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Bombing in garage of World Trade Center
Bomb explodes in garage under World Trade Center, killing six and injuring more than 1,000. A group of Islamic extremists were later convicted. https://goo.gl/6kXf9x
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Bombing at U.S.-Saudi facility
Seven people, including five Americans, killed when two bombs explode at U.S.-Saudi military facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Osama bin Laden blamed for attack. https://goo.gl/wJ1fIS -
Bombing at U.S. military base
Bin Laden followers detonate bomb at U.S. military base near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 American soldiers and wounding hundreds of Americans and Saudi Arabians. https://goo.gl/E3EJHq -
Taliban takes over Kabul
Taliban, suspected of giving refuge to bin Laden, completes takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan. https://goo.gl/sWK1wC -
Over 250 killed by bombing
U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, bombed, killing more than 250 people, including 12 Americans, and injuring 5,000. In retaliation, United States launches airstrikes against suspected terrorist camps in Sudan and Afghanistan. https://goo.gl/ikzYIl -
FBI accuses Bin Laden
FBI accuses bin Laden of having declared "jihad," or holy war, against United States. Complaint also alleges bin Laden founded Al Qaeda that year to promote Islamic fundamentalism and force non-Muslims out of Muslim countries. https://goo.gl/xPto5b -
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Attack on U.S.S. Cole
Suicide bombers in Yemen attack U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole, killing 17 sailors. Officials suspect bin Laden involvement. https://goo.gl/Bohr7R
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Charges against Taliban
U.N. imposes new economic sanctions against Taliban for refusing to turn over bin Laden for trial. https://goo.gl/nvazFn -
9/11
19 members of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda hijacked four U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. The carefully planned attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the worst attack on the United States in history. https://goo.gl/RhsGSp -
Flight 175 departs
8:14 am -- United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it is also headed to Los Angeles. https://goo.gl/u4syrs -
American Airlines contacts the FBI
8:19 am -- Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI. https://goo.gl/ZWdnbI -
Flight 77 departs
8:20 am -- American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard. https://goo.gl/ptSKUm -
Hijackers contact airline base
8:24 am -- Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control (apparently in an attempt to communicate with the plane’s cabin). https://goo.gl/sOIKhO -
The FAA Alerts NORAD'S
8:40 am -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alerts North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) about the suspected hijacking of Flight 11. In response, NEADS scrambles two fighter planes located at Cape Cod’s Otis Air National Guard Base to locate and tail Flight 11; they are not yet in the air when Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower. https://goo.gl/699tqJ -
Flight 93 departs
8:41 am -- United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people aboard, takes off from Newark International Airport en route to San Francisco. It had been scheduled to depart at 8:00 am, around the time of the other hijacked flights. https://goo.gl/HqUTyx -
North Tower hit
8:46 am -- Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building. https://goo.gl/LtTS8f -
Evacuation of North Tower
8:47 am -- Within seconds, NYPD and FDNY forces dispatch units to the World Trade Center, while Port Authority Police Department officers on site begin immediate evacuation of the North Tower. https://goo.gl/28p5S2 -
President Bush is alerted
8:50 am -- White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card alerts President George W. Bush that a plane has hit the World Trade Center; the president is visiting an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida at the time. https://goo.gl/ntkSlv
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Flight 175 crashes
9:03 am -- Hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC’s South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building. https://goo.gl/lJ90In -
Flights to New York cancelled
9:08 am -- The FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to New York City or through the airspace around the city. https://goo.gl/qCFLTk -
Road closures
9:21 am -- The Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area. https://goo.gl/3z5glu -
Suspected hijacking
9:24 am -- The FAA notified NEADS of the suspected hijacking of Flight 77 after some passengers and crew aboard are able to alert family members on the ground. https://goo.gl/dNhTb6
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Bush declares events as terrorism
9:31 am -- Speaking from Florida, President Bush calls the events in New York City an “apparent terrorist attack on our country.” https://goo.gl/kMJPWc -
All flights in U.S. are grounded
9:32 am -- For the first time in history, the FAA grounds all flights over or bound for the continental United States. Some 3,300 commercial flights and 1,200 private planes are guided to airports in Canada and the United States over the next two-and-a-half hours. https://goo.gl/0dl5Ey -
White House and Capitol are evacuated
9:45 am -- Amid escalating rumors of other attacks, the White House and U.S. Capitol building are evacuated (along with numerous other high-profile buildings, landmarks and public spaces). https://goo.gl/QtkRz3
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South Tower collapses
9:59 am -- The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. https://goo.gl/invmSV -
The call for evacuation
11 am -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani calls for the evacuation of Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street, including more than 1 million residents, workers and tourists, as efforts continue throughout the afternoon to search for survivors at the WTC site. https://goo.gl/oFi8NU -
High alert
1 pm -- From a U.S. Air Force base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U.S. military forces are on high alert worldwide. https://goo.gl/6zof41 -
U.S. Navy ships missiles
2:51 pm -- The U.S. Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York and Washington, D.C. https://goo.gl/sbz7vs -
The seven WTC building collapses
5:20 pm -- The 47-story Seven World Trade Center collapses after burning for hours; the building had been evacuated in the morning, and there are no casualties, though the collapse forces rescue workers to flee for their lives. https://goo.gl/fw5aOX -
Bush arrives back in D.C.
6:58 pm -- President Bush returns to the White House after stops at military bases in Louisiana and Nebraska. https://goo.gl/DQnRy5 -
Bush's speech
8:30 pm -- President Bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks “evil, despicable acts of terror” and declaring that America, its friends and allies would “stand together to win the war against terrorism.” https://goo.gl/svhR0A
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Flight 11 departs
7:59 am -- American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport in route to Los Angeles. https://goo.gl/AioB1v -
People begin evacuating WTCs
9:02am -- After initially instructing tenants of the WTC’s South Tower to remain in the building, Port Authority officials broadcast orders to evacuate both towers via the public address system; an estimated 10,000 to 14,000 people are already in the process of evacuating. https://goo.gl/raeRz0 -
Flight 77 hits Pentagon
9:37 am -- Hijackers aboard Flight 77 crash the plane into the western façade of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing 59 aboard the plane and 125 military and civilian personnel inside the building. https://goo.gl/iXRs1N -
Failed hijacked plane crashes
10:07 am -- After passengers and crew members aboard the hijacked Flight 93 contact friends and family and learn about the attacks in New York and Washington, they mount an attempt to retake the plane. In response, hijackers deliberately crash the plane into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, killing all 40 passengers and crew aboard. https://goo.gl/jp2Eii
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North Tower collapses
10:28 am -- The World Trade Center’s North Tower collapses, 102 minutes after being struck by Flight 11. https://goo.gl/Wy29Ip
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Largest attack
The attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 resulted in the largest loss of life by a foreign attack on American soil. https://goo.gl/t3tbak -
Intentions of terrorist
The terrorists did not have the capacity to destroy the United States militarily, so they set their sights on symbolic targets instead. https://goo.gl/4KbTKt -
Osama Bin Laden's confession
The US government releases a tape in which Osama bin Laden takes responsibility for the attacks. https://goo.gl/DJXU6E
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Osama Bin Laden is killed
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. https://goo.gl/5Uht83
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