civics assignment september 10, 2012

• 7:59 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, departs Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

• 8:14 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, departs from Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

• 8:.20 A.M - American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, departs Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

• 8:20 AM : Air traffic controllers suspect Flight 11 has been hijacked.

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• 8:40 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11.

• 8:42 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, departs from Newark International Airport bound for San Francisco International Airport.

• 8:43 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of United Airlines Flight 175.

• 8:46 am – Within seconds, NYPD and FDNY forces dispatch units to the World Trade Center:

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• 846 AM: Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center north tower.

• 8:47 am -- Port Authority Police Department officers on site begin immediate evacuation of the North Tower

• 8:52 AM: Two F-15s take off from Otis Air Force Base after Flight 175.

• 9:03 AM: Flight 175 crashes into the south WTC tower.

• 9:08 A.M. - The FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to or through New York airspace.

• 9:10 AM: Major General Paul Weaver states Flight 77 came back on the (radar) scope at 9:10 in West Virginia.

• 9:17 A.M. - The FAA shuts down all New York City-area airports.

• 9:21 A.M. - All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan are closed.

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• 9:24 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77.

• 9:24 AM: The FAA, who 28 minutes earlier had discovered Flight 77 off course and heading east over West Virginia, reportedly notifies NORAD.

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• 9:25 A.M. - The FAA orders shutdown of all airports nationwide, banning takeoffs of all civilian aircraft.

• 9:28 AM: Air traffic control learns that Flight 93 has been hijacked.

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• 9:38 AM: Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.

• 9:43 am - 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.

• 9:59 AM: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

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• 10:10 AM: Flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania.

• 10:28 AM: The World Trade Center north tower collapses.

• 1 pm – From a U.S. Air Force base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U.S. military forces are on high alert worldwide

• 5:20 PM: Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses.

• 6:58 pm – President Bush returns to the White House after stops at military bases in Louisiana and Nebraska.

• 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