September 11, 2001 attacks timeline The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks carried out in the United States on September 11, 2001. ... September 11, 2001 attacks timeline Background History 1972: One World Trade Center completed. ... At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States strongest allies in west Asia are Turkey (a member of NATO), Israel and Egypt. ... The Planning of the September 11, 2001 attacks was a complex, lengthy, and highly studied series of events. ... All times in New York Time (EDT or UTC - 4). ... All times, except where otherwise noted, in New York Time (EDT). ... All times, except where otherwise noted, in New York Time (EDT). ... 2001 November Thursday, November 1, 2001 Afternoon: Deputy Mayor Anthony P. Coles meets with the two firefighter union leaders, Fire Capt. ... Tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy, including biographical details, are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site. ... World Trade Center The number of missing and presumed dead in New York City is 2,749. ... Any tributes to the individuals hurt or injured in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site New York City According to the 9/11 Commisson, approximately 16,400 to 18,800 civilians were in the World Trade Center complex at the time of the attacks. ... Any tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site Australia: 10 Belgium: 1 Bermuda: 1 Brazil: 3 Canada: 24 Peoples Republic of China: 4 Côte dIvoire: 1 Colombia: 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2 Dominican Republic: 1 El... Firefighters New York City firefighters rushed to the World Trade Center minutes after the first plane struck the north tower. ... American Airlines Flight 11 was an American Airlines flight aboard a Boeing 767-223ER, N334AA aircraft. ... United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (BOS-LAX) route. ... Security Camera image of the moment that American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon American Airlines Flight 77 was a morning flight that routinely flew from Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington DC, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (IAD-LAX). ... United Airlines Flight 93 was a flight that regularly flew from Newark International Airport (now known as Newark Liberty International Airport) in Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... Photo of George W. Bush and Laura Bush visiting Shanksville on September 11, 2002 Shanksville is a borough located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ... September 11, 2001 was the sole day that defined the first term of President George W. Bush. ... All United Kingdom military bases increased their level of security awareness. ... It is usually claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks had immediate and far-ranging economic effects. ... Box-cutter knives were apparently used in the September 11, 2001 attacks, though such knives are not usually considered weapons. ... Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, several institutions responded with closures, cancellations, and postponements. ... The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had a huge impact on the media, not just in terms of TV coverage. ... The area surrounding the World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, and physical destruction. ... Charities and relief agencies raised over $657 million in the three weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the vast bulk going to immediate survivors and victims families. ... The first memorials to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks began to take shape online, as hundreds of webmasters posted their own thoughts, links to the Red Cross and other rescue agencies, photos and eyewitness accounts. ... Responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks has been found to lie with Osama bin Laden and his organization al-Qaida. ... Many individuals were directly responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Cell phones and in-plane credit card phones played a major role during and after the attack, starting with hijacked passengers who called family or notified the authorities about what was happening. ... Various terms and catchphrases Nine-eleven (or 9/11 in the US date notation for September 11th) Lets roll—the last known words of Todd Beamer. ... Misinformation and rumors about the September 11, 2001 attacks began circulating almost immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... There were isolated cases of commercial opportunism following the September 11, 2001 attacks and subsequent 2001 anthrax attack. ... The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in... Commissions seal The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response to the... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks carried out in the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

Background History

• 1972: One World Trade Center completed.
• 1973: Two World Trade Center completed.
• 1989: Osama bin Laden founds Al-Qaida.
• 1993: World Trade Center bombing
• 1995: Operation Bojinka is discovered by Manila police on a laptop computer in an apartment after a fire.
• 1996: The Taliban, a radical Islamic movement, takes control of Afghanistan.
• 1998: The 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania occur.
• 1999: Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacked. One passenger dies while the others are released.
• 2000: The USS Cole is bombed in Yemen

At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States strongest allies in west Asia are Turkey (a member of NATO), Israel and Egypt. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957 or July 30, 1957) (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن), commonly known as Osama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن), is the figurehead of al-Qaeda, an Islamist movement that has been involved in attacks... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... The World Trade Center bombing was the February 26, 1993 attack in the garage of the New York City World Trade Center. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Operation Bojinka (also known as Project Bojinka, Bojinka Plot, Bojinga, from Arabic: بجنكة – slang in many dialects for explosion and pronounced Bo-JIN-ka, except in Egyptian where it is Bo-GIN-ka) was a planned large-scale attack on airliners in 1995, and was a precursor to the September... Manila (Maynila in Filipino) is the capital city of the Philippines. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Taliban (Pashtun and Persian: طالبان; students of Islam), also transliterated as Taleban, is an Islamist movement which ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, despite having diplomatic recognition from only three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi The embassy in Kenya after the bombing On August 7, 1998, the United States embassies in the East African capital cities of Tanzania and Kenya, were severely damaged in nearly simultaneous truck bomb attacks. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Indian Airlines Flight 814 was a flight that flew from Kathmandu, Nepal to Delhi, Indias Indira Gandhi International Airport On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1999, the flight was hijacked shortly after takeoff by terrorists. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The second USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. ...

