On the morning of September 11, 2001, nearly precisely 20 years in the past, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 California-bound industrial airplanes with the intention of putting a few of the US’ most iconic buildings. In the hours that adopted, scenes of chaos and devastation beamed on tv screens internationally as two of the hijacked planes crashed into the dual towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one other struck the west aspect of the Pentagon constructing in Washington DC, whereas the fourth fell in a discipline in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 3,000 folks had been killed and numerous extra injured within the terror assault, that ceaselessly reworked the United States, leaving it with deep, indelible scars, and prompted a drastic readjustment of its overseas and home coverage. Most notably, the occasion set off the fast deployment of US forces to Afghanistan, marking the start of the nation’s longest conflict.
Here is a timeline of how the 9/11 terror assaults unfolded
7:59 am: Los Angeles-bound American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members departs from Boston’s Logan International Airport. Five hijackers had been additionally on board.
8:14 am: United Airlines Flight 175, with 56 passengers and 9 crew members onboard, takes off from Logan International Airport. This airplane too was headed to Los Angeles and was carrying 5 hijackers.
8:19 am: Crew members onboard Flight 11 alert floor personnel {that a} hijacking was happening. Just moments earlier than this, a passenger named Daniel Lewin was stabbed by a hijacker, who was seated behind him.
8:20 am: American Airlines Flight 77, headed in direction of Los Angeles International Airport, takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport.
8:42 am: San Francisco-bound United Airlines Flight 93 takes off at Newark after a delay. Seven crew members, 33 passengers, and 4 hijackers had been on board.
In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001 file photograph, rescue staff proceed their search as smoke rises from the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo)
8:46 am: Flight 11 crashes into the north face of the World Trade Centre’s North Tower. All 92 folks on board had been killed
8:50 am: President George W Bush is alerted of the crash.
8:50-8:54 am: Flight 77 is hijacked over Southern Ohio
9:03 am: Flight 175 crashes into the south face of the World Trade Centre’s South Tower.
9:28 am: Flight 93 is hijacked someplace over northern Ohio.
9:37 am: Flight 77 crashes into the western aspect of the Pentagon constructing, sparking a violent fireplace.
9:45 am: The US’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounds all flights. All plane are directed to land on the nearest airport.
9:57 am: Passengers onboard Flight 93 revolt towards the hijackers and try and regain management over the airplane.
9:59 am: The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, almost an hour after Flight 175 made impression. More than 800 folks had been killed.
10:03 am: Flight 93 crashes right into a discipline close to Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew storm the cockpit. Forty folks handed away within the crash. But the hijackers survived.
A pupil takes within the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial after touring the 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York City, US, August 26, 2021. (Reuters)
10:28 am: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, an hour and 42 minutes after the airplane crashed into it. More than 1,600 folks in and across the constructing are killed within the course of.
10:50 am: Five tales of the western aspect of the Pentagon collapse.
In this June 7, 2018 file photograph, the World Trade Center website is seen from an higher flooring of three World Trade Center in New York. (Source: AP)
11:02 am: The Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani points an order for the evacuation of Lower Manhattan.
8:30 pm: President Bush addressed the nation from the White House and warranted Americans that these “behind these evil acts” shall be recognized.
