Events (8)

• September 10, 2001: Russian Air Force Begins Week-Long Exercise; Monitored by US Fighters 2001-09-10
• (8.46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Receives First Notification of Hijacking; Approves Launching of Fighters 2001-09-11
• (8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD’s Colorado Operations Center Sees WTC Television Footage 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Training Exercise Canceled 2001-09-11
• After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Receives Many False Reports of Hijackings 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center in ‘Information Void,’ Learning of Crisis from Television 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Phones Start Ringing ‘Like Crazy’ 2001-09-11
• 11:03 a.m.-11:12 a.m. September11, 2001: NORAD Personnel Ordered to Defcon 3