• 7:58 a.m.

    United Airlines Flight 175 leaves Boston for Los Angeles,
    carrying 56 passengers, two pilots, and seven flight attendants. The Boeing 767 is jacked after takeoff and diverted to New York.
  • 7:59 a.m.

    American Airlines Flight 11 leaves Boston for Los
    Angeles, carrying 81 passengers, two pilots, and nine flight
    attendants. This Boeing 767 is also hijacked and diverted to New York.
  • 8:01 a.m.

    8:01 a.m.
    United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 carrying 38
    passengers, two pilots, and five flight attendants, leaves Newark, N.J.,for San Francisco.
  • 8:10 a.m.

    American Airlines Flight 77 leaves Washington's
    Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, carrying 58 passengers,two pilots, and four flight attendants. The Boeing 757 is hijackedafter takeoff.
  • 8:46 a.m.

    8:46 a.m.
    American Flight 11 from Boston crashes into the North
    Tower at the World Trade Center.
  • 9:03 a.m.

    9:03 a.m.
    United Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the South
    Tower at the World Trade Center. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New
    York area airports.
  • 9:21 a.m.

    Bridges and tunnels leading into New York City
    are closed.
  • 9:25 a.m.

    9:25 a.m.
    All domestic flights are grounded by U.S. Federal
    Aviation Administration.
  • 9:45 a.m.

    American Flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon.
  • 10:05 a.m.

    The South Tower at the World Trade Center collapses. The White House is evacuated.
  • 10:10 a.m.

    10:10 a.m.
    A large section of one side of The Pentagon collapses. United Flight 93 crashes in a wooded area in
    Pennsylvania, after passengers confront hijackers.
  • 10:28 a.m.

    10:28 a.m.
    The North Tower at the World Trade Center collapses.
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