only decision made during this time was to return to Washington.
9:16 AM: AA headquarters is now aware that AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] has crashed into WTC (30 minutes ago).
9:17 AM: The Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:19 AM: Now worried about other transcontinental flights, the FAA’s New England regional office calls Herndon and asks that Cleveland Center advise Delta 1989 to use extra cockpit security.
9:19 AM: A United Airlines flight dispatcher, Ed Ballinger, takes the initiative to begin transmitting warnings to his 16 transcontinental flights: “Beware any cockpit intrusion—Two a/c [aircraft] hit World Trade Center.”
9:20 AM: UA headquarters is aware that UA 175 [2nd impact, south tower] has crashed into the WTC (17 minutes ago).
9:21 AM: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York area closed.
9:21 AM: Still looking for AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon], The Command Center advises the Dulles terminal control facility. Dulles urges its controllers to look for primary targets (now missing for 28 minutes).
9:21 AM: Boston Center erroneously advises NEADS that AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] is still airborne and heading for Washington (it crashed 35 minutes ago) The NEADS technician who took this call from the FAA immediately passed the word to the Mission Crew Commander
9:23 AM: Bob Edwards, host of NPR's Morning Edition, breaks into the rebroadcast of the show to inform listeners that two planes have struck the twin towers of The World Trade Center. Coverage continues on Morning Edition until 11:00, when Neal Conan takes over.
9:24 AM: NEADS scrambles Langley fighter jets in search of AA 11 [1st impact, north tower] (it crashed 38 minutes ago).
9:24 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] receives warning from UA flight dispatcher Ed Ballinger to be aware of possible cockpit intrusion.
9:25 AM: Herndon Command Center orders nationwide ground stop.
9:25 AM: Otis fighters arrive and establish a combat air patrol (CAP) over New York City.
9:26 AM: Onboard UA 93 [4th impact, PA], the pilot, Jason Dahl, responds to the cockpit intrusion warning with a note of puzzlement: “Ed [Ballinger], confirm latest mssg plz—Jason.”
9:26 AM: Onboard AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] Lawyer and TV commentator Barbara Olson calls her husband, Ted Olson, the Solicitor General of the United States, for the 2nd time. He tells her of the previous hijackings and crashes and then they are cut off.
9:27 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] has last routine radio communication.
9:28 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] is taken over by hijackers. While traveling 35,000 feet above eastern Ohio, United 93 suddenly drops 700 feet. Eleven seconds into the descent, the FAA’s air traffic control center in Cleveland receives the first of two radio transmissions from the aircraft. During the first broadcast, the captain or first officer can be heard declaring “Mayday” amid the sounds of a physical struggle in the cockpit. The second radio transmission, 35 seconds later, indicates that the fight was continuing. The captain or first officer can be heard shouting: “Hey get out of here—get out of here—get out of here.”
9:29 AM: The autopilot on AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] is disengaged.
9:30 AM: The FAA, the White House, and the Defense Department each initiate a multi-agency teleconference. Because none of these teleconferences—at least before 10:00—include the right officials from both the FAA and Defense Department, none succeed in meaningfully coordinating the military and FAA response to the hijackings.
9:30 AM: President Bush, speaking in Sarasota, Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack." His words suggest he believes that the attack is over.
9:32 AM: Still looking for AA 77, Dulles tower finally observes a primary radar image of a fast-moving aircraft. It is AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon]), now amazingly missing for 39 minutes.
9:32 AM: Onboard UA 93 [4th impact, PA] ,a hijacker, probably Jarrah, attempts to make the following announcement to the passengers of Flight 93: “Ladies and Gentlemen: Here the captain, please sit down keep remaining sitting. We have a bomb on board. So, sit.” Jarrah then turns the aircraft around and heads east.
9:32 AM: Passengers onboard UA 93 [4th impact, PA] begin to make phone calls to family, friends, and colleagues. These calls continue until the aircraft crashes 31 minutes later and provide those on the ground with firsthand accounts. They enable the passengers to gain critical information, including the news that two aircraft have slammed into the World Trade Center.