Planning

• 1992 - Mohammed Atta arrives in Germany
• 1994 - Planning on Operation Bojinka begins in the Philippines
• 1995 - Operation Bojinka foiled, Said Bahaji and Ramzi Binalshibh arrive in Germany
• 1996 - Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah arrive in Germany
• 1997 - Zakariyah Essabar arrives in Germany
• 1998 - Recruitment of terrorists in Germany starts
• 1999 - Hamburg cell is fully formed
• 2000 - 2000 al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia, "pilots" head to the United States and train in flying schools
• 2001 - Rest of the hijackers go to the United States, Zacarias Moussaoui comes to the United States and is arrested, other cell members flee Germany

The Planning of the September 11, 2001 attacks was a complex, lengthy, and highly studied series of events. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This photograph of Mohammed Atta was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Operation Bojinka (also known as Project Bojinka, Bojinka Plot, Bojinga, from Arabic: بجنكة – slang in many dialects for explosion and pronounced Bo-JIN-ka, except in Egyptian where it is Bo-GIN-ka) was a planned large-scale attack on airliners in 1995, and was a precursor to the September... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Said Bahaji is an at-large al-Qaida member, wanted for his role in the September 11 attacks. ... Ramzi Binalshibh (Arabic: رمزي بن الشيبة; also transliterated as Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ramzi bin al-Shaibah, and several other ways; born 1973), is a citizen of Yemen and according to the United States, Germany, and several other countries, a key al-Qaida member who helped in planning the September... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Al-Shehhi, here in a rare undated photograph Marwan al-Shehhi (Arabic: مروان الشحي, also transliterated Alshehhi) (May 9, 1978 - September 11, 2001) was named by the FBI as the suicide pilot aboard United Airlines flight 175 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... This photograph of Ziad Jarrah was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Zakariyah Essabar is a known member of al-Qaida Zakariyah Essabar (Arabic: زكريا الصبار) is, according to the governments of the United States, Germany, and other countries, a member of al-Qaida and an associate of many of the organizers of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... It was at this Marienstraße apartment where many of the September 11 conspirators met to plan their futures. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moussaoui mugshot Zacarias Moussaoui (born May 30, 1968), a Frenchman of Moroccan descent, is the only person to be indicted in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ...

Execution

• 2001 - Financial Support
• 2001 - War Games Paralleled Attacks

2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... During the September 11, 2001 attacks the US was holding multiple annual war games with at least one strongly resembling the actual attacks. ...

September 11, 2001

Also the United Nations International Day of Peace for 2001 [1] (http://www.escwa.org.lb/information/press/un/2001/11sept.html) All times in New York Time (EDT or UTC - 4). ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 8:46 AM: American Airlines flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center north tower
• 9:02 AM: United Airlines flight 175 crashes into the World Trade Center south tower.
• 9:37 AM: American Airlines flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon.
• 9:59 AM: South Tower of World Trade Center collapses.
• 10:03 AM: United Airlines flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania.
• 10:28 AM: North Tower of World Trade Center collapses.

American Airlines Flight 11 was an American Airlines flight aboard a Boeing 767-223ER, N334AA aircraft. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (BOS-LAX) route. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... Security Camera image of the moment that American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon American Airlines Flight 77 was a morning flight that routinely flew from Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington DC, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (IAD-LAX). ... The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... United Airlines Flight 93 was a flight that regularly flew from Newark International Airport (now known as Newark Liberty International Airport) in Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ...

Rest of September

• September 13: The 'Star-Spangled Banner' is played during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Russia observes a minute's silence. See Memorials and services.
• September 20: George W. Bush announces that the USA is at war. See US governmental response.
• September 14 to September 21: Worldwide stock markets plummet. See World economic effects.
• September 15: CIA director George Tenet presents the Worldwide Attack Matrix.

This was a very tradgic day and year for our country. All times, except where otherwise noted, in New York Time (EDT). ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title The Defence of Fort McHenry, with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ... Contents // Categories: Stub | London attractions ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria memorial. This principal facade of 1850 by Edward Blore was redesigned in 1913 by Sir Aston Webb. ... The first memorials to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks began to take shape online, as hundreds of webmasters posted their own thoughts, links to the Red Cross and other rescue agencies, photos and eyewitness accounts. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the... ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... A stock market is a market for the trading of publicly held company stock and associated financial instruments (including stock options, convertibles and stock index futures). ... It is usually claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks had immediate and far-ranging economic effects. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is a former United States Director of Central Intelligence. ... The Worldwide Attack Matrix is a document describing covert anti-terror operations in 80 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa created in the wake of September 11, 2001. ...

God Bless America!!

Aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks

• October 1: Rudy Giuliani speaks to the United Nations General Assembly
• October 7: U.S. Attack on Afghanistan commences
• November 2001: Uniformed Firefighters Association holds a demonstration against the reduction in firefighters allocated to The Pile.
• March 2002: The Tribute in Light project begins.
• September 2002: First anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Attacks are held throughout the world, particularly the USA.

2001 November Thursday, November 1, 2001 Afternoon: Deputy Mayor Anthony P. Coles meets with the two firefighter union leaders, Fire Capt. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... (Redirected from 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan) The United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Australia and the Northern Alliance, Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of its War on Terrorism campaign. ... The Pile, Manhattan The Pile was the term coined by the rescue workers to describe the tons of wreckage left from the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center. ... The Tribute in Light was a temporary art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center from March 11 to April 14, 2002 to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... On September 11, 2002, various memorials and services across the world marked the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the greatest number being in Manhattan. ...

External links

• "Complete 911 Timeline" (http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/project.jsp?project=911_project) - Provided by the Center for Cooperative Research.
• "Oh Lucy! - You Gotta Lotta 'Splainin To Do" (http://fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html)
• "White House whitewashers (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/27/spin/index.html)" (written 27th Sept 2001)
• "Attacks prompt widespread closings (http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/attack.closings/)" (written 11th Sept 2001)
• Barter, Sheila, "How the World Trade Center fell (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1540044.stm)". [ BBC ]