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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by matt, Paul, KJF, blackmax

This is the home page for the Complete 911 Timeline investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 2001-09-11 (10:10 a.m.-10:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Lady Taken to Secret Service Headquarters, but Delayed in Traffic
  2. 2001-09-11 (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force One Turns West, Away from Washington
  3. 2001-09-11 (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Suspected Hijacked Aircraft Reportedly Heading for NORAD Operations Center in Colorado
  4. 2001-09-11 10:11 a.m. September 11, 2001: After Communications Problems, NEADS Tells Langley Pilots They Cannot Shoot Down Hijacked Planes
  5. 2001-09-11 10:12 a.m. September 11, 2001: Syracuse Fighter Jets Still Not Ready to Launch
  6. 2001-09-11 10:12 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Still Receiving False Radar Information for Training Exercise, Wants It Stopped
  7. 2001-09-11 10:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Washington Buildings Evacuate
  8. 2001-09-11 (10:13 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President’s Military Aide Requests Fighter Escort for Air Force One
  9. 2001-09-11 (10:13 a.m.-10:23 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Projected Flight 93 Arrival into Washington; Could It Have Been Shot Down?
  10. 2001-09-11 10:14 a.m.-10:19 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Informs NMCC that Cheney Has Given Shootdown Authorization
  11. 2001-09-11 10:14 a.m. September 11, 2001: First of Three Fighters Returning from Training Lands at Base near Washington, but Does Not Take Off Again
  12. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Closes Blast Doors Due to Warning of Hijacked Plane
  13. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Supreme Court Is Evacuated
  14. 2001-09-11 (10:15 a.m.-10:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Responders at Pentagon Evacuated Due to Supposed Approaching Hijacked Aircraft
  15. 2001-09-11 (10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: 1st Fighter Wing Cannot Assist NORAD as It Has Been Told to Stand By
  16. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. and After September 11, 2001: NEADS Informed of Further Suspected Hijackings
  17. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Learns Flight 93 Is Down
  18. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Sectors Told Peacetime Rules of Engagement Still Apply
  19. 2001-09-11 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Section Collapses
  20. 2001-09-11 (After 10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice and Transportation Secretary Mineta Track Unidentified Aircraft from White House Bunker
  21. 2001-09-11 (10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Mistakenly Reports that First Aircraft to Hit WTC Was a Helicopter
  22. 2001-09-11 (After 10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Police See People, Including Military Personnel, Stealing Debris from Pentagon Crash Site
  23. 2001-09-11 (Between 10:16 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Commander Wherley Discusses ‘Rules of Engagement’ for Fighters
  24. 2001-09-11 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Representative Finally Joins NMCC Teleconference after Long Delay
  25. 2001-09-11 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: Non-Alert Jets Take off from Toledo Unit
  26. 2001-09-11 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Informs Employees of Flight 93 Crash
  27. 2001-09-11 (10:18 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Navy Commander Passes on Vice President Cheney’s Shootdown Authorization to the Pentagon
  28. 2001-09-11 (10:18 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Delta 1989 Lands at Cleveland Airport, Moves to Secure Area
  29. 2001-09-11 10:18 a.m.-10:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cheney Calls Bush; Receives Shootdown Authorization, According to 9/11 Commission
  30. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA’s Boston Center Declares ‘ATC Zero’
  31. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Center Controller Contacts NEADS and Canadian Facility, Reports Center Evacuation and Airborne Threat
  32. 2001-09-11 (10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force One Heads toward New Destination of Barksdale Air Force Base
  33. 2001-09-11 (After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Jet Plane Allegedly Carrying United Airlines Executives Circles Flight 93 Crash Site
  34. 2001-09-11 (10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Ordered to Launch All Available Fighters
  35. 2001-09-11 After 10:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House and Pentagon Lawyers Consider the Legality of Shooting Down a Commercial Aircraft
  36. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Non-Alert Fighters Take off from Otis Air Base Unarmed
  37. 2001-09-11 (10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Center Controller Notices Unidentified Aircraft Approaching from East
  38. 2001-09-11 (10:07 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Headquarters Learns of Smoke Plume Rising at Flight 93’s Last Known Location
  39. 2001-09-11 10:23 a.m. September 11, 2001: Exterior Wall of North Tower May Bow Outwards or Inwards before Collapse
  40. 2001-09-11 10:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: All International Flights into US Diverted by FAA
  41. 2001-09-11 (10:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Staff in White House Bunker Learns of Flight 93 Crash; Vice President Cheney Already Thinks an ‘Act of Heroism’ Occurred
  42. 2001-09-11 (10:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Former Secretary of State Haig Suggests that al-Qaeda Is behind Today’s Attacks
  43. 2001-09-11 10:26 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Learns that Air Force One Is Airborne, Long after It Took Off
  44. 2001-09-11 10:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Most Workers in North Tower Who Could Evacuate Have Done So
  45. 2001-09-11 10:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Informs American Airlines of Flight 93 Crash
  46. 2001-09-11 (10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001): Falling Antenna Suggests North Tower’s Collapse Begins in Its Core Area
  47. 2001-09-11 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses Hear Explosions as North Tower Collapses
  48. 2001-09-11 After 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fire Fighters Trying to Extinguish Fires in WTC 7
  49. 2001-09-11 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Reporter Sees Ground-Level Explosion When North Tower Collapses
  50. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Ground Shakes Prior to North Tower Collapse