Monday, September 11

The Chronology of The Attacks of The September 11

Here the chronology of the attacks which have occurred on September 11, 2001 in the United States:

-7h59 (11h59 GMT): a Boeing 767 of American Airlines (flight 11), with 92 people on board, takes off of the international airport Logan of Boston bound for Los Angeles.

-8h14 (12h14 GMT): a Boeing 767 of United Airlines (flight 175), with 65 people on board, leaves Boston for Los Angeles.

-8h21 (12h21 GMT): a Boeing 757 of American Airlines (flight 77), with 64 people on board, takes off of the airport Washington Dulles for Los Angeles.

-8h40 (12h40 GMT): the Administration of the Civil aviation (FAA) informs the North-eastern sector of the NORAD (air defense) of a possible diversion of flight 11.

-8h41 (12h41 GMT): a Boeing 757 of United Airlines (flight 93), with 44 people on board, takes off Newark (New Jersey) bound for San Francisco.

-8h43 (12h43 GMT): the FAA informs the NORAD of a possible diversion of flight 175.

-8h46 (12h46 GMT): flight 11 of American Airlines is crushed on the northern lathe of World Trade Center (WTC).

-9h03 (13h03 GMT): flight 175 of United Airlines is crushed on the southern lathe of World Trade Center.

-9h08 (13h08 GMT): the FAA prohibits the takeoff of all the airliners going to New York or passing above.

-9h24 (13h24): the FAA informs the NORAD of a possible diversion of flight 77.

-9h26 (13h26 GMT): the Administration of the civil aviation (FAA) suspends all the flights above the United States. The international flights in progress are diverted towards Canada and other nearby countries.

-9h31 (13h31 GMT): president George W. Bush estimates since Sarasota (Florida) that it is “apparently about a terrorist attack against our country”.

-9h40 (13h40 GMT): flight 77 is crushed on the Pentagon. Stop of quotations in Wall Street.

-9h48 (13h48 GMT): Capitole and the western wing of the White House are evacuated.

-9h58 (13h58 GMT): an operator of a center of help in Pennsylvania receives a call of a passenger of shouting flight 93: “We are victims of a diversion! We are victims of a diversion!”

-9h59 (13h50 GMT): the southern tower of World Trade Center breaks down.

-10h07 (14h07 GMT): flight 93 is crushed with 130km in the south-east of Pittsburgh.

-10h28 (14h28 GMT): the northern tower of World Trade Center breaks down.

-10h-11h30 (14h-15h30 GMT): the governmental buildings of the country are evacuated, of which Capitole and the White House. The firm seat of the United Nations. The SEC decides the closing of all the American financial markets for the remainder of the day.

-11h (15h GMT): the mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani asks for the evacuation of the southern part of Manhattan.

-11h40 (15h40 GMT): Mr. Bush leaves Florida for the air base of Barksdale (Louisiana), after having decided not to return immediately to Washington. He will go then to 15h07 (19h07 GMT) on the basis of air Offutt (Nebraska)
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-14h51 (18h51 GMT): US Navy deploys buildings of war off New York and of Washington.

-19h (23h GMT): president Bush arrives at the White House.

-20h30 (00h30): Mr. Bush, who applies to the nation, affirms that “thousands of lives were suddenly stopped” because of these attacks and to add that “the terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our larger buildings, but they cannot shake the foundations of America”.

It was 5 years ago…And we will never forget those victims.

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