September 11

0800-0900
VP Cheney/NSA Rice at offices
SECDEF Rumsfeld at office meeting Hill delegation
President's Daily I SECSTATE Powell at breakfast with President of Peru
DCI Tenet at breakfast with former Sen Boren at St Regis
General Shelton, CJCS, flying to Europe Radio transmission overheard [before
AG Ashcroft flying to Milwaukee 8:58] that Fleischer needed on arrival
FBI DIR Mueller at office at FBI HQ at school to discuss reports of some
sort of crash. Bush arrives at school
ust prior to 8:58, updated by Rice

First news reports on

FAA open phone TV. Bush asked "Do
line to Secret you know what's going
Service after 8:46 on in New York?"
[Time may be garbled]
AA11 flies into
North Tower
08:46:26

0800

OtisF-15's
hijacked [NORAD] takeoff

J A T M g r , AA11
Boston ATC NOR AD n o t i f , UA175
I possible hijacking'
decides AA11 [hijacked
hijacked Conference Call

Key Question: What Transpired?

Key Question: Why 20+ Minutes?

47 minutes: 2 hijackings, 1 crash$ 0 fighters airborne

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0900-1000

Bush departs for

Bush reads story Bush first public comments Barksdale
to class. Fleischer "apparent terrorist attack on
whispers " second our country."
UA175 flies into South plane hit WTC. South Tower
JCS Crisis Action Collapses 09:59:04
Tower, 09:02:54 America under Team up by 0930 AA77 crashes
attack." into Pentagon
Bush speaks Stock Market closes. White House
Cheney, watches Service escorts
begins evacuation
recorded events Cheney to bunker

LangleyF-16's I
airborne

FAA i.nfotms NORAD orders

NOR AD U A 93 Langley F-16S
hijacked scrambled for AA77 Langley F-
FAA orders entire^ LreachpCTta9
FAA shuts system shut down I
down NYC
airports banned in US

Key Question: AA77 turned at

0855, why 29 minute delay?

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North Tower
Collapses 10:28:31
seismic

UA93 crashes Part of Pentagon

collapses
10:06:05 [seismic]
Specific threat to AF One
during this time,
to Rove's notes

Toledo F«16'«
airborne

Key Question: UA93 crashed 77

minutes after the conference call
and 74 minutes after first fighters
airborne. What happened?

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up by this time to Sen. Schumer

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Bush at Barksdale Address

State of Emergency Bush departs
Nation Puts military on
worldwide alert Declared in Washington
President goes
back to AF One

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President speaks to
Giuliani and Pataki

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Washington

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