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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 8:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Briefly Meets Local Law Enforcement Officials
  2. 2001-09-11 (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Neil Bush, Brother of the President, Is at the White House after Staying There Overnight
  3. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Two Passengers Allegedly Get Off Flight 93 Just Before Take-off
  4. 2001-09-11 (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Larry Silverstein Doesn’t Go to WTC Due to Doctor’s Appointment
  5. 2001-09-11 8:01 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Is Delayed for 41 Minutes; Cause Uncertain
  6. 2001-09-11 8:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Makes Its Last Communication with Air Traffic Control
  7. 2001-09-11 (8:13 a.m.-9:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pilots of All Four Hijacked Planes Fail to Dial Standard Distress Code
  8. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:13 a.m. and 8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Transponder Turned Off
  9. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Is Hijacked, but Pilot Makes No Distress Call
  10. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Takes Off 16 Minutes Late
  11. 2001-09-11 (After 8:14 a.m.-8:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Pilot Repeatedly Pushes Talk Back Button
  12. 2001-09-11 (8:14 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Airport Control Tower Contacted about Flight 11 Problems; Employee Concerned about Possibility of Hijacking
  13. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m.-8:24 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Repeatedly Tries to Contact Flight 11
  14. 2001-09-11 8:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Bush Prolongs Briefing About Planned School Visit
  15. 2001-09-11 (8:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight Controllers Cannot Contact Flight 11
  16. 2001-09-11 (8:16 a.m.-8:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Four Calls Made From Flight 11 by Unknown Individual, Possibly Flight Attendant Sara Low
  17. 2001-09-11 8:18 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Calls Airline Reservations Office to Report Hijacking
  18. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Commander Marr and CONR Commander Arnold Discuss NORAD Training Exercise
  19. 2001-09-11 8:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Dispatcher Learns of Problem With Flight 11
  20. 2001-09-11 8:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 IFF Signal Transmission Stops
  21. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Thinks Flight 11 May Be Hijacked?
  22. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Veers Off Course
  23. 2001-09-11 8:22 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Sweeney Phones in Hijacking Details
  24. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Takes Off 10 Minutes Late
  25. 2001-09-11 8:19 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Ong Phones in Hijack Report, Officials Doubt Validity
  26. 2001-09-11 (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Supervisor Calls Operations Center to Alert It to Call from Flight 11 Attendant
  27. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:22 a.m. and 8:44 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Sweeney’s Call Reaches American Headquarters, but Managers Cover Up the News
  28. 2001-09-11 (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Controller Suspects Something Seriously Wrong with Flight 11, but NORAD Not Notified
  29. 2001-09-11 (8:22 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Has Problems Making Contact with FAA Command Center
  30. 2001-09-11 8:22 a.m.-8:24 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Reports that Hijackers Are in the Cockpit
  31. 2001-09-11 8:23 a.m.-8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Operations Center Tries to Contact Flight 11, But Gets No Response
  32. 2001-09-11 (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Ong’s Hijacking Account Forwarded to American Airlines Operations Center
  33. 2001-09-11 (8:26 a.m.-8:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Turns, Many Watch It on Primary Radar
  34. 2001-09-11 8:24 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Controllers Hear Flight 11 Hijacker Say, ‘We Have Some Planes,’ but Uncertain of Origin of Transmission
  35. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 8:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Aviation Communications Company Tries Contacting Flight 11, but without Success
  36. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Starts Notifying Chain of Command
  37. 2001-09-11 (8:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Realizes with Certainty that Flight 11 Has Been Hijacked
  38. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Says Plane Is Flying Erratically
  39. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Manager Asks Dispatcher to Contact Flight 11, Tells Her to Keep Information about Crisis to Herself
  40. 2001-09-11 (8:25 a.m.-8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Speaks with Cheney Neither Can Later Recall What They Discuss
  41. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Tells Other Centers about Hijack, but Not NORAD
  42. 2001-09-11 (Before 8:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Three Flight 11 Hijackers Identified by Seat Locations
  43. 2001-09-11 (8:27 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Employee at Logan Airport Calls Airline’s Operations Center about Hijacking; Told to Keep Quiet about It
  44. 2001-09-11 (8:27 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Manager and Colleague Check Departure Gate at Logan Airport, following Call from Attendant on Flight 11
  45. 2001-09-11 8:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Radar Shows Helicopter Apparently Crashing into WTC
  46. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:27 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Ong Gives Flight 11 Details; Seating Accounts Differ
  47. 2001-09-11 8:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Informed of Flight 11 Hijacking, Establishes Teleconference between Air Traffic Control Centers
  48. 2001-09-11 8:37 a.m.-8:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Reports that Flight 11 Is a Confirmed Hijacking
  49. 2001-09-11 8:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Makes First Contact with FAA about Flight 11, Learns Details of Crisis
  50. 2001-09-11 8:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Manager Briefs Colleague on Flight 11 Hijacking, but Tells Him to Keep Quiet about It