9/11 Terrorist Attacks - The Timeline

September 11, 2001. A day that will go down in history as a day no American, or anyone across the globe, would forget. Today, we will break down the timeline of events that led to the attack and how the US responded to the dangerous assault on United States territory.

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3:25 Should read 1990- Bin Laden finds an unlikely partner in General Shahnawaz Tanai, a hardcore communist who wishes to overthrow the Afghan government in a coup led by Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whom Bin Laden disagrees with ideologically and attempted to have thrown out by organizing a no-confidence vote against her the year prior. Bin Laden agrees to fund the coup attempt by bribing many Afghan army officials, but the coup ultimately fails.

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CORRECTIONS:
3:25 Should read 1990- Bin Laden finds an unlikely partner in General Shahnawaz Tanai, a hardcore communist who wishes to overthrow the Afghan government in a coup led by Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whom Bin Laden disagrees with ideologically and attempted to have thrown out by organizing a no-confidence vote against her the year prior. Bin Laden agrees to fund the coup attempt by bribing many Afghan army officials, but the coup ultimately fails.

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[rolder]

Man imagine being in a situation where you have to choose burning to death or jumping from 80 stories up.

[B_COOPER]

That voicemail when he said “I’ll see you when you get there”. Man, thats heavy.

[krisfrederick]

We were the class of 2001. This was literally the introduction to the "real world" for us. It still blows my mind that so many kids didn't experience this. It's becoming nearly as distant to this Generation as Pearl Harbor is to us. I'll never forget my friend calling and waking me up that morning, frantically. "You HAVE to turn on the T.V." I replied "why what channel?" "EVERY channel..."

[druber]

My grandpa was a firefighter in DC during 9/11 and responded to the pentagon, luckily he was able to return home and is still around.

[GreaseballMcGeejr]

My aunt was a worker in tower 7, and she actually has an amazing story from this day. At the time she was extremely pregnant and was caught in traffic on that morning. This caused her to be late for the collapse of the towers. The crazy thing is, the next day, my cousin was born.

[random_uncle]

The passengers and crew who took the plane back are real heroes, they were truly acting selflessly. I can’t even fathom what they did. Truly incredible. Rest in peace to all of the 9-11 victims

[dirtydan]

Trying to get your $400 deposit back from a rental van that just exploded is wild 😅

[JohnstonJack]

A Manscape advertisement directly following a goodbye phone call from a passenger on a hijacked plane on 9/11 is definitely not an appropriate way to sell a product.

[ajh.]

I’ll never forget how eerie it was not hearing/seeing any planes in the sky afterwards.

[jonathanstewart]

"Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."

Those words by the passengers of flight 93 are haunting but incredible. Knowing they were backed into a corner, they sacrificed themselves rather than be another missle in an evil plot.

[katen]

Thank you for talking about the 2 fighter jet pilots who were prepared to take down that plane, if they had no choice, even if they went down with it. I read about this story while doing some research on 911 earlier this year and I wish more people knew about this!!

[ShadowCatGold]

First, thank you so much for creating this! I was 21 when this happened, and remember so much of it. But even I don't think I've seen such a comprehensive timeline put together, going as far back as 23 years prior. That voicemail from the man on Flight 175 to his wife three minutes before the plane hit the tower is...chilling, to put it mildly. We hear a lot about the phone calls made from flight 93 (as well we should), but I'd never heard this voicemail. Also, thank you for naming those two F16 pilots, and telling of their bravery by being prepared to sacrifice themselves to stop more loss of life. I'd never heard of them until just now. I'm glad you created this for a ton of reasons: for those of us who were alive when it happened, but maybe even more for those who were alive but too young to understand, and especially for those who were not even born then. I'm showing my age here, but my generation grew up with our parents talking about where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. Now our kids grow up hearing us talk about where we were on 9/11. I pray our kids' generation doesn't have a "where were you when "insert tragedy here" happened, " but I'm afraid they will.

[comewhiskme_]

I didn’t register the attack in kindergarten, but I had the sweetest old teacher, who’s room was covered in kitten pictures and posters, who was a total wreck while we watched and listened to the attack on her TV, appropriately strapped to a rolling black cart. 😢❤

Since then I got to work with an ex firefighter named Glen who could still go minute by minute with you through his experiences and the names of victims he rescued.

We will never forget 9/11. And god bless the Americans who lost blood in rescue efforts. ❤ 🇺🇸

[Unphasedmomma]

The two soldiers who were flying the F-16s don't get enough credit. They were so brave. 😢 for country, for humanity, and nothing else. Makes me tear up every time. 😢

[YerpDerp]

I was 13 when this happened. I was in my English class when they wheeled a TV into the room. I remember us all seeing the second plane hit live. I will never fully be able to explain what that did to my brain, along with many others. This event is what made me notice politics, violence and war. I remember they sent us all home early, and on the way home I couldn't stop looking at the sky. Everytime I heard a plane for months after this event it triggered this fear in me that it was another attack. I also remember waiting in line at a gas pump for almost 2 hours. Everyone was scared and panicking. The whole thing was so tragically wild. But it is the exact moment I became politically aware, as well being aware of geopolitical conflicts. To my young naive brain, that sort of violence and hatred can only come from blockbuster Hollywood movies. It really forced me into realizing the harsh realities of the world, and looking at everything differently. It was the end of my naive innocence.

[Hello-odxq]

We got 9 people saying first 💀Watch the dam video
Edit: I didnt even see what happened but like dam bro what is goin on 😭

[roygoodhand]

26:15 The so-called "Five Angels" of Flight 93 were practically seated right next to each other in two groups: Bingham and Burnett were both in Row 4, while "Forgotten Angel" Lauren Grandcolas was directly behind Todd "Let's Roll" Beamer (Beamer in 10D, Grandcolas in 11D) with Glick across from Grandcolas in 11A.

Those five were the ones who organized the passenger revolt that likely saved The Capitol Building, hence the term Five Angels.

The Heroes of Flight 93 deserve to be in the same category as men like Washington, Lincoln, Eisenhower and Patton.

[regalcartoon]

When the first plane hit, most people thought it was an unfortunate accident. But when that second plane hit…people realized that this wasn’t an accident. I can’t imagine the fear they felt, what was racing thought their heads at the time. Truly horrific.

[dimitaravramov]

At the time I was only 3 years old, however, my father’s birthday is on the same day and he told me how devastated and heartbreaking it was for everyone to have witnessed such an cowardly and inhumane act of violence. His exact words were “You should not fear the man hiding in the shadows, for he is not able to hide from god”. Truly an iniquitous experience.