No matter how bad you want to forget it, you will always remember where you were on that day. You will always remember that day asking yourself "Please god, is this over yet?” You will always remember seeing 2, 110 story buildings crash to the ground knowing thousands were on the inside including rescuers.
I like many others, was scared. I like many others, was glued to CNN for hours. I like many others, cried for the first time in a while on that day. I like many others, still cry when we hear another story about that day.
I can not imagine trying to make a choice to either burn to death or to jump from 60 or 70 stories up and go out my way. I can not image being in plane knowing I am fixing to crash into the Pentagon and there is nothing I can do about it. I can not imagine addressing the United States as the President and assuring them everything is going to be all right.
8:45 A.M. EDT A hijacked passenger jet, American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center. starts to burn. It had set off from Boston en route to Los Angeles with 92 people on board. President Bush was talking to a group of students in Sarasota, Florida, when he learned the horrific news.
9:03 A.M. EDT As Americans are watching the tragic events of the plane striking the north tower, we believed it was an accident. That's when United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into south tower of Trade Center causing a devastating explosion. It had departed from Boston for Los Angeles with 65 passengers and crew members on board. Both buildings are now burning.
9:17 A.M. EDT
The Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:21 A.M. EDT
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York area closed.
9:29 A.M. EDT
First reports of casualties pour in. More than 50,000 workers are based at the Trade Center.
9:30 A.M. EDT
President George Bush declares: "We have had a national tragedy. Two planes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country."
9:40 A.M. EDT
The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:43 A.M. EDT
American Airlines Flight 77, carrying 64 people from Washington to Los Angeles, crashes into the Pentagon in Washington, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately. The nerve center of US military bursts into flames and portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapses.
9:45 A.M. EDT
The White House evacuates.
9:57 A.M. EDT
Bush departs from Florida.
9:58 A.M. EDT
Emergency dispatcher in Pennsylvania, Lisa Jefferson took the 911 call from Todd Beamer, a passenger on United Flight 93 saying "We are being hijacked, we being hijacked!" and "Some of us passengers' plan on over powering the hijackers".
United Airlines Flight 93 was the only hijacked airliner not to strike the terrorist's intended target. Many passengers called family members by on board and cell phones. During those calls they learned other hijacked airliners had struck the World Trade Center. These heroic souls agreed they would not allow their airliner to do the same. So, they told family members they were going to rush the hijackers and do what ever it takes to prevent this from happening. As we all know now, these brave people succeeded. They willingly sacrificed their own lives to save the lives of many others. God Bless each one of these Godsends for their unselfish act of ultimate heroism.
10:05 A.M. EDT
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.
10:08 A.M. EDT
Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:10 A.M. EDT
A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:13 A.M. EDT
United Airlines Flight 93, also hijacked, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:18 A.M. EDT
The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:22 A.M. EDT
In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:24 A.M. EDT
The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:28 A.M. EDT
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.
10:45 A.M. EDT
All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:46 A.M. EDT
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10:48 A.M. EDT
Police confirm the plane crash in Pennsylvania.
United Airlines Flight 93 was carrying at least 45 passengers when the Boeing 757 took off from Newark, NJ, enroute to San Francisco when it crashed in a wooded area 12 miles north of Somerset, Pa. Authorities said there were no survivors. The crash was one of four reported by United and American Airlines. Radar showed the San Francisco-bound Boeing 757 from Newark, N.J., had nearly reached Cleveland when it made a sharp left turn and headed back toward Pennsylvania, crashing in a grassy field edged by woods about80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
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10:53 A.M. EDT |
11:02 A.M. EDT
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
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11:26 A.M. EDT
United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California, has crashed in Pennsylvania. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
11:59 A.M. EDT
United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. It hit the World Trade Center's south tower.
12:04 P.M. EDT
Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of three of the crashed airplanes, is evacuated.
12:15 P.M. EDT
San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
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