OT: Timeline in Apparent Terrorist Attacks

Timeline in Apparent Terrorist Attacks

Staff and Wire Reports

September 11, 2001; 4:56 p.m.

8:50 a.m.: A plane crashes into one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York.

9:01 a.m: A second plane crashes into the other tower of the World Trade Center.

9:09 a.m.: FBI begins investigating reports of plane hijackings before World Trade Center explosions.

9:28 a.m.: President Bush refers to the plane crashes as an apparent terrorist attack.

9:40 a.m.: A plane crashes into a helicopter landing pad adjacent to the Pentagon.

9:41 a.m.: The West Wing of the White House is evacuated.

9:46 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration grounds all flights nationwide.

9:57 a.m.: Another explosion is reported at the World Trade Center.

10:04 a.m.: One tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

10:26 a.m.: The second World Trade Center Tower collapses.

10:35 a.m.: A plane crash is reported in Pennsylvania.

10:37 a.m.: A fourth explosion is reported at the World Trade Center.

11:21 a.m: American Airlines confirms that it lost two aircraft carrying158 people.

11:30 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that a flight from Newark, N.J. to San Francisco crashed in Pittsburgh.

12:20 p.m.: A New York city police official says that the number of people killed and injured could reach the thousands.

1:27 p.m.: A state of emergency is declared in Washington, D.C.