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1:44 p.m. September 11, 2001: US Military Deployed at Sea, in Skies

2001-09-11 1:44 p.m.

The Pentagon announces that aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers have been dispatched toward New York and Washington. Around the country, more fighters, airborne radar (AWACs), and refueling planes are scrambling. NORAD is on its highest alert. [CNN, 9/12/2001; MSNBC, 9/22/2001]