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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 2001-09-11 (9:50 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Manager Works on a Plan to Land Flight 93
  2. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:50 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Myers Wants Clarification of Rules of Engagement for Fighter Pilots; Clarke Wants This Issued Promptly
  3. 2001-09-11 9:51 a.m. September 11, 2001: Langley Jets Request and Receive Altitude Clearance over Washington
  4. 2001-09-11 9:52 a.m. September 11, 2001: Firefighters Reach 78th Floor of South Tower; Find Two Isolated Fires
  5. 2001-09-11 (9:52 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Lynne Cheney Joins Husband in White House Bunker
  6. 2001-09-11 9:52 a.m. September 11, 2001: Lynne Cheney Enters the White House, but Secret Service Agent Is Unsure Where to Take Her
  7. 2001-09-11 (9:52 a.m.-9:53 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Police Commander Keeps His Men Away from the WTC, Thereby Possibly Saving Their Lives
  8. 2001-09-11 9:53 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s Assistant Notes that Three 9/11 Hijackers Were Followed by CIA since 2000
  9. 2001-09-11 9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Emergency Transmitter Goes Off, Indicating a Plane Crash in Michigan
  10. 2001-09-11 9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Headquarters Still Only Talking About Telling NORAD of Flight 93 Hijack
  11. 2001-09-11 9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: NSA Intercepts Al-Qaeda Phone Call Predicting Fourth Attack
  12. 2001-09-11 9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Fear Passenger Retaliation
  13. 2001-09-11 9:54 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Tom Burnett Calls for Fourth Time; Details Plan to Take Control of Plane
  14. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:54 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Force One’s Pilot Warned about Suspicious Man, Possibly with a Gun, at the End of Runway
  15. 2001-09-11 Before 9:54 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Is Told It Does Not Have to Provide a Fighter Escort for Air Force One
  16. 2001-09-11 (9:54 a.m.-2:50 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Has Problems Communicating with Washington while He Is on Air Force One
  17. 2001-09-11 (9:54 a.m.-6:54 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush and His Entourage Have Difficulty Following Events on TV due to the Poor Reception on Air Force One
  18. 2001-09-11 9:54 a.m.-11:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: White House Situation Room Is Unable to Communicate with Air Force One
  19. 2001-09-11 Before 9:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: AWACS Planes on Training Missions in Florida and Near Washington, DC
  20. 2001-09-11 Before 9:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: AWACS Plane on Training Mission Instructed to Follow Air Force One
  21. 2001-09-11 (9:55 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001: Some Members of Congress Establish ‘Central Command Center’ at Capitol Police Headquarters, Others Go Home
  22. 2001-09-11 After 9:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: Ellington Fighters Airborne on Local Training Mission
  23. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Park Police Helicopter Given Air Traffic Control Responsibility for Washington Airspace
  24. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:49 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Langley Fighters Finally Reach Washington; Accounts of Timing Are Contradictory
  25. 2001-09-11 (9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Contacts Selfridge Air Base to Get Unarmed Jets Sent after Either Delta 1989 or Flight 93, according to Conflicting Accounts
  26. 2001-09-11 (9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Officers Quickly Create Battle Plan for Responding to Attacks
  27. 2001-09-11 9:55 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Changes Its Destination to Washington
  28. 2001-09-11 (9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force One Gets Airborne Without Fighter Escort
  29. 2001-09-11 (9:55 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Reagan Airport Control Tower Evacuated due to Report of Approaching Aircraft
  30. 2001-09-11 (9:55 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001: Numerous International Flights to US Transmit Emergency Transponder Codes
  31. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Bush and Cheney Confer; Bush Supposedly Gives Shootdown Authorization
  32. 2001-09-11 (Shortly After 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Deena Burnett Informs FBI of Husband’s Phone Calls from Flight 93
  33. 2001-09-11 (9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Members of an Elite Police Unit Are Ordered to Leave the Twin Towers before They Collapse
  34. 2001-09-11 (9:56-10:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force One Takes Off, Then Flies in Circles While Bush and Cheney Argue
  35. 2001-09-11 9:56 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Changes Flight 93’s Destination to Washington
  36. 2001-09-11 (9:56 a.m.-10:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Selfridge Jets Apparently Not Instructed to Intercept Suspicious Plane as NEADS Wants, Return to Base Instead
  37. 2001-09-11 (After 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Texas Air National Guard Jets Directed toward Air Force One
  38. 2001-09-11 (9:57 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001: Passengers and Hijackers Struggle in the Flight 93 Cockpit
  39. 2001-09-11 9:57 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passengers Begin Attempt to Regain Control of Flight 93
  40. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Todd Beamer Describes Flight 93 Passengers’ Plan to Fight Back; He and Others Join Takeover Attempt
  41. 2001-09-11 (9:58 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney and Wife Enter Emergency Operations Center under the White House
  42. 2001-09-11 Shortly Before 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Military Aide Joins Cheney in a Tunnel below the White House, Learns about the Pentagon Attack
  43. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger CeeCee Lyles Cries ‘They’re Doing It;’ Strange Sounds Follow
  44. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Passenger Ed Felt Said to Describe Explosion and White Smoke from Bathroom Call
  45. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:58 a.m. and 9:59 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Edward Felt Reports Explosion and Smoke, Supervisor Will Claim; Others Dispute This
  46. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fighters to New York City Possibly Scrambled 56 Minutes Late, According to Mayor Giuliani and Early Reports
  47. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Requests Help from Western Air Defense Sector
  48. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passengers Run to First Class
  49. 2001-09-11 9:58 a.m. September 11, 2001: Most Workers in South Tower Who Could Evacuate Have Done So
  50. 2001-09-11 (Between 9:58 a.m. and 10:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Elizabeth Wainio Ends Call, Saying Flight 93 Passengers Are Going to Break into Cockpit