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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 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
  2. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Two Passengers Allegedly Get Off Flight 93 Just Before Take-off
  3. 2001-09-11 (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Larry Silverstein Doesn’t Go to WTC Due to Doctor’s Appointment
  4. 2001-09-11 8:01 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Is Delayed for 41 Minutes; Cause Uncertain
  5. 2001-09-11 8:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Makes Its Last Communication with Air Traffic Control
  6. 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
  7. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:13 a.m. and 8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Transponder Turned Off
  8. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Is Hijacked, but Pilot Makes No Distress Call
  9. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Takes Off 16 Minutes Late
  10. 2001-09-11 (After 8:14 a.m.-8:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Pilot Repeatedly Pushes Talk Back Button
  11. 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
  12. 2001-09-11 8:14 a.m.-8:24 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Repeatedly Tries to Contact Flight 11
  13. 2001-09-11 8:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Bush Prolongs Briefing About Planned School Visit
  14. 2001-09-11 (8:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight Controllers Cannot Contact Flight 11
  15. 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
  16. 2001-09-11 8:18 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Calls Airline Reservations Office to Report Hijacking
  17. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Commander Marr and CONR Commander Arnold Discuss NORAD Training Exercise
  18. 2001-09-11 8:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Dispatcher Learns of Problem With Flight 11
  19. 2001-09-11 8:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 IFF Signal Transmission Stops
  20. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Thinks Flight 11 May Be Hijacked?
  21. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Veers Off Course
  22. 2001-09-11 8:22 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Sweeney Phones in Hijacking Details
  23. 2001-09-11 (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Takes Off 10 Minutes Late
  24. 2001-09-11 8:19 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Ong Phones in Hijack Report, Officials Doubt Validity
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 2001-09-11 (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Controller Suspects Something Seriously Wrong with Flight 11, but NORAD Not Notified
  28. 2001-09-11 (8:22 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Has Problems Making Contact with FAA Command Center
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 2001-09-11 (8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Ong’s Hijacking Account Forwarded to American Airlines Operations Center
  32. 2001-09-11 (8:26 a.m.-8:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Turns, Many Watch It on Primary Radar
  33. 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
  34. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 8:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Aviation Communications Company Tries Contacting Flight 11, but without Success
  35. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Starts Notifying Chain of Command
  36. 2001-09-11 (8:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Realizes with Certainty that Flight 11 Has Been Hijacked
  37. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Betty Ong Says Plane Is Flying Erratically
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 2001-09-11 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Tells Other Centers about Hijack, but Not NORAD
  41. 2001-09-11 (Before 8:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Three Flight 11 Hijackers Identified by Seat Locations
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 2001-09-11 8:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Radar Shows Helicopter Apparently Crashing into WTC
  45. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:27 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Ong Gives Flight 11 Details; Seating Accounts Differ
  46. 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
  47. 2001-09-11 8:37 a.m.-8:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Reports that Flight 11 Is a Confirmed Hijacking
  48. 2001-09-11 8:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Makes First Contact with FAA about Flight 11, Learns Details of Crisis
  49. 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
  50. 2001-09-11 8:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Amy Sweeney Makes Second Successful Call to Airline Office at Logan Airport, Describes Hijacking