7:55 a.m.
American Airlines Flight 11 leaves Boston bound for Los Angeles 8:00 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 departs Newark bound for San
Francisco 8:10 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 departs Washington bound for
Los Angeles 8:15 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 departs Boston bound for Los
Angeles 8:46 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 strikes the north tower of
the World Trade Center. 8:55 a.m. According to wire reports, President Bush, who is in Sarasota,
Fla., is informed of the attacks 9:03 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 strikes the south tower of the
World Trade Center. 9:15 a.m. President Bush makes statement condemning terrorist attack. 9:25 a.m. FAA shuts down all New York City area airports. 9:35 a.m. All bridges and tunnels in the Manhattan area closed. 9:40 a.m. FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports. 9:55 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 hits Pentagon. 10:05 a.m. The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses. 10:05 a.m. President Bush leaves Sarasota; White House evacuated. 10:15 a.m. A portion of the Pentagon collapses. 10:24 a.m. The FAA reports all inbound transatlantic aircraft are
being diverted to Canada. 10:25 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County,
80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh 10:27 a.m. The World Trade Center's north tower collapses. 10.46 a.m. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip
to Latin America to return to the United States. 10:53 a.m. New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed. 10:55 a.m. Financial Markets closed in New York 11:02 a.m. New York Mayor Rudy W. Giuliani urges citizens to stay
at home or work and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street. 11:15 a.m. U.N. headquarters in New York is fully evacuated 12:04 p.m. Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of
three of the hijacked American Airlines flights, is evacuated. 12:25 p.m. San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut
down. 1:04 p.m. President Bush speaks from Barksdale Airforce Base in Louisiana. 1:45 p.m. Pentagon announces that warships and aircraft carriers
will take up positions in the New York and Washington areas. 8:30 p.m. President Bush addresses nation from White House
