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A timeline of events on Sept. 11, 2001: (All times EDT)
8:00 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.
8:14 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan airport for Los Angeles.
8:21 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles.
8:40 a.m. -- Federal Aviation Administration notifies North American Aerospace Defense Command's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 11.
8:41 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco.
8:43 a.m. -- FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of United Flight 175.
8:46 a.m. -- American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center.
9:03 a.m. -- United Flight 175 crashes into south tower of World Trade Center.
9:08 a.m. -- FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through its New York Center airspace.
9:21 a.m. -- All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan closed.
9:24 a.m. -- FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 77.
9:26 a.m. -- FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft.
9:31 a.m. -- President Bush, in Florida, calls crashes an "apparent terrorist attack on our country."
9:40 a.m. (approximately) -- American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon.
9:45 a.m. -- FAA orders all aircraft to land at nearest airport as soon as practical; more than 4,500 aircraft in air at the time.
9:48 a.m. -- U.S. Capitol and White House's West Wing evacuated.
9:59 a.m. -- South tower of World Trade Center collapses.
10:07 a.m. (approximately) -- United Flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania field.
10:28 a.m. -- North tower of World Trade Center collapses.
11:00 a.m. -- New York mayor orders evacuation of lower Manhattan.
1:04 p.m. -- From Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, Bush announces U.S. military on high-alert worldwide.
2:51 p.m. -- Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York and Washington.
3:07 p.m. -- Bush arrives at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
5:25 p.m. -- Empty 47-story Seven World Trade Center collapses.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