9:34 AM: After receiving a warning from Dulles, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport advises the Secret Service of an unknown aircraft heading in the direction of the White House (AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon]). Reagan National controllers then vector an unarmed National Guard C-130H cargo aircraft, which has just taken off en route to Minnesota, to identify and follow the suspicious aircraft. The C-130H pilot spots it, identifies it as a Boeing 757, and attempt to follow its path.
9:34 AM: FAA advises NEADS that AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon] is missing when NEADS makes a chance call to inquire about AA 11. If NEADS had not placed that call, the NEADS air defenders would have received no information whatsoever that the flight was even missing, although the FAA had been searching for it.
9:34 AM: Herndon Command Center advises FAA headquarters that UA 93 [4th impact, PA] is hijacked.
9:35 PM: The President's motorcade departs the elementary school.
9:36 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] flight attendant notifies UA hijacking; UA attempts to contact the cockpit.
9:36 AM: The FAA’s Boston Center calls NEADS and relays the discovery about an unidentified aircraft (AA 77 [3rd impact, Pentagon]) closing in on Washington: “Latest report. Aircraft VFR [visual flight rules] six miles southeast of the White House. . . . Six, southwest. Six, southwest of the White House, deviating away.” The Langley fighters are ordered to Washington, D.C.
9:36 AM.: Vice President Richard Cheney is evacuated to the underground bunker in the White House by Secret Service agents.
9:39 AM: The FAA’s Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center overhears a second announcement from UA 93 [4th impact, PA] by hijacker Ziad Jarrah indicating that there is a bomb on board, that the plane is returning to the airport
9:40 AM (approximately): Arlington Virginia Police dispatches emergency response to the Pentagon
9:40 AM: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:41 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] transponder is turned off.
9:42-9:45 AM: The President's motorcade arrives at the airport in Sarasota. The President learned of the attack on the Pentagon en route.
9:46 AM: The Command Center updates FAA headquarters that UA 93 [4th impact, PA] was now “twenty-nine minutes out of Washington, D.C.”
9:49 AM: 13 minutes after Cleveland Center has asked about getting military help, the Command Center suggests that someone at headquarters should decide whether to request military assistance in regards to UA 93 [4th impact, PA]
9:50 AM (approximately): New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is interviewed on the street.
9:52 AM: Mrs. Cheney arrives at the White House and joins her husband in the bunker.
9:54 AM: Air Force One departs from Sarasota without any fixed destination after it's decided the
President should not return to Washington (upon the advice of the Secret Service, staff, and the Vice President)
9:57 AM: President Bush departs from Florida.
9:57 AM: UA 93 [4th impact, PA] passenger revolt begins.
9:59 AM: The South Tower of the World Trade Center, struck by United Airlines 175 at 9:03 AM, collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
10:03:11 AM: After a struggle between the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 and their hijackers for control of the aircraft, Flight 93 crashes in field in Shanksville, PA.
10:07 AM: NEADS receives its first call about United 93 from the military liaison at Cleveland Center, at Unaware that the aircraft had already crashed, Cleveland passes to NEADS the aircraft's last known latitude and longitude. NEADS is never able to locate United 93 on radar because it has already in the ground.
10:08 AM: Command Center updates FAA Headquarters on UA 93 [4th impact, PA] hijacking, 5 minutes after it has crashed
10:08 AM: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:10 AM: A portion of the Pentagon's "E Section" collapses.
10:10 AM: NEADS calls Washington Center to report that UA 93 [4th impact, PA] is down
10:10-10:15 AM: In a phone call with the Vice President, President Bush gives authority for pilots to shoot down civilian aircraft that have been hijacked.
10:13 AM: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:15 AM: UA headquarters aware that Flight 93 has crashed in PA; Washington Center advises NEADS that Flight 93 has crashed in PA.
10:18-10:20: At the advice of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, Vice President Cheney calls the President to confirm the shoot-down order as it is believed UA 93 is still approaching Washington.
