Timeline For 9/11/2001 The following was assembled from a number of different news accounts and stories. A number of the times did not gibe between the stories and I have a endeavored to rationalize the differences.

0759 American Airlines flight 11 (Boeing 767 with 24,000 gallons of fuel) takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport with 92 people aboard for Los Angeles.

0801 United Airlines flight 93 (Boeing 757 with 11,300 gallons of fuel) pushed back from the gate in Newark International Airport with 45 people aboard bound for San Francisco. They are 1 minute behind schedule but will sit on the ground for 40 minutes before taking off.

0813 Flight 11 gets instructions to turn 20 degrees to the right. Boston Control Center: "AAL11 turn 20 degrees right." Flight 11 responds: "20 right AAL11." [Moments later] Controller: "AAL11 now climb maintain FL350 [35,000 feet]." Controller: "AAL11 climb maintain FL350." Controller: "AAL11 Boston." There is no reply from Flight 11.

0814 United Airlines flight 175 (Boeing 767) takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport with 65 people aboard for Los Angeles.

0820 Flight 11 stops transmitting IFF beacon signal while over the Hudson River.

0820 American Airlines flight 77 (Boeing 757) departs Washington Dulles Airport near Washington with 64 people aboard for Los Angeles.

0824 Flight 11 broadcasts "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you will be OK. We are returning to the airport. Nobody move." Apparently, one of the hijackers confused the aircraft's radio with its public-address system. Air traffic control responds "Who's trying to call me?" Then from Flight 11, "Everything will be OK. If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet."

0825 Boston Air Traffic Control notified several air traffic control centers that hijack is in progress.

0827 Flight 11 takes a sudden turn south, veering away from Albany towards New York City.

0827 Betty Ong, a flight attendant on Flight 11, calls American Airlines reservations from the seatback phone. "She said two flight attendants had been stabbed, one was on oxygen," said the the manager on duty. "A passenger had his throat slashed and looked dead and they had gotten into the cockpit." She identifies the seats of the hijackers and confirms that the plane is descending.

0833 Another transmission Flight 11, "Nobody move please. We are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid moves."

0837 Flight 175 receives an unusual call asking them to locate Flight 11. The pilot responds, "Affirmative, we have him, uh, he looks, uh, about 20, yeah, about 29, 28,000 [feet]." Controllers tell 175 to make a right turn to avoid Flight 11.

0838 Boston air traffic center notifies NORAD that Flight 11 has been hijacked.

0841 Flight 175 transmits "We heard a suspicious transmission on our departure from B-O-S. "Sounds like someone keyed the mike and said, `Everyone, stay in your seats.'"

0842 Around this time Flight 175 is hijacked. It veers from it's course over New Jersey briefly continuing south before making a U-turn to the north, for New York City.

0842 Flight 93 finally takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco.

0843 FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 175 has been hijacked.

0844 Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts orders two fighters scrambled.

0845 Flight 11 strikes the World Trade Center's north tower at about the 80th floor.

0846 Flight 175 stops transmitting IFF beacon signal.

0847 NORAD informed of the plane striking the World Trade Center.

0850 United systems operations center receives word that a flight attendant from Flight 175 had called and said "Oh my God. The crew has been killed, a flight attendant has been stabbed. We've been hijacked." Then the line went dead.

0852 Two F-15 Eagles take off from Otis in effort to intercept hijacked plane(s) after first plane has struck the World Trade Center.

0856 Flight 77's transponder is shut off which reduced the ground's ability to track the aircraft's position. Air traffic control repeatedly calls "American 77 indy radio check, how do you read?"

0900 Around this time, United Airlines systems operations transmits a systemwide message, warning its pilots of a potential "cockpit intrusion". Flight 93, flying over western PA and into northern OH, replies "Confirmed".

0900 Last radar reading on Flight 175 is observed at an altitude of 18,000 feet, descending, with a ground speed of 480 knots.

0900 Flight 77 is seen making a 180 turn and heading back to Washington.

0902 Flight 175 strikes the World Trade Center's south tower at about the 60th floor. F-15 fighter jets from Otis are still 70 miles away.

0910 Around this time, experts believe Flight 93 was hijacked.

0916 FAA informs NORAD that Flight 93 may have been hijacked.

0921 New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed.

0924 FAA notifies NORAD that Flight 77 may have been hijacked a full 28 minutes after its transponder was turned off. Controllers observe it moving toward Washington.

0924 NORAD orders jets scrambled from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to head to intercept Flight 77.

0925 Air traffic controllers inform the US Secret Service as the Flight 77 makes a 360 degree turn just south of the Pentagon.

0928 A keyed microphone aboard Flight 93 reveals someone in the cockpit saying, "Get out of here!"

0929 Jeremy Glick, a passenger on Flight 93, calls his wife and describes the hijackers and is informed about the attacks in New York.

0930 Three F-16 Fighting Falcons take off from Langley headed toward Washington area.

0935 Flight 93, near Cleveland, makes a 180 turn toward Washington.

0936 National Airport instructs a military C130 aircraft that had just departed Andrews Air Force base to intercept and identify Flight 77. The C130 reports it is a B767, moving low and very fast.

0937 Flight 77 is lost from radar screens.

0938 NORAD is informed that Flight 77 has struct the Pentagon. Other reports have it striking at 0943 or 0945. Fighters were still 105 miles and 12 minutes away.

0940 Transponder signal from Flight 93 ceases and radar contact is lost.

0942 Mark Bingham, a passenger on Flight 93, calls his mother. "Mom, this is Mark Bingham," he said, nervously. "I want to let you know that I love you. I'm calling from the plane. We've been taken over. There are three men that say they have a bomb."

0945 Todd Beamer, a passenger on Flight 93, trying to call his family gets patched through to a Verizon supervisor. He said that the pilot and copilot were apparently dead, 2 hijackers were in the cockpit, 1 was guarding 1st class and another was guarding 27 passengers at the rear of the plane. He says that they have voted to storm the hijackers and the supervisor hears before he hangs up "Are you guys ready? Let's roll."

0948 The Capitol and west wing of the White House are evacuated.

0949 F-16 fighter jets arrive over Washington, D.C. to perform Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over city. The fighters broke the sound barrier and traveled supersonic at 720 knots to Washington, making the approximately 130 miles in 14 minutes.

0949 The Federal Aviation Administration halts all flight operations at U.S. airports -- the first time in U.S. history.

0949 Pittsburgh International Airport flight tower is evacuated.

0950 South tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

0958 Confrontation with the hijackers and the passengers begins aboard Flight 93. Emergency dispatcher in Pennsylvania receives a call from a passenger on Flight 93. The passenger says: "We are being hijacked!"

1003 Unconfirmed report of State Department fire in Washington. Later confirmed not true.

1006 Flight 93 crashes into a field near Shanksville, PA. It had, experts believe, flipped over on its back and speared into the ground at about 575 mph. Other reports have this happening at 1010.

1008 Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into and clear Lafayette Park across from the White House.

1010 FAA orders all planes to land at nearest airports. FBI headquarters evacuated. "E Section" of Pentagon collapses.

1013 The United Nations building evacuates.

1024 The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.

1029 North tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

1108 Canada shuts down all airports.

1204 Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of Flights 11 and 175, is evacuated.

1215 San Francisco International Airport, the destination of Flight 93 is evacuated and shut down.

1344 The Pentagon says five warships and two aircraft carriers (USS George Washington and USS John F. Kennedy) will leave Norfolk, Virginia to protect the East Coast from further attack and to reduce the number of ships in port.

1725 The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses after burning for a number of hours. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze.