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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:34:18 GMT
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NEWS:
Chronology of the day...read from the bottom up for sequence...from CNN.com:
2 p.m.: Senior FBI sources tell CNN they are working on the assumption that
the four airplanes that crashed were hijacked as part of a terrorist attack.
1:48 p.m.: President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana
aboard Air Force One and flies to an undisclosed location.
1:44 p.m.: The Pentagon says five battleships and two aircraft carriers will
leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, and head to positions in
the New York area and along the East Coast. The carriers are to provide
upgraded air defense for the New York and Washington areas.
1:27 p.m.: A state of emergency is declared by the city of Washington.
1:04 p.m.: Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all
appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S.
military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or
wounded in the attacks and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will
hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are
reporting any problems.
12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders
with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision
has been made about closing borders.
12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down.
The airport was the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed
in Pennsylvania.
12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport is evacuated.
11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los
Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard.
Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from
Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast
of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about
United Flight 175.
11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American
Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers
and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's
Dulles Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members
aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
is preparing emergency-response teams in a precautionary move.
11:02 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani urges citizens to stay at home and
orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices
are closed.
10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.
10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.
10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania.
10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to
Latin America to return to the United States.
10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down
as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and
smoke.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying
into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated,
along with the World Bank.
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people
from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N.
development programs.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed
into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting
into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly
drifts away from the building.
9:57 a.m.: Bush departs from Florida.
9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of
smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first
time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an
"apparent terrorist attack."
9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in
the New York City area closed
9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the
second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of
the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and
setting it afire.
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| NEWS: Richard Shelby, US Intellegence: US was caught flat-footed... Building 7 at WTC has just collapsed due to chain reaction of airliner strikes and fires. Matt (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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