TIMELINE OF EVENTS
2001
Sept. 11: ■ 5:45 a.m.
— Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari pass through security in Portland, Maine, for connecting flight to Boston.
8 a.m. — American Airlines Flight 11 with 92 people on board takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.
8:14 a.m. — United Air Lines
Flight 175 with 65 people on board takes off from Logan for Los Angeles.
8:21 a.m. — American Airlines
Flight 77 with 64 people on board takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles.
8:40 a.m. — FAA notifies North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 11.
8:41 a.m. — United Air Lines
Flight 93 with 44 people on board takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco. 8:43 a.m. — Federal Aviation Administration notifies NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of
United Flight 175.
8:46 a.m. — American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center. ■ 9:03 a.m. — United Flight 175 crashes into south tower.
9:08 a.m. — FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights through New York City airspace.
9:24 a.m. — FAA notifies NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 77.
■ 9:31 a.m. — In Sarasota, Fla., President Bush calls crashes an “apparent terrorist attack on our country.” 9:40 a.m. (approx.) — American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon.