Attack on the U.S.
Tues. 09.11.01 - 11:00 a.m. Feeling:
Listening:
Quote:
Sheer astonishment.
By now, the whole world knows of the tragedy that has occured here in the U.S. and still is. I can't express my emotions on this right now, so here's a brief rundown of today's events taken from the MSNBC website:
8:42 a.m. ET First plane slams into the north tower of the World Trade Center
9:00 a.m. ET Approximately 18 minutes later, a second plane slams into the south tower of the World Trade Center. The planes are later identified as American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 81 passengers, nine flight attendants and two pilots, hijacked after takeoff from Boston en route to Los Angeles, and American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Dulles Airport near Washington, carrying 58 passengers, four flight attendants and two pilots.
9:24 a.m. ET Bush calls today�s plane crashes at the World Trade Center "an apparent terrorist attack on our country."
9:32 a.m. ET Stock Exchange closed
9:35 a.m. ET An aircraft crashes on a helicopter landing pad near the Pentagon. A portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapses
9:50 a.m. ET The first tower, One World Trade Center, collapses in a plume of ash and debris.
10:05 a.m. ET The White House is evacuated.
10:30 a.m. ET Two World Trade Center, the second tower collapses.
10:29 a.m. ET United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashes just north of the Somerset County Airport, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The plane was carrying 38 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants. The FAA order the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down. American Airlines expresses concern about the fate of another plane, Flight 175, a Boeing 767 bound from Boston to Los Angeles.
12:00 p.m. E.T. The border between the United States and Mexico is sealed
1:02 p.m. ET New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani orders an evacuation of Manhattan south of Canal Street.
1:04 p.m. ET In a speech at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that security measures are being taken and and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
1:44 p.m. ET The Navy dispatches aircraft carriers and guided missile destroyers to New York and Washington. Around the country, fighters, airborne radar and refueling planes scramble. The North American Aerospace Defense Command go to its highest alert.
1:44 p.m. ET President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base for Strategic Air Command in Nebraska.
4:30 p.m. ET President Bush leaves the Strategic Air Command headquarters in Nebraska for Washington.
5:25 p.m. ET Seven World Trade Center, a 47-story tower, collapses from ancillary damage from this morning's attack
5:30 p.m. ET CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that U.S. officials say the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania could have been headed for one of three possible targets: Camp David, the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
6 p.m. ET Explosions are heard in Kabul, Afghanistan, hours after terrorist attacks targeted financial and military centers in the United States. The attacks occurred at 2:30 a.m. local time. Afghanistan is believed to be the home of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden, who U.S. officials say is possibly behind Tuesday's deadly attacks. U.S. officials say later that the United States had no involvement in the incident whatsoever.
7 p.m. ET President Bush returns to the White House. He is scheduled to address the nation at 9 p.m.
8:30 p.m. ET President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil" and asks for prayers for the families and friends of Tuesday's victims. "These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve," he says. The president says the U.S. government will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them.
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