9/11/01 Timeline: How the September 11, 2001 attacks unfolded

Today marks 21 years since the day that changed America forever. 🇺🇸💔 We will never forget. neverforget

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.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. A minute later, the order is expanded to the entire World Trade Center complex.

9:36 a.m. - Secret Service agents evacuate Vice President Dick Cheney to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center beneath the White House.

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