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Complete 911 Timeline

7279 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by matt, Paul, KJF, blackmax

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  1. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Director of a Secretive Air Force Program Is Asked about Launching Drones over Afghanistan
  2. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Group of White House Staffers in New York Heads Back to Washington
  3. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Heliport Tower Controllers Concerned about Plane Hitting Pentagon
  4. 2001-09-11 (Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Washington, DC, Area Hospital Alerted to Approaching Plane; Activates Disaster Plan
  5. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Chief of Pentagon Defense Protective Service Instructs Deputy to Raise Alert Level
  6. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Army Vice Chief of Staff Keane Goes to Help People near the Pentagon Crash Site before Heading to His Operations Center
  7. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Army Vice Chief of Staff Keane Talks with His Operations Officer about a Plane Approaching Washington
  8. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice Chairman Myers’s Executive Assistant Talks on the Phone with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton’s Plane
  9. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses Surprised by Lack of Plane Debris at the Pentagon
  10. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Still Short of Washington; Where and Why Is Not Clear
  11. 2001-09-11 Soon after 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Medical Staff Implement Mass Casualty Plan; Aided by Pre-9/11 Exercises
  12. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Misses Key Pentagon Officials
  13. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Navy Command Center Employees Killed While Trying to Get More Fighters Launched
  14. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Speaks to NORAD Commander
  15. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Learns of Pentagon Attack; Heads Back to Pentagon
  16. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Airborne Command Center Launched from Ohio Air Base
  17. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Airborne Command Post Launched from near Washington
  18. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Navy Leaders Gather at Antiterrorist Center
  19. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Navy Intelligence Unit at Pentagon Learns of Third Hijacked Plane Approaching Washington
  20. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Officer in Pentagon Command Center Only Learns from TV that Pentagon Has Been Hit
  21. 2001-09-11 Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Not Evacuated Prior to Being Hit
  22. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Unlike Other Three Crashes, Pentagon Attack Does Not Produce Clear Seismic Signal
  23. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Army Vice Chief of Staff Keane Instructs His Operations Officer to Tell the Army around the World about the Pentagon Attack
  24. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Solicitor General Olson Immediately Thinks His Wife’s Plane Has Crashed When He Learns of the Pentagon Attack
  25. 2001-09-11 Shortly After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Park Police Aviation Unit Promptly Responds to Pentagon Attack
  26. 2001-09-11 (9:37 a.m.-10:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some Flight 93 Passengers and Crew Able to Remain Calm Despite Hijacking
  27. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Emergency Responders Experience Communications Problems at Pentagon
  28. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Park Police Shut Down the Area around the White House
  29. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Law Enforcement Deputy Finally Makes Call to Raise Alert Level
  30. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Army Airfield near Pentagon Ordered to Recall Its Aircraft
  31. 2001-09-11 Between 9:38 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Spends Brief Time at Pentagon Crash Scene and Helps Carry a Stretcher; Accounts Conflict over Details
  32. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Helicopter Is Seen Flying outside Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Office
  33. 2001-09-11 (Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Said to Make Eerie Predictions, but Witness Who Gives Account Is Long Gone
  34. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:37 a.m. and 9:58 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Mayor Giuliani Told Seven Planes Unaccounted For
  35. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.-9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Tells President Bush to Stay Away from Washington
  36. 2001-09-11 Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Disappears from Radar
  37. 2001-09-11 (Shortly Before 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fire Department Responds to Alarm from USA Today ‘Twin Towers’ Building, near Pentagon
  38. 2001-09-11 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Feels Pentagon Shake When It Is Hit, Allegedly Thinks Bomb Has Gone Off
  39. 2001-09-11 After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz Leaves the Pentagon but Then Returns and Goes to the Command Center
  40. 2001-09-11 9:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Building Command Center Staff Confused as Attack Sets Off Over 300 Fire Alarms
  41. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some Officers in Area Where Pentagon Is Hit Think Bombs Have Exploded
  42. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:38 a.m. and 9:43 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Bush Learns of Attack on Pentagon
  43. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:38 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Orders Combat Air Patrols over All Major Cities; Unclear Whether Order Is Passed On
  44. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Possibly Told to Pass on Shootdown Authorization, Earlier than Other Accounts Claim
  45. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: ‘Experienced Combat Arms Officers’ at Pentagon Think a Bomb Has Exploded There
  46. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:38 a.m. and 11:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Dulles Airport Is Locked Down
  47. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Agents Already at Military Building near Pentagon; Assist with Evacuation
  48. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reagan Airport Controllers Alert Others to Pentagon Crash
  49. 2001-09-11 9:38 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Dashes toward Crash Site Seconds after Pentagon Is Hit
  50. 2001-09-11 (9:38 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior Officials Unable to Contact Defense Secretary Rumsfeld