Attack Timeline

Actions of Top Officials

timeline: buildings jetliners military officials commission norad

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George Bush 08:15 Flight 11 unresponsive 08:20 Flight 11 transponder off, veers 08:24 Flight 11 transmits "We have some planes" 08:46 WTC1 hit 08:50 WTC 1 08:55 motorcade arrives at school 09:06 WTC 2 09:25 leaves Booker T. school 09:29 stops to make scheduled press announcement 11:45 Air Force One lands at Barksdale AFB 13:44 Air Force One departs Barksdale AFB 14:50 Air Force One lands at Offutt AFB 18:44

Dick Cheney 08:15 08:46 08:46 Flight 77 veers 09:03 WTC 2 hit 09:20 watches incomming Flight 77 09:27 talks to Bush 09:37 Pentagon attack

Donald Rumsfeld 08:15 08:46 08:48 first TV news reports of WTC crash 09:00 local network TV affiliates go live 09:23 learns of WTC attack

Richard Myers 08:15 08:46 09:40 learns of WTC, Pentagon attack