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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 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses Think North Tower Collapses Like a Controlled Demolition
  2. 2001-09-11 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: WTC North Tower Collapses
  3. 2001-09-11 After 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Establishes a Temporary Field Office in Manhattan
  4. 2001-09-11 (After 10:28 a.m.-12:00 pm.) September 11, 2001: Mayor Giuliani Establishes Temporary Headquarters
  5. 2001-09-11 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Damaged When North Tower Collapses
  6. 2001-09-11 (10:28 a.m.-5:20 p.m.) September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Suffers Fires ‘on at Least 10 Floors’
  7. 2001-09-11 (1:02 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Mayor Giuliani Orders Evacuation of Southern Manhattan
  8. 2001-09-11 1:02 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Calls for War; President Bush Says There Will be a Counterattack
  9. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Medevac Helicopter Provides Scare for Bunkered Vice President Cheney and Others
  10. 2001-09-11 After 10:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Suspicious Man Found in the WTC Is Passed on to the FBI, but the Detective Who Arrested Him Is Told to Keep Quiet
  11. 2001-09-11 (After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Situation Room Staffers Are Alerted to a Supposed Hijacked Plane that Turns Out Not to Exist
  12. 2001-09-11 (Between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Speaks to British Ambassador; Wonders If Iraq Involved in 9/11
  13. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Works on Rules of Engagement for Fighter Pilots, Too Late to Be of Any Use
  14. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Missing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Finally Enters NMCC
  15. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Second Pair of Non-Alert Fighters Takes Off from Otis Air Base
  16. 2001-09-11 (After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some White House Staffers Are Unaware of the Terrorist Attacks and Have Not Evacuated
  17. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Park Police Helicopter Responds to Flood of Reported Emergencies around Washington
  18. 2001-09-11 (10:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: First FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Teams Arrive in New York
  19. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Receives Phone Call in Which Caller Threatens Air Force One
  20. 2001-09-11 (After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Gate Agent Has Singled Out Boarding Passes of Suspicious Flight 93 Passengers
  21. 2001-09-11 10:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Holds a ‘War Council’ with the Senior Directors of the Joint Staff
  22. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:55 a.m. and 10:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Acting Joint Chiefs Chairman Myers Finally Enters NMCC; Prior Whereabouts Disputed
  23. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Commander Wants Fighters Launched in Response to Aircraft Approaching Washington, Supposedly Flight 93
  24. 2001-09-11 (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Director Finally Takes Over from Stand-In
  25. 2001-09-11 September 11, 2001 and After: Bush Administration Misses Dozens of Counterterrorism Deadlines Set by Congress
  26. 2001-09-11 (10:31 a.m.-10:47 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Concerned about Convoy of Military Aircraft Approaching US
  27. 2001-09-11 (Between 10:31 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Counselor Hughes Is Unable to Reach President Bush on Air Force One
  28. 2001-09-11 10:31 a.m. September 11, 2001: Military and Law Enforcement Flights Resume
  29. 2001-09-11 10:31 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Passes on Shootdown Order to Its Air Defense Sectors
  30. 2001-09-11 10:32 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cheney Warns Bush of Apparent Threat to Air Force One; Official Account Murky, Disbelieved by Many
  31. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:32 a.m.) September 11, 2001: CIA’s Counterterrorist Center Director Is Unable to Provide Much Information about the Attacks
  32. 2001-09-11 (10:32 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Asks about the Palestinian Group that Supposedly Claimed Responsibility for the Terrorist Attacks
  33. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 10:32 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Controller Passes on Shootdown Authorization to Toledo Fighters, Because NEADS Cannot Reach Them
  34. 2001-09-11 10:32 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Personnel Confused over Meaning of Shootdown Order, Do Not Pass It on to Fighters
  35. 2001-09-11 Between 10:32 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Russian President Calls the White House
  36. 2001-09-11 (10:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Again Calls DC Air National Guard and Requests Fighters
  37. 2001-09-11 (10:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Heads for Louisiana on Air Force One, Following Warning from Cheney and Rice
  38. 2001-09-11 (After 10:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Fighters Intercept Military Cargo Plane Returning from England
  39. 2001-09-11 (11:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Unarmed Fighters Intercept US Military Aircraft Returning from Europe
  40. 2001-09-11 (10:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Possibly Hijacked Aircraft Flying toward Air Force One
  41. 2001-09-11 (10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Permitted to Shoot Down Threatening Planes over Washington
  42. 2001-09-11 (10:37 a.m.-11:09 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Plane Incorrectly Reported to Have Crashed at Camp David
  43. 2001-09-11 (10:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Notified that His Wife and Daughters Are at Safe Locations
  44. 2001-09-11 (10:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Fighter Recalled from Training Takes Off to Defend Washington
  45. 2001-09-11 10:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Closes All US Airports
  46. 2001-09-11 10:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Brings Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Up to Date, but Errs about Pilot Knowledge of Shootdown Order
  47. 2001-09-11 10:39 a.m.-10:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Jet Searches Unsuccessfully for Approaching Aircraft, then Inspects Pentagon
  48. 2001-09-11 10:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Ignores FAA Order for His Plane to Land
  49. 2001-09-11 (10:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Fighter Seen Arriving over the Pentagon
  50. 2001-09-11 (10:40 a.m.-11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Refuses to Leave Military Command Center, against Established Emergency Plan