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Complete 911 Timeline

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