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Timeline of Sept. 11, 2001

By The Associated Press

8:27 AM EDT, September 11, 2006

8:00 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11, Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport for Los Angeles.

8:14 a.m. -- United Airlines Flight 175, Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston's Logan airport for Los Angeles.

8:21 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 77, Boeing 757 with 64 people aboard, 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 Airlines Flight 93, Boeing 757 with 44 people aboard, 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 airspace around New York City.

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. (approx.) -- 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 trade center collapses.

10:07 a.m. (approx.) -- 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 Rudolph Giuliani 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, 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.