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Complete 911 Timeline

7271 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Military Office Director Told Not to Bring President Back to Washington
  2. 2001-09-11 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Meeting Originally Scheduled to Discuss Response to a ‘Disaster’ Hitting the Pentagon
  3. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Pilot Instructed to Identify Unknown Aircraft and Survey Pentagon; Doesn’t Realize a Plane Hit It
  4. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Key Government Building next to the White House Is Evacuated
  5. 2001-09-11 After 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Commerce Secretary Evans Is Not Evacuated in Line with the Continuity of Government Plan
  6. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Witnesses First Notice Military Jets over New York, Later than Claimed in 9/11 Commission’s Account
  7. 2001-09-11 After 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Requests Gas Masks, but Receives Too Few of Them
  8. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.-9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Lady and Entourage Go to Senator’s Office after Learning of Pentagon Attack
  9. 2001-09-11 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Headquarters Learns Flight 77 Has Crashed into the Pentagon
  10. 2001-09-11 9:45 a.m.-9:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Briefly Loses Contact with Third Plane, Thinks It Is Hijacked
  11. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Lynne Cheney Arrives at the White House, but Guards Try to Stop Her Car Entering the Grounds
  12. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.-9:53 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Passengers Subjected to Security Check while Boarding Air Force One
  13. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secondary Explosions Heard inside Pentagon
  14. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reporter Told to Stay Away from Senate Office Building Window because Plane Is ‘Headed Right for Us,’ but First Lady Not Evacuated
  15. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: On Orders of Secret Service, Condleezza Rice Heads to White House Bunker
  16. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:58 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Calls President Bush, Tells Him Not to Return to Washington
  17. 2001-09-11 (After 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Plane Carrying Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Shelton Spends Hours in a ‘Holding Pattern’ before Being Allowed into US Airspace
  18. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke Informed that President Has Issued Shootdown Order, Earlier than Claimed by 9/11 Commission
  19. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Personnel Refuse to Evacuate and Compile a List of Their Names in Case They Are Killed
  20. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior FAA Manager, on His First Day on the Job, Orders All Planes Out of the Sky Nationwide
  21. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Commander Wherley Calls Secret Service Operations Center, Wants Instructions for Fighters
  22. 2001-09-11 (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Evacuated after Secret Service Learns of Plane en Route to Washington
  23. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Staffers Ordered to Go to Basement Dining Room
  24. 2001-09-11 (9:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Firefighters Are Dispatched after the Secret Service Incorrectly Reports that a Plane Has Hit the White House
  25. 2001-09-11 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Hijackers Want ‘Pilot’ Brought Back Into Cockpit
  26. 2001-09-11 9:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: NMCC Teleconference Still Looking to Include Rumsfeld and Myers
  27. 2001-09-11 (9:47 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Passenger Jeremy Glick Tells of Vote to Take Over Flight 93
  28. 2001-09-11 9:47 a.m. September 11, 2001: Internal Collapse at WTC South Tower Reported
  29. 2001-09-11 (After 9:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Communications Problems Experienced around Capitol Building
  30. 2001-09-11 9:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Capitol Building Evacuated due to Reports of Approaching Plane, but Evacuation Is Chaotic
  31. 2001-09-11 9:49 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Headquarters Continues to Delay Decision on Contacting NORAD About Flight 93
  32. 2001-09-11 (9:49 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Police Helicopter Reports ‘Large Pieces’ Falling from South Tower
  33. 2001-09-11 9:49 a.m.-9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Marion Britton Says Two Other Flight 93 Passengers Had Their Throats Cut
  34. 2001-09-11 9:49 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Sovereignty Fighters Directed to ‘Battle Stations’ Nationwide
  35. 2001-09-11 (9:49 a.m.-10:54 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Does Not Tell the Air Threat Conference Call about Its Combat Air Patrol over Washington
  36. 2001-09-11 9:44 a.m.-9:51 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pittsburgh Airport Control Tower Evacuated due to Concerns over Approaching Flight 93
  37. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:50 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Commander Orders Jets Launched from All Air National Guard Units in Northeast US
  38. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.-10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Giuliani Goes to Temporary Command Post but Soon Evacuates It
  39. 2001-09-11 9:50 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Sandy Bradshaw Tells of Preparations to Fight Three Men with Knives
  40. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines CEO Carty Questions Transportation Secretary Mineta about Plane that Hit Pentagon
  41. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reports of Unresponsive Aircraft Prompt Evacuation of CIA Headquarters
  42. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001: Cleveland Airport and City Buildings Evacuated due to Possibly Hijacked Aircraft Coming in to Land
  43. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Delta Air Lines Reports Four Missing Planes
  44. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Speaker of the House Hastert Evacuated to Secure Location outside Washington
  45. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Supervisor Tells DC Air National Guard Pilots on Training to Hurry Back to Base
  46. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.-9:51 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Dispatcher Warns Flights to Land at Nearest Airport, Told Flight 93 Possibly Hijacked
  47. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: First Lady and Staff Wait in Senator’s Office before Being Evacuated
  48. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Manager Tries Unsuccessfully to Initiate Lockout of Flight 93
  49. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Marine Fighter Squadron Offers Assistance to NEADS
  50. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Molten Metal Pours from South Tower