102 minutes that changed America
8:46 AM-THE FIRST STRIKE
An American Airlines Boeing 767 making a Boston-Los Angeles connection with 92 people on board -- including five hijackers -- smashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, leaving a giant hole in the building's facade.
9:03 AM-SECOND TOWER HIT
A United Airlines Boeing 767 making a Boston-Los Angeles connection with 65 people on board -- including five hijackers -- hits the South Tower of the WTC, sparking a massive explosion.
9:30 AM-BUSH SPEAKS
Then US president George W Bush calls the blasts "an apparent terrorist attack." He orders "a full-scale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who committed these acts".
9:37 AM-PENTAGON HIT
An American Airlines Boeing 757 making a Washington Dulles-Los Angeles connection with 64 people on board -- including five hijackers -- smashes into the Pentagon in suburban Washington, setting off two explosions.
9:42 AM-PLANES GROUNDED
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) orders the cancellation of all commercial flights in the US.
9:59 AM-SOUTH TOWER COLLAPSES
The WTC's South Tower, hit 56 minutes earlier, collapses in a huge cloud of smoke and dust.
10:03 AM-CRASH IN PENNSYLVANIA
A United Airlines Boeing 757 travelling from Newark to San Francisco with 44 people on board -- including four hijackers -- crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew apparently fought with the hijackers.
10:28 AM-NORTH TOWER COLLAPSES
The north tower of the WTC collapses, an hour and 42 minutes after it was struck. A huge cloud of dust blankets lower Manhattan.
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