Timeline Of Events
- 7:59 am – American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston's International Airport on route to Los Angeles
- 8:14 am – United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it is also heading to L.A.
- 8:19 am – Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alerts the ground control that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI
- 8:40 a.m - Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) notifies North American Aerospace Defence Command's (NORAD's) Northeast Air Defence Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 11. In response, two fighter planes are gathered together to locate and tail Flight 11; they are not yet in the air when Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower
- 8:43 a.m - FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defence Sector about suspected hijacking of United Flight 175
- 8:46 am – American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Centre from Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building.
- 9:03 am – Hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC's South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building
- 9:03 am – Hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 crash into floors 75-85 of the WTC's South Tower, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the building
- 9:59 am – After 56 minutes of when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses
- 10:28 am – The World Trade Center's North Tower collapses, 102 minutes after being struck by American Airlines Flight 11.
- 5:20 pm – Building seven apart of the World Trade Centre collapses due to the fallen debris from the North and South tower and hours of burning.
The timeline above is outlining the tragic events that took place on September 11th surrounding the World Trade Centre.
Information aquried from http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-timeline