FOX Facts: Sept. 11, 2001

Monday, April 24, 2006

The following is a list of events from Sept. 11, 2001. All times are in EDT.

8:46:26 a.m.: The hijacked passenger airliner American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center (WTC 1).

9:02:54 a.m.: A second hijacked jet, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center (WTC 2).

9:30 a.m.: President Bush, in Sarasota, Fla., says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack on our country."

9:37 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. Evacuation immediately begins.

9:40 a.m.: The FAA grounds all flights at U.S. airports, becoming the first time in U.S. history that nationwide air traffic was suspended.

9:59:04 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

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10:06 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, also hijacked, crashes in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

10:10 a.m.: Part of the Pentagon collapses.

10:28:31 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses.

1:04 p.m.: President Bush: "Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."

Nearly 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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