10:22 AM: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:24 AM: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
The North Tower collapses
10:28 AM: The World Trade Center's North Tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
The video by Dr. Heath begins a few moments before the collapse of the North Tower. Dr. Mark Heath has gone down to the site to see if he can be of any assistance, and has taken his video camera with him. He is filming as the North Tower collapses on top of him. After the debris clears enough to be able to see, you can hear the strange, eerie noises of the emergency workers' personal alarms that are set to go off when they sense that the wearer is not moving. This is one of the most powerful pieces of video shot on 9/11.
10:30 AM: AA headquarters confirms AA 77 crash into Pentagon.
10:30 AM: The White House shelter starts receiving reports of another hijacked plane, this time only 5 to 10 miles out. It turns out to be a medivac helicopter.
10:45 AM: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:45 AM (approximately): NBC shows footage, recorded earlier, of Palestinians celebrating the terrorist attacks on America
10.46 AM.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10.48 AM: Police confirm the plane crash in Pennsylvania.
10:53 AM: New York's primary elections, scheduled for Tuesday, are postponed.
10:54 AM: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.
10: 57 AM: New York Governor George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.
11:00 AM (approximately): Eyewitness descriptions recorded throughout the morning are broadcast
11:02 AM: New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
11:16 AM: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing emergency-response teams in a precautionary move.
11:18 AM: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard.
11:26 AM: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California, has crashed in Pennsylvania. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175
11:48 AM: CBS employee Carol Marin in the studio, still covered in dust, describes her harrowing experience
11:59 AM: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard.
12:04 PM: Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of three of the crashed airplanes, is evacuated.
12:15 PM: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
12:15 PM: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.
12:30 PM: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems
1:04 PM: Bush speech, recorded at 12:36 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is played. Bush says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks and says, "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts"
1:27 PM: A state of emergency is declared by the city of Washington.
1:45 PM (approximately): NYC Mayor Giuliani talks to Fox News by phone about the city's emergency response. He continued to give more media interviews around this time
1:44 PM: The Pentagon says five warships and two aircraft carriers will leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, to protect the East Coast from further attack and to reduce the number of ships in port. The two carriers, the
USS George Washington and the USS John F. Kennedy, are headed for the New York coast. The other ships headed to sea are frigates and guided missile destroyers capable of shooting down aircraft.
1:47 PM: White House Press Secretary Hari Fleischer gives a press briefing aboard Airforce One [transcript].
1:48 PM: Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base aboard Air Force One and flies to an Air Force base in Nebraska.
2:00 PM: Senior FBI sources tell CNN they are working on the assumption that the four airplanes that crashed were hijacked as part of a terrorist attack.
2:30 PM: The FAA announces there will be no U.S. commercial air traffic until noon EDT Wednesday at the earliest.
2:38 PM: Mayor Giuliani and Governor Pataki hold a joint news conference at the Police Academy. Mayor Giuliani says that subway and bus service are partially restored in New York City. Asked about the number of people killed, Giuliani says, "I don't think we want to speculate about that -- more than any of us can bear"
3:00 PM (approximately): The Pentagon holds a news conference outdoors
3:55 PM: Bush counselor Karen Hughes makes the first in-person appearance by a member of the President's staff since the attacks and says the president is at an undisclosed location, later revealed to be Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, and is conducting a National Security Council meeting by phone. VP Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice are in a secure facility at the White House. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is at the Pentagon
3:55 PM: Giuliani now says the number of critically injured in New York City is up to 200 with 2,100 total injuries reported.
4:00 PM: CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports that U.S. officials say there are "good indications" that Saudi militant Osama bin Laden, suspected of coordinating the bombings of two U.S. embassies in 1998, is involved in the attacks, based on "new and specific" information developed since the attacks.
4:06 PM: California Gov. Gray Davis dispatches urban search-and-rescue teams to New York.
4:10 PM: Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex is reported on fire.
4:20 PM: U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Florida, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he was "not surprised there was an attack (but) was surprised at the specificity." He says he was "shocked at what actually happened -- the extent of it"
4:25 PM: The American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange say they will remain closed Wednesday.
4:30 PM: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
5:15 PM: CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre reports fires are still burning in part of the Pentagon. No death figures have been released yet.
5:20 PM: The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex collapses. The evacuated building was damaged when the twin towers across the street collapsed earlier in the day. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze.
5:30 PM: CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that U.S. officials say the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania could have been headed for one of three possible targets: Camp David, the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
5:30 PM: White House Press Secretary Hari Fleischer hold a press briefing aboard Airforce One, en route. to Andrews Airforce Base, Maryland [transcript].
6:00 PM: Explosions are heard in Kabul, Afghanistan, hours after terrorist attacks targeted financial and military centers in the United States. The attacks occurred at 2:30 a.m. local time. Afghanistan is believed to be where bin Laden, who U.S. officials say is possibly behind Tuesday's deadly attacks, is located. U.S. officials say later that the United States had no involvement in the incident whatsoever. The attack is credited to the Northern Alliance, a group fighting the Taliban in the country's ongoing civil war.
6:10 PM: Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay home Wednesday if they can.
6:30 PM (Approximately): Air Force One with military fighter escort, on its way to Andrews Air Force Base
6:40 PM: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a news conference in the Pentagon, noting the building is operational. "It will be in business tomorrow," he says
6:54 PM: While Rumsfeld is speaking, President Bush arrives at the White House, after exiting Air Force One at 6:42 p.m. and flying across Washington in Marine One. CNN's King reports Laura Bush arrived earlier by motorcade from a "secure location"
7:00 PM: Minnesota Public Radio's Marketplace airs [9/11 broadcast from archives].
7:02 PM: CNN's Paula Zahn reports the Marriott Hotel near the World Trade Center is on the verge of collapse and says some New York bridges are now open to outbound traffic.
Congress sings "God Bless America" on the Capitol steps (2 views)
7:17 PM: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says the FBI is setting up a Web site for tips on the attacks. He also gives out the phone number for family and friends of possible victims to leave contact information.
7:45 PM: The New York Police Department says that at least 78 officers are missing. The city also says that as many as half of the first 400 firefighters on the scene were killed.
7:45 PM: Members of Congress gather on the steps outside. After comments by Dennis Hastert and Tom Daschle, they spontaneously begin singing "God Bless America"
8:00 PM (approximately): Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) is interviewed by CNN on the steps of Capitol Hill
8:30 PM: President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil." He announces that the U.S. will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them
9:00 PM (approximately): CNN's Larry King interviews Senators John Warner (R-VA), John Kerry (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Fred Thompson (R-TN)
9:22 PM: CNN's McIntyre reports the fire at the Pentagon is still burning and is considered contained but not under control.
10:00 PM: NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani says New York City schools will be closed Wednesday and no more volunteers are needed for Tuesday evening's rescue efforts. He says there is hope that there are still people alive in rubble. He also says that power is out on the westside of Manhattan and that health department tests show there are no airborne chemical agents about which to worry. Giuliani names some of the high-ranking police and fire officers that are missing
10:30 PM: Some of the first video shot at "Ground Zero" is shown on the air for the first time
Bin Laden file footage is shown
10:49 PM: CNN Congressional Correspondent Jonathan Karl reports that Attorney General Ashcroft told members of Congress that there were three to five hijackers on each plane armed only with knives.
10:50 PM: CNN interviews terrorism expert Peter Bergen, who once interviewed Osama Bin Laden
10:56 PM: CNN's Zahn reports that New York City police believe there are people alive in buildings near the World Trade Center. Footage of the evening rescue effort is shown
11:54 PM: CNN Washington Bureau Chief Frank Sesno reports that a government official told him there was an open microphone on one of the hijacked planes and that sounds of discussion and "duress" were heard. Sesno also reports a source says law enforcement has "credible" information and leads and is confident about the investigation.
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