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7:59 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, departs Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

8:14 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, departs from Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

8:20 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, departs Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

8:40 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11.

8:42 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, departs from Newark International Airport bound for San Francisco International Airport.

8:43 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of United Airlines Flight 175.

8:45 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north World Trade Center tower (1 Tower).

8:46 A.M. - Jet fighters are scrambled from Otis Air National Guard Base in Fallmouth, Massachusetts.

9:03 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the south World Trade Center tower (2 Tower).

9:08 A.M. - The FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to or through New York airspace.

9:17 A.M. - The FAA shuts down all New York City-area airports.

9:21 A.M. - All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan are closed.

9:24 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77.

9:25 A.M. - The FAA orders shutdown of all airports nationwide, banning takeoffs of all civilian aircraft.

9:31 A.M. - President George W. Bush makes a statement from Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida calling the crashes an "apparent terrorist attack."

NORAD scrambles two F-16 fighters from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

9:40 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the west side of the Pentagon.

9:45 A.M. - An operator receives a cell phone call from a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, who reports that the flight has been hijacked and that the passengers are going to fight back.

9:45 A.M. - The FAA orders all airborne aircraft, over 4500, to land at nearest airport.

9:48 A.M. - The White House's West Wing and the U. S. Capitol are evacuated.

@9:55 A.M. - Scrambled Jet fighters reach Washington, D.C. area.

9:57 A.M. - President George W. Bush leaves Sarasota, Florida.

10:05 A.M. - The south World Trade Center tower (2 Tower) collapses.

@10:07 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

10:10 A.M. - A walled section of The Pentagon collapses.

10:29 A.M. - The north World Trade Center tower (1 Tower) collapses.

10:50 A.M. - New York's primary elections are postponed.

10:56 A.M. - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a statement offering condolences.

11:00 A.M. - New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani orders the evacuation of lower Manhattan south of Canal Street.

11:04 A.M. - The United Nations is completely evacuated.

11:44 A.M. - President George W. Bush lands at Barksdale Air Force Base.

12:04 P.M. - Los Angeles International Airport, destination of three of the hijacked airplanes, is closed and evacuated.

12:15 P.M. - San Francisco International Airport, destination of United Airlines Flight 93, is closed and evacuated.

12:30 P.M. - The FAA reports that only 50 flights remain airborne.

1:04 P.M. - President George W. Bush makes a statement from Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana.

1:38 P.M. - President George W. Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base for Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska.

1:47 P.M. - Press Briefing by White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer.

2:51 P.M. - The U.S. Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York City and Washington, D.C.

3:07 P.M. - President George W. Bush arrives at U.S. Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska.

4:36 P.M. - President George W. Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska.

5:25 P.M. - World Trade Center 7 collapses.

6:42 P.M. - Department of Defense Briefing on Pentagon Attack.

6:55 P.M. - President George W. Bush arrives at the White House.

7:15 P.M. - Joint Briefing by Attorney General, Secretary of HHS, Secretary of Transportation and the Director of FEMA.

7:40 P.M. - State Department Briefing

8:30 P.M. - President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office.

8:35 P.M. - President George W. Bush attends a national security meeting.

10:21 P.M. - The national security meetings ends and President Bush heads to bed.

that really was a crazy day even here in ohio i cant imagine what it would have been like to lose family on those flights or in those buildings though or what it would have been like to be in one of them
here in urbana we are pretty close to wright pat. AFB so you could hear sonic booms all day from all the fighters and radar jets flying throughout the nation
i still remember exactly what was happening when i found out about it

during 4th period (my 7th grade science class) many teachers already had their tvs on (with nothing on the screen) so the school brodcast system put up the local news and many people saw what was going on but my teachers tv was off so we had no idea what was going on so after the bell rang i walked out of class and on the first flight of stairs one of my friends ran by and said "the world trade center and the pentagon just blew up!" (because at that time not many people knew that planes had hit the buildings) but from that little description of events i had no idea at all what he was talking about so when i got down to the lunch room i saw a huge crowd around the tv (that is no longer there) so i went over to see footage of the towers collapsing and i really didnt know what to think i just remember our school being really strangly quiet for the rest of the day

i just hope nothing of this scale ever happens again