From the Twin Towers, to the Pentagon, to Shanksville, Pa.
On September 11, 2001, 2,983 men, women, and children were killed at the World Trade Center , the Pentagon and aboard Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Here's how the 9/11 terror attacks unfolded on that day.5:45 a.m. - Hijackers pass through security in Portland, Maine, and board a flight to Boston, where they connect to American Airlines Flight 11.This June 23, 1999, file photo shows the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.7:59 a.m.
Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center was, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.8:20 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 77, en route to Los Angeles, takes off from Washington, D.C. Six crew members, 53 passengers, and five hijackers are on board.
8:42 a.m. San Francisco-bound United Airlines Flight 93 takes off at Newark following a delay. Seven crew members, 33 passengers, and four hijackers are on board.Smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers, Sept. 11, 2001, in New York.8:50 a.m. - President George W. Bush is alerted. His advisors assume this is a tragic accident.8:59 a.m. - Port Authority police order the evacuation of both towers.
9:05 a.m. - Flight 77 passenger Barbara Olson calls her husband, U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who alerts other federal officials of the hijacking. People cover their faces as they escape the collapse of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center following terrorist attacks, Sept. 11, 2001.9:59 a.m. - The South Tower collapses in 10 seconds after burning for 56 minutes. More than 800 people in and around the building are killed.
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