| 08:46 AM | Plane crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
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09:03 AM | Plane crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center.
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09:17 AM | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shuts down all New York City area airports.
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09:21 AM | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halts all flights at U.S.
airports. It is the first time in history that air traffic has been halted nationwide.
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09:38 AM | Plane crashes into the
Pentagon. Evacuation begins immediately.
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| 09:45 AM |
The White House evacuates. |
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10:05 AM | The south tower
of the World Trade Center collapses. |
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10:10 AM | A
portion of the Pentagon collapses. |
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10:10 AM | Plane crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. |
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10:22 AM | The State and Justice Departments, as well as the World Bank
are evacuated.
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10:28 AM | The World Trade Center's north
tower collapses.
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10:45 AM | All federal office
buildings in Washington, D.C. are evacuated. |
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01:44 PM | Five warships and two aircraft carriers are
ordered to leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia to protect the East Coast. |
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04:10 PM | Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses.
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THE FLIGHTS
American Airlines Flight
11
From: Boston, Massachusetts
(Logan Airport)
To: Los Angeles,
California
Lives: 92 people on board
Crashed into North Tower
of World Trade Center at 8:46 AM
United Airlines Flight 175
From:
Boston, Massachusetts (Logan Airport)
To:
Los Angeles, California
Lives: 65 people on board
Crashed into
South Tower of World Trade Center at 9:03 AM
American Airlines Flight
77
From: Washington, D.C. (Dulles
Airport)
To: Los Angeles,
CA
Lives: 64 people on board
Crashed into the Pentagon at
9:38 AM
United Airlines Flight
93
From: Newark, New
Jersey
To: San Francisco,
California
Lives: 45 people on board
Crashed into
rural Pennsylvania (southeast of Pittsburgh)
VICTIMS
The following are the number
of people who died at each site:
World Trade
Center: 2,823 presumed confirmed dead
(includes airline
passengers)
Pentagon
125 (not including plane victims)
Flight
11
92 people on board
Flight
175
65 people on board
Flight
77
64 people on board
Flight
93
45 people on board
Source: Department of State August 15, 2002
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