Events (19)

• (11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Second Pair of Fighters Helps Patrol New York Airspace 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 2:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: After Landing at Otis Air Base, Fighter Pilot Told of Plane Shot Down over Pennsylvania 2001-09-11
• (2:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Land Back at Otis Air Base after Flying Patrol over New York 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Boston Center Supervisor Alerts Otis Air Base Tower to Flight 11, Requests Fighters 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:31 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Tower Controller Contacts Base’s Operations Desk with Details of Hijacking 2001-09-11
• 8:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Control Center Calls FAA Facility at Otis Air Base 2001-09-11
• (8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighter Pilots Unofficially Told to Get Ready to Scramble After Flight 11 2001-09-11
• (8:53 a.m.-9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Fly toward New York Area; Accounts Unclear over Speed 2001-09-11
• (8:53 a.m.-10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Pilots Unclear about What Is Happening 2001-09-11
• 8:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighter Pilot Told of First WTC Crash, but Later Denies Learning This 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Contradictions over Otis Fighter Mission and Whereabouts 2001-09-11
• 9:06 a.m.-9:07 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA’s Boston Center Informs Otis Fighters of Second Hijacking and Second Crash at WTC 2001-09-11
• (9:08 a.m.-9:13 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Put in Holding Pattern over Ocean instead of Defending New York City 2001-09-11
• 9:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Jets Leave Holding Pattern and Head for New York 2001-09-11
• (9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Pilot Says He Would Shoot Down a Hijacked Aircraft 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Jets Refueled by Tanker out for Training Mission 2001-09-11
• (After 9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Pilots Reportedly Never Receive Shootdown Order, though One Account Suggests Otherwise 2001-09-11
• 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Are 15 Miles from the WTC When the South Tower Collapses 2001-09-11
• (9:59 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Controller Tells Otis Pilots They May Have to Shoot down a Hijacked Aircraft 2001-09-11