The site of Flight 93's crash Wikimedia Commonsġ0:18 AM – President Bush authorizes any non-grounded planes to be shot down. Although its ultimate target is unknown, it was likely heading for either the White House or the US Capitol. Before and after the South Tower collapse Wikimedia Commonsġ0:02 AM – Flight 93 plows into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Jarrah, the pilot, begins to roll the plane back and forth in an attempt to destabilize the revolt.ĩ:59 AM – The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. Bush aboard takes off from Florida.ĩ:57 AM – Passengers aboard Flight 93 begin to run up toward the cockpit. Booker Elementary School, receiving details about the planes hitting the Twin Towers Wikimedia Commonsĩ:55 AM – Air Force One with President George W.
All civilian aircraft are ordered to land at the nearest airport. All passengers aboard are instantly killed and so are 125 civilian and military personnel in the building.ĩ:45 AM – US airspace is shut down under Operation Yellow Ribbon. Bush Presidential Library and Museumĩ:37 AM – Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida Courtesy of George W. I wanted to project a sense of calm… I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing the leader has to do is to project calm.” ( Miller Center) President Bush participates in a reading demonstration on the morning of September 11 at Emma E. Bush later wrote about his response: “I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. His chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispers the chilling news into the president’s ear. Bush, in an elementary school classroom in Florida, is informed about the hit on the second tower. All passengers aboard are killed instantly and so are an unknown number of people in the tower.ĩ:05 AM – President George W. All passengers aboard are instantly killed, and employees of the WTC are trapped above the 91 st floor.ĩ:03 AM – Flight 175 crashes into the WTC’s South Tower. There are 33 passengers, 7 crew members, and 4 hijackers are on board.Ĩ:46 AM – Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. It was headed for San Francisco, California. He meant to press the button that allowed him to talk to the passengers on his flight.Ĩ:37 AM – After hearing the broadcast from Atta on Flight 11, Boston air traffic control alerts the US Air Force’s Northeast Defense Sector, who then mobilize the Air National Guard to follow the plane.Ĩ:42 AM – United Flight 93 takes off from Newark, New Jersey, after a delay due to routine traffic. There are 53 passengers, 6 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.Ĩ:24 AM – Mohamed Atta, a hijacker on Flight 11, unintentionally alerts air controllers in Boston to the attack. There are 51 passengers, 9 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.Ĩ:19 AM – A flight attendant on Flight 11, Betty Ann Ong, alerts ground personnel that a hijacking is underway and that the cockpit is unreachable.Ĩ:20 AM – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles, outside of Washington, DC, headed for Los Angeles. There are 76 passengers, 11 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.Ĩ:15 AM – United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston, also headed for Los Angeles. ħ:59 AM – Flight 11 takes off from Boston, headed for Los Angeles, California. They board a commuter flight to Boston Logan International Airport, they then board American Airlines Flight 11. And the staggered nature of the attacks meant that news footage captured almost everything as it happened, ensuring that millions of Americans saw the events precisely as they unfolded.įlight paths of the hijacked planes Wikimedia Commonsĥ:45 AM – Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al-Omari, two of the intended hijackers, pass through security at the Portland International Jetport in Maine. The 9/11 attacks were the deadliest on American soil since the shock attack at Pearl Harbor 60 years before, and the sense of outrage was reminiscent of that moment. The attacks in New York occurred in the country’s busiest city on a busy workday. It was a terrifying, startling, and humbling event for the country. After reports of the first plane hitting the North Tower, millions watched the second plane hit the South Tower on live television.
Capitol, was heroically diverted by passengers and ended up crashing in an empty field in Pennsylvania. A fourth plane, presumably headed for the White House or the U.S. Another plane was flown into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Two planes, hijacked by Islamic jihadists vowing death to all Americans, plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York. The World Trade Center in March, 2001 Wikimedia Commons On September 11, 2001, 2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history.
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