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Complete 911 Timeline

7271 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-09-11 (9:25 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Dulles Airport Controllers Mistake Flight 77 for a Military Fighter
  2. 2001-09-11 (9:25 a.m.-9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Otis Air Base Fighters Away on Training Mission Recalled and Return to Base
  3. 2001-09-11 (After 9:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Navy Secretary England Is Unable to Contact His Colleagues While Flying Back to Washington
  4. 2001-09-11 (9:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rookie FAA Manager Bans All Take Offs Nationwide, Including Most Military Flights? Mineta Asserts He Issues Order Minutes Later
  5. 2001-09-11 9:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Tom Burnett Calls Wife Using Cell Phone; Reports that His Plane Has Been Hijacked
  6. 2001-09-11 9:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Reportedly Says Hijacker Has a Gun; 9/11 Commission Later Concludes Otherwise
  7. 2001-09-11 (9:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cheney Given Updates on Unidentified Flight 77 Heading toward Washington; Says ‘Orders Still Stand’
  8. 2001-09-11 9:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Tells NEADS that Delta 1989 Is Missing
  9. 2001-09-11 9:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Makes Last Contact with Air Traffic Control
  10. 2001-09-11 9:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Tells a Refueling Plane to Stay over the Ocean until Needed
  11. 2001-09-11 (9:27 a.m.-10:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Passengers See Only Three Hijackers on Flight 93
  12. 2001-09-11 9:28 a.m. (or Before) September 11, 2001: Erratic Flight 93 Movements Noticed by Cleveland Flight Controller
  13. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:28 a.m. and 10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Executive Jet Tracks Flight 93
  14. 2001-09-11 9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Myers Updates Clarke Videoconference on Fighter Response
  15. 2001-09-11 9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: CNN Reports US Officials Think Attacks Caused by Terrorists
  16. 2001-09-11 (9:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Flight Control Hears Sounds of Struggle as Flight 93 Is Hijacked
  17. 2001-09-11 (9:28 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Hijackers Take over Flight 93
  18. 2001-09-11 9:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Possibly Holding ‘Live-Fly’ Training Exercise
  19. 2001-09-11 9:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: Autopilot on Flight 77 Disengaged
  20. 2001-09-11 (9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Orders US Embassies Closed and Military Bases to Raise Alert Level
  21. 2001-09-11 (9:29 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Begins High Level Conference Call
  22. 2001-09-11 (9:29 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Struggles to Connect FAA to Conference Calls
  23. 2001-09-11 9:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Makes a Scheduled Speech; Proclaims Terrorist Attack on Our Country
  24. 2001-09-11 (9:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Air Traffic Controller Thinks Flight 93 Is Hijacked
  25. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Confirms that Flight 11 Hit the North Tower
  26. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Who Warns Who of Flight 77’s Impending Approach to D.C.?
  27. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Official Indicates that Bin Laden Is Likely to Blame for the Attacks
  28. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Asks White House Bunker for Air Force One Fighter Escort and Shootdown Authorization
  29. 2001-09-11 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Agency near Pentagon Scheduled to Practice Response to Simulated Plane Crash
  30. 2001-09-11 (9:28 a.m.-9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Center Controllers Mistakenly Think Delta 1989 Is Hijacked
  31. 2001-09-11 9:30 a.m.-9:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: Delta 1989 and Other Aircraft Have to Turn to Avoid Hijacked Flight 93
  32. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:25 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Dulles Airport Controllers Reportedly Notice Flight 77, Earlier than 9/11 Commission Claims
  33. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Emergency Operations Center Is Finally Operational
  34. 2001-09-11 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Airport Director Receives Passenger Manifests for Flights 11 and 175; Singles Out Arab Names
  35. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Fly East to Ocean Instead of North to Washington; Explanations Differ
  36. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush on 9/11: ‘This Is a Great Opportunity’
  37. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Fighters Returning from Training Mission Learn of Events in New York During Refueling
  38. 2001-09-11 (After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Finally Rushes President Bush Out of School
  39. 2001-09-11 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Take Off Toward Washington; They Could Reach City in Six Minutes but Take Half an Hour
  40. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Tower Gives Jets Incorrect Heading, Sends Them East instead of North
  41. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Pilots Not Clearly Informed about Unfolding Events
  42. 2001-09-11 9:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Requests a New Flight Plan
  43. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Nonessential Personnel Evacuated from NSA Headquarters
  44. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Command Center Is Evacuated; Exact Time Is Unclear
  45. 2001-09-11 (After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Van Stopped Near Temporary Command Post Shows Plane Crashing into WTC
  46. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Learning of Attacks, Secretary of State Powell Prepares to Head Back From Peru
  47. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:30-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cockpit Voice Recording Begins
  48. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Lead Secret Service Agent Heads to the West Wing and Discusses Crisis with Colleagues
  49. 2001-09-11 (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Unable to Talk to Langley Supervisor because He Is Flying Spare Jet
  50. 2001-09-11 (9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Identifies Ten Possible Hijacked Planes