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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:46 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Key Administration Officials Allegedly Think First Crash Is an Accident
  2. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Officers Learn of First WTC Crash, Think It Is an Accident
  3. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Deputy Mayor Calls Navy; Requests Air Cover Over New York
  4. 2001-09-11 (9:01 a.m.-9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Dispatcher and Air Traffic Control Coordinator Try Contacting Flight 175
  5. 2001-09-11 Soon after 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Arrives at Boston Air Traffic Control Center
  6. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Arrives at American Airlines’ Command Center and Takes Charge of Crisis Response
  7. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center
  8. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Notices Flight 11 Disappear from Its Radar Screens, Does Not Realize It Has Crashed
  9. 2001-09-11 After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Software Company Reconstructs Paths of Four Hijacked Planes
  10. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: First WTC Attack Recorded on Video, but Not Broadcast Until Evening
  11. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Neighbor Sees Suspicious Men Documenting First WTC Attack and Cheering, Calls Police
  12. 2001-09-11 (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Crisis Team Activated at the Pentagon
  13. 2001-09-11 (8:46 a.m.-9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special Operations Personnel Are Away from the US for a Counterterrorism Exercise in Europe
  14. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Head of the FBI’s New York Office Orders Specialized Teams to Respond to the Crash and Goes toward the WTC
  15. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: President’s Military Aides Learn of Plane Hitting the WTC
  16. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:46 a.m. and 8:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Bush’s Motorcade Quickly Hears of Flight 11 Crash, but Bush Reportedly Still Unaware
  17. 2001-09-11 After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Navy Officials Monitor Events at Antiterrorist Alert Center
  18. 2001-09-11 8:45 a.m.-8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Technician Locates Flight 11 on Radar Screen, Then Sees It Disappear over New York
  19. 2001-09-11 After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FEMA Director Allbaugh and State Emergency Managers Learn of Attacks and Respond While at Conference in Montana
  20. 2001-09-11 (8.46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Receives First Notification of Hijacking; Approves Launching of Fighters
  21. 2001-09-11 (Soon After 8:46 a.m.-9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Management Staff Go to North Tower, Leaving Special Command Center Nearly Vacant
  22. 2001-09-11 (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Open Telephone Line with the Secret Service
  23. 2001-09-11 (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Response Plans Activated by Officials, Not by Bush
  24. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: National Security Adviser Rice Learns of First Crash at WTC, Thinks It Is an Accident
  25. 2001-09-11 8:52 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Attendant Reports Plane Has Been Hijacked; Accounts Conflict over Details
  26. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Newark Airport Controllers Contact Other FAA Facilities about Burning WTC
  27. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Learns of First WTC Attack
  28. 2001-09-11 (Before 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Reportedly Predicts Terror Attacks
  29. 2001-09-11 (8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Ordered to Scramble to Flight 11 Nine Minutes after NORAD Notification
  30. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: WTC Security Manager Orders Announcement Advising Workers Not to Evacuate the South Tower
  31. 2001-09-11 After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Traders at the Investment Bank Goldman Sachs Are Told to Keep Working, Allegedly so as to Profit from the Attacks
  32. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m.-9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: New Jersey Air National Guard Fighters away on Training Mission, Unaware of Attacks in New York
  33. 2001-09-11 (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Control Center Experiences Communication Problems for Two Hours
  34. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m.-9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Aviation Unit Based near Pentagon away for Weapons Training at Time of Attacks
  35. 2001-09-11 (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: PR Firm Helps American Airlines Respond to Attacks
  36. 2001-09-11 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Power Briefly Goes Off in WTC 7 When the North Tower Is Hit
  37. 2001-09-11 (8:47 a.m.-9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DIA Personnel at the Pentagon Respond to the Attacks in New York but Do Not Evacuate
  38. 2001-09-11 (8:47 a.m.-9:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Mayor Giuliani Learns of First WTC Crash, Yet Doesn’t Go to Special Emergency Command Center
  39. 2001-09-11 8:57 a.m. September 11, 2001: Jet Fuel in North Tower Burns Up
  40. 2001-09-11 (8:47 a.m.-9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Engineer Finds Major Damage in Basement and Lobby of North Tower
  41. 2001-09-11 (8:47 a.m.-9:02 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Security Officials Advise Workers Evacuating WTC’s South Tower to Return Upstairs
  42. 2001-09-11 (Between 8:47 a.m. and 8:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Deputy Fire Safety Director Orders Evacuation of WTC’s North Tower, but Announcement Is Unheard
  43. 2001-09-11 (8:47 a.m.-9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Government Agencies Do Not Contact Air Force One about First Crash at the WTC
  44. 2001-09-11 8:47 a.m.-10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hundreds Die in WTC Elevators, as Elevator Mechanics Flee
  45. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Lead Secret Service Agent Sees TV Coverage of Crash at the WTC and Alerts Colleagues
  46. 2001-09-11 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Preparing for Global Guardian Exercise When Attacks Start
  47. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Head of CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Blames Al-Qaeda for the Crash at the WTC
  48. 2001-09-11 (8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Top CIA Officials Learn of First Attack on WTC
  49. 2001-09-11 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: CNN First Major Network to Show WTC Crash Footage
  50. 2001-09-11 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Preparing for Bioterrorism Exercise; Opens Its Command Center