New York Port Authority

Events (24)

• November 7, 1982: Port Authority Practices for Plane Crashing into the WTC 1982-11-07
• After February 26, 1993: Threat Assessments Predict Possibility of Terrorists Crashing Plane into WTC 1993-02-26
• June 6, 1999-Summer 2001: Port Authority and Fire Department Train for a Major Fire at the WTC 1999-06-06
• July 24, 2001: World Trade Center Ownership Changes Hands for the First Time 2001-07-24
• Late August-September 6, 2001: WTC Security Manager Discusses Possibility of Plane Hitting Twin Towers 2001-09-06
• September 10, 2001: Anti-Terrorism Meeting at WTC on 9/11 Is Canceled 2001-09-10
• Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Automated Announcement in WTC’s North Tower Instructs Workers Not to Evacuate 2001-09-11
• (8:47 a.m.-9:02 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Security Officials Advise Workers Evacuating WTC’s South Tower to Return Upstairs 2001-09-11
• 8:47 a.m.-10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hundreds Die in WTC Elevators, as Elevator Mechanics Flee 2001-09-11
• 9:10 a.m. September 11, 2001: Port Authority Tells La Guardia Airport WTC Crashes Are Criminal Acts 2001-09-11
• 9:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Port Authority Asks New York Airports about Hijacked Planes, Airports Know Little 2001-09-11
• 9:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: All New York City Bridges and Tunnels Are Closed 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:59 a.m. and 10:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Firefighters Do Not Hear Any Message to Evacuate North Tower 2001-09-11
• 1996-September 11, 2001: New York Office of Emergency Management Practices for Terrorist Attacks, but Not Using Planes as Missiles 2001-09-11
• September 21, 2001: Congress Approves Aid Package for Airline Industry, 9/11 Victims 2001-09-21
• September 10, 2002: Port Authority Sued by Victims’ Relatives and Insurance Companies for 9/11-Related Failures 2002-09-10
• September 18, 2002: 9/11 Victims’ Relatives Raise Questions about US Agencies’ Conduct 2002-09-18
• May 7, 2003: NIST Investigators Issue Progress Report; Say Tests Were Not Conducted Regarding How WTC Would Cope With Major Fire 2003-05-07
• May 23, 2007: $2 Billion Settlement Ends Long Dispute Over WTC Insurance 2007-05-23
• November 1985: Office of Special Planning Report Calls WTC a ‘Most Attractive Terrorist Target’
• 1998: FAA Testing Reveals Frightening Airport Security Lapses; Little Done in Response Except Small Penalties
• Early 1984: Port Authority Establishes Office of Special Planning
• (Mid-1986): Report Rates Vulnerability of Public Areas of WTC to Terrorist Attack as ‘Very High’
• 1990: Security Chief Warns Port Authority that Terrorists Could Set Off a Truck Bomb in the WTC Parking Garage