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9:45 a.m
Just minutes after Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, the White House and U.S. Capitol are evacuated. -
9:59 a.m
After burning for 56 minutes, the south tower of the World Trade Center collapses at 9:59 a.m. The fall, which kills approximately 600 workers and first responders, lasts 10 seconds. -
10:28 a.m
After burning for 102 minutes, the north tower of New York’s World Trade Center collapses, killing approximately 1,400 people. -
7:59 a.m
Airplanes Highjacked ; The first to depart is American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 that leaves Boston’s Logan International Airport for Los Angeles with 92 people on board . . . .
Finally, at 8:42 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 departs from Newark International Airport. The Boeing 757, which carries 44 passengers, is bound for San Francisco. -
8:46 a.m.
The first crash occurs at 8:46 a.m. when Flight 11 slams into the north tower of New York’s World Trade Center. -
9:03 a.m
The second crash comes at 9:03 a.m., when Flight 175 flies into the south tower of the World Trade Center. The last communication made with air traffic control comes at 8:42 a.m., but passengers provide details of the flight by contacting their families by phone. -
9:37 a.m
Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon. A few minutes later, air traffic controllers at Dulles International Airport observe a plane on their radar traveling at “a high rate of speed.” Officials from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport warn the Secret Service of the aircraft shortly before Flight 77 hits the Pentagon.
