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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 Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Government Departments in Washington Not Evacuated Prior to Pentagon Attack
  2. 2001-09-11 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Takes Control of Washington Airspace, Directs Langley Fighters toward White House
  3. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Personnel See Aircraft Disappear over Washington on Radar
  4. 2001-09-11 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Mark Bingham Unsuccessfully Attempts to Call His Mother from Flight 93
  5. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Deputy Chief of Staff Heads to the White House Bunker, Prompted by Call from Clinton Administration Official
  6. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Center Receives Numerous Bomb Threats Concerning Planes
  7. 2001-09-11 9.36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Military Cargo Plane Asked to Identify Flight 77
  8. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Evacuated from Office, according to Some Accounts
  9. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Flight Control Wants NORAD Notified; FAA Command Center Says People Are Working on It
  10. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:36 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger’s Wife Deena Burnett Calls FBI, according to One Account
  11. 2001-09-11 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Airline Dispatchers Learn Flight 93 Is Heading for Washington, Offer It Assistance
  12. 2001-09-11 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Report of Airliner Approaching White House Sets off ‘Frenzy’ at NEADS
  13. 2001-09-11 (9:35 a.m.-9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Several Witnesses See Helicopter near the Pentagon
  14. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Navy Officer Wants Report of Hijacked Plane Approaching Washington Kept Secret
  15. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.-9:39 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Workers See and Promptly Report Low-Flying Flight 77 Approaching the Pentagon and Crashing
  16. 2001-09-11 Before 9:36 a.m. September 11, 2001: Officials Claim NORAD Is Monitoring Flight 93
  17. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Plane Seen Taking Off from Reagan Airport, Flying toward Pentagon
  18. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Reverses Course
  19. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reagan Airport Control Tower Notified about Approaching Aircraft, Possibly for First Time
  20. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.-10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Claims it is Tracking Flight 93 and Ready to Shoot it Down; 9/11 Commission Says Otherwise
  21. 2001-09-11 (9:36 a.m.-10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Crisis Center Watches Flight 93 on Radar until It Crashes
  22. 2001-09-11 (After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Aircraft Carriers Called to Defend US; Uncertainty Over When This Happens
  23. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force Liaison Joins FAA Teleconference, Later than FAA Claims
  24. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m.-9:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Begins Air Threat Conference Call
  25. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: E-mail Informs Pentagon Staff that Alert Level Is Still ‘Normal’
  26. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:40 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Pilots Authorized to Take Off and Briefed on Mission
  27. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air National Guard Activates Its Crisis Team to Coordinate Response to Attacks
  28. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Insists on Leaving Milwaukee and Flying to Washington, despite FAA Ground Stop
  29. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Firefighter Tries Unsuccessfully to Call the White House to Request Fighters over New York
  30. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Firefighter Is Told that a Suspicious Plane Approaching New York Has Crashed
  31. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Witnesses See Military Cargo Plane near Flight 77; Pilot Later Implies He Is Far Away
  32. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Damaged Pentagon Security Cameras Allegedly Do Not Show Crash Site
  33. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Security Cameras Capture the Attack on the Pentagon
  34. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Security Cameras near the Crash Site Are Switched Off due to Renovation Work
  35. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Force Crisis Action Team Responds to Attacks
  36. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Enters Tunnel Leading to PEOC, Learns about Pentagon Attack
  37. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Army Director at the Pentagon Informed of Suspected Hijacked Aircraft Approaching Washington
  38. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Learns of Aircraft Approaching White House
  39. 2001-09-11 Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Clinic Has Crisis Equipment Ready Due to Inventory
  40. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Sheer Coincidence Brings Emergency Rescue near to Pentagon; Bomb Disposal Unit Also on Its Way before Attack
  41. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Secret Service Implements a ‘Call-Up’ of All Personnel
  42. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Senior Officials Reject the Possibility of Evacuating the Pentagon
  43. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon’s ‘War Room’ Doesn’t Realize Building Has Been Hit, Despite Hearing Explosion
  44. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Pentagon Medical Workers Initially Think Evacuation Is Part of a Drill
  45. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Many Staffers Evacuate from FBI Headquarters
  46. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fireman Dodges Flight 77; Immediately Notifies Superior about Crashed Jumbo Jet
  47. 2001-09-11 (After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Confiscates Film of Pentagon Crash
  48. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Crashes into Reinforced Section of the Pentagon
  49. 2001-09-11 Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Army Base near Pentagon Holding Air Field Fire Fighting Training
  50. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Jeremy Glick Describes Hijackers, Bomb