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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Analysts Initially Think Hezbollah Is behind the Terrorist Attacks
  2. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Military Aide Sees the Second Crash on TV, Goes to Fetch the ‘Nuclear Football’ from His Office
  3. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: New York City Workers Reportedly Find Emergency Command Center Empty before It Is Supposedly Evacuated
  4. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Commanders Assemble, Make Transition to ‘Wartime Posture’
  5. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Counterterrorist Center Learns of at Least One More Plane Unaccounted for
  6. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cyberattacks Cause Some Government Websites to Go Down
  7. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.-9:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Enters Classroom Photo-Op, Still Claims to Think WTC Crash Is Accidental
  8. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Activates Crisis Center to Coordinate Response to Attacks
  9. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Delta Force Personnel in Hungary Receive Numerous False Reports of Attacks in the US
  10. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. and After September 11, 2001: United Airlines Dispatchers Notify Flights of Aircraft Crashing into WTC, but Give No Warnings
  11. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Commander Eberhart Sees the Second Crash on TV but Does Not Immediately Go to NORAD’s Operations Center
  12. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military’s Counterterrorism Force Cancels Preparations for Exercise Based on Terrorists Threatening to Attack US
  13. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon’s Executive Support Center Goes into Operation, But Rumsfeld Not Present
  14. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Training Exercise Canceled
  15. 2001-09-11 9:09 a.m.-9:10 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Controllers Give Cockpit Security Alert to All Their Aircraft
  16. 2001-09-11 (Before 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special FAA-Military Link Fails to Help Communication Problems
  17. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Airport Manager Tries Calling Special Ops Personnel at FAA, but Call Goes Unanswered
  18. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Force One Personnel Receive Confusing Reports and One Officer Wonders if a Nation-State Is behind the Attacks
  19. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Calls FAA’s Cleveland Center, Warns It to Watch Delta 1989
  20. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Establishes a Temporary Headquarters Away from New York, in New Jersey
  21. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Personnel Have Communication Problems and Send a Representative to the WTC Site
  22. 2001-09-11 (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Prepares All Available Fighters to Launch
  23. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Crashes into WTC South Tower; Millions Watch Live on Television
  24. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Administrator Garvey Arrives at FAA Headquarters and Learns of Second Attack
  25. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Base Commanders Offer to Help NORAD; Timing of Acceptance Unclear
  26. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Receives Many False Reports of Hijackings
  27. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center in ‘Information Void,’ Learning of Crisis from Television
  28. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Atlantic City Fighters Recalled from Runway to be Armed, but Do Not Launch until after Pentagon Attack
  29. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Cousin of the President Saved From Death in the South Tower Due to Changed Venue of Meeting
  30. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Learns of Hijackers’ ‘We Have Some Planes’ Communication
  31. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Daughter Calls Father about Crash at the WTC
  32. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Starts Locating Government Officials
  33. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Demolition Engineer Anticipates WTC Collapses; Tries to Warn Authorities
  34. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Head of the FBI’s New York Office Calls FBI Director Mueller and Requests Fighters
  35. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Acting Chairman Myers Learns of Second Attack but Does Not Head Back to Pentagon; Reports Are Contradictory
  36. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Crew Members on Military Command Post Aircraft Informed that the US Is under Attack, but Think This Is an Exercise Simulation
  37. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Contradictions over Otis Fighter Mission and Whereabouts
  38. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Newark Controllers Watch Flight 175 Hit WTC
  39. 2001-09-11 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Staff See Second Attack on WTC, Yet Accounts Conflict Over Urgency of Their Response
  40. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Do Not Have Shootdown Authority
  41. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Capitol Building Not Evacuated, despite Being a Possible Target
  42. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Defense Chief Says Building Has Nothing to Protect against an Airplane
  43. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA’s New York Center First Informs NEADS that Flight 175 Has Been Hijacked, 9/11 Commission Will Claim
  44. 2001-09-11 (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Superintendent Doesn’t Send School Children Home, Despite Danger
  45. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Requests Air Cover over New York
  46. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Officers at Offutt Air Force Base Hear Incorrect Rumors of Terrorist Activities
  47. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: New York City Put on Highest State of Alert
  48. 2001-09-11 After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA’s Deputy Director and New York Station Chief Conclude Bin Laden Behind Attack
  49. 2001-09-11 Soon After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Director of Air Traffic Services Joins FAA Teleconference
  50. 2001-09-11 (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Phones Start Ringing ‘Like Crazy’