The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to take control before it could reach the hijacker's intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks.
From Wikipedia
Timeline:
76 passengers, 11 crew members and five Al Qaeda hijackers take off on American Airlines Flight 11 (Boston to Los Angeles). The flight will be hi-jacked around 8:14 a.m. and re-routed toward Manhattan.
8:14 a.m.
51 passengers, nine crew members, and five hijackers take off on another Los Angeles-bound United Airlines plane, Flight 175 from Boston. This flight will be hi-jacked around 8:45 a.m. and re-routed toward Manhattan.
8:19 a.m.
Aboard Flight 11, flight attendants Betty Ong and Madeline Amy Sweeney alert ground personnel of the hi-jacking.
8:20 a.m.
American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Washington, D.C.
8:42 a.m.
United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark, N.J.
8:38 a.m.
Air traffic control notifies the military air defense command of a hijacking.
8:43 a.m.
The FAA notified military authorities of a second hijacking
8:46 a.m.
Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center's North Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds more within the tower.
8:55 a.m.
Flight 77 begins turning east, away from its intended course.
9:03 a.m.
Flight 175 crashes into the WTC's South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds more within the building.
9:37 a.m.
Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, killing the 59 people on board and 125 others in the building.
9:42 a.m.
The FAA grounds all flights over or headed toward the United States.
All international flights headed for the U.S. are redirected to Canada. Transport Canada follows and closes down its airspace. Transport Canada take in diverted U.S.-bound international flights, launching the agency's "Operation Yellow Ribbon."
During the procedure, 38 planes will be diverted to Gander, N.L.
9:59 a.m.
The WTC South Tower collapses, killing approximately 600 people.
10:03 a.m.
Flight 93 crashes into a field in Somerset County, near Shanksville, Pa., killing all 40 people on board.
10:15 a.m.
The Pentagon E Ring (the outermost ring of offices) collapses.
10:28 a.m.
The WTC North Tower collapses, killing approximately 1,400 people.
10:43 a.m.
NAV Canada orders a grounding of all flights over Canada.
11:02 a.m.
Lower Manhattan is evacuated.
12:30 p.m.
14 survivors discovered in the WTC North Tower, in stairwell B.
12:28 p.m.
Canadian airspace is closed.
2:54 p.m.
A Korean Air flight lands in Whitehorse – met by armed police – after accidentally signaling a hijacking.
5:20 p.m.
7 World Trade Center (across the street from the twin towers) collapses.
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