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In the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, two hijacked commercial jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday, toppling both 110-story towers, where thousands of people had just arrived for work.
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Twin Towers
In a day of infamy being compared to Pearl Harbor, the Twin Towers of New York's landmark World Trade Center crashed to the ground about an hour after airliners smashed into each of the 110-story buildings at around 9 a.m.
Timeline of Terror:
Tuesday, September 11
8:45 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 92
people from Boston to Los Angeles, crashes into north tower of World Trade
Center.
9:03 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175, carrying 65 people from Boston to
Los Angeles, crashes into south tower of World Trade Center.
9:31 a.m. President Bush calls the crashes an "apparent terrorist
attack on our country."
9:40 a.m. Trading on Wall Street called off.
9:43 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77, carrying 64 people from Washington
to Los Angeles, crashes near the Pentagon.
9:48 a.m. The Capitol and West Wing of the White House are evacuated.
9:49 a.m. The Federal Aviation Administration bars aircraft takeoffs
across the country. International flights in progress told to land in Canada.
9:50 a.m. One World Trade Center the north tower collapses.
10:29 a.m. Two World Trade Center the south tower collapses.
10:37 a.m. Officials confirm that United Airlines Flight 93, en route to
San Francisco from Newark, N.J., has crashed 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
None of the 45 people aboard believed to have survived.
10-11:30 a.m. Government buildings around the country are evacuated,
including the Capitol and the White House. The United Nations closed down. The
Securities and Exchange Commission closes all U.S. financial markets for the
day. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani calls for evacuation of lower
Manhattan.
1:20 p.m. Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base, La., for secure,
undisclosed location.
2:51 p.m. The Navy dispatches missile destroyers and other equipment to
New York and Washington.
5:25 p.m. Seven World Trade Center collapses.