1. Blog Assignment #1: Due Sunday, May 13, 2012 at
Midnight
Research exactly what happened on 9/11/2001. Utilizing your
research, create a chronological list of events that occurred beginning on September
11, 2001 to present day. You
should have at least 15 markers on your timeline.
Information
may include:
- When the hijackers boarded the
plane
- The times of the different
attacks (NYC and D.C.)
- The time the towers fell
- Time broadcasted on the news
- Security response
- Response to the attack (i.e. war)
Include the
reputable sources you used for your timeline in MLA format. Use this website for help:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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ReplyDelete7:59 am: The four airplanes that were hijacked began taking off.
8:31 am: ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC broadcast the news.
8:34 am: BBC broadcasts the news.
8:42 am: The last communication made with air traffic control was made.
8:46 am: The first crash occurred, hitting the north tower of New York’s World Trade Center.
8:48 am: CNN broadcasts the news.
8:50 am: President George W. Bush received news of the first plane crash
9:03 am: The second crash happened, hitting the south tower of the World Trade Center.
9:05 am: Bush learned of the attacks.
9:36 am: Secret Service agents evacuated Vice President Dick Cheney and his aides from his office to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center.
9:37 am: Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon.
9:45 am: The White House and U.S Capitol were evacuated.
9:59 am: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.
10:03 am: The fourth hijacked plane crashed, in a field in Shanksville Pennsylvania.
10:28 am: The north tower of New York’s World Trade Center collapsed.
11: 02 am: New York City Mayor ordered an evacuation of lower Manhattan, alerting everyone south of Canal Street to get out.
8:30 pm: President Bush gave his final address of the day from the White House.
Within the past years, confidence in the country’s safety from terrorism has increased dramatically. Most Americans are satisfied with the action’s the country’s taken in response to 9/11. “Sixty seven percent are satisfied with the way the United States has responded to the attacks, and sixty four percent think the country is safer now than it was before 9/11”(ABC News).
Works Cited
"9/11 Anniversary: A Sense of Security Rebounds - ABC News." ABCNews.com - Breaking News, Latest News & Top Video News - ABC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
"9/11 Timeline: Key Events Of September 11, 2001 (PHOTOS)." Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
"September 11 Television Archive : Free Movies : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive." Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
Timeline of Tragedy on 9/11
ReplyDeleteo The first of the four hijacked planes to take off took off at 7:59 am. The next three took off at 8:14 am, 8:20 am, and 8:42 am.
o The first crash occurred at 8:46 am. The plane hit the north tower of the world trade center.
o The second crash happened at 9:03 am. The plane hit the south tower of the world trade center.
o President George W. Bush learned of the first two attacks at 9:05 am. He was in an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida.
o At 9:31 am, president Bush spoke in an address from the elementary school in Florida.
o Secret Service agents evacuated Vice President Dick Cheney and his aides from his office at 9:36 am. They went to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a bunker that is located underneath the White House.
o The third flight to take off crashed into the pentagon at 9:37 am.
o Shortly after the third crash, the white house and U.S. capital were evacuated (9:45 am).
o The south tower of the world trade center collapsed at 9:59 am after burning for 56 minutes.
o The last plane crashed at 10:03 am in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The passengers revolted and were able to stop the hijackers from crashing into a more populated area.
o The north tower burned for 102 minutes before it collapsed at 10:28 am.
o At 11:02 am the mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani ordered an evacuation of lower Manhattan.
o President Bush addressed the country from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana at 1:04 pm, telling citizens that the military was on high alert.
o At 5:20 pm, the world trade center building collapsed completely from ancillary damage.
o President Bush gave his final address at 8:30 pm from the white house. He informed Americans that he set up federal defense against additional attacks.
Lavender, Paige. "9/11 Timeline: Key Events Of September 11, 2001 (PHOTOS)." Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Huff Post, 11 Sept. 2010. Web. 13 May 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/10/911-timeline-september-11-anniversary_n_953873.html#s352809
Timeline
ReplyDelete7:59 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, departs Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
8:14 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, departs from Boston's Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
8:20 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, departs Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
8:42 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, departs from Newark International Airport bound for San Francisco International Airport.
8:45 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north World Trade Center tower (1 Tower).
8:46 A.M. - Jet fighters are scrambled from Otis Air National Guard Base in Fallmouth, Massachusetts.
9:03 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the south World Trade Center tower (2 Tower).
9:31 A.M. - President George W. Bush makes a statement from Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida calling the crashes an "apparent terrorist attack."
9:40 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the west side of the Pentagon.
9:45 A.M. - An operator receives a cell phone call from a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, who reports that the flight has been hijacked and that the passengers are going to fight back.
9:48 A.M. - The White House's West Wing and the U. S. Capitol are evacuated.
9:59 A.M. - The south World Trade Center tower (2 Tower) collapses.
10:07 A.M. - United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
10:28 A.M. - The north World Trade Center tower (1 Tower) collapses.
8:30 P.M. - President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office.
"September 11, 2001: Timeline." Welcome to The Patriot Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
1. 7:59 AA flight 11, with 92 people aboard takes off from Boston, MA.
ReplyDelete2. 8:14 United Airlines flight 175 leaving from Boston going to LA.
3. 8:20 American Airlines flight 77 departs from Dulles International Airport in DC.
4. 8:41 United Airlines flight 93 departs from EWR en route to San Francisco.
5. 8:46 Mohammed Atta crashes the plane into floors 93-99 of the North tower.
6. 9:03 Hijackers fly flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the South Tower.
7. 9:59 The South tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
8. 10:07 After crew members are aware of the attacks on New York, passengers and crew members try to retake control of the flight, however the hijackers crash the plane into a field in Pennsylvania. No one survived.
9. 10:28 The North Tower collapses 102 minutes after burning with jet fuel.
10. 9/13/2001 President bush says he will not rest until Bin Laden is dead.
11. 10/7/2001 War in Afghanistan begins and television news channels air footage of Bin Laden,
12. November 2001 American soldiers start offering $25 million reward for Bin Laden
13. 12/13/01 Pentagon releases a film of Bin Laden discussing the 9/11 attacks at an Al-Qaida dinner.
14. 3/20/03 U.S. invades Iraq.
15. 5/1/11 Bin Laden is killed by a U.S. raid in Pakistan.
Works Cited
"9/11: Timeline of Events — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
"Timeline, key events in the war on terror." Dayton Daily News | Dayton, Ohio, News and Information . N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2012. .
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ReplyDeleteWhy does it keep deleting! Ms Landis help
ReplyDelete-9/11/01 7:35am – Two hijackers board American Airlines Flight 11.
ReplyDelete-9/11/01 7:59am – Flight 11 leaves Logan International Airport bound for Los Angeles.
-9/11/01 8:14am – United Airlines Flight 175 leaves Boston Logan Airport going to Los Angeles with five hijackers on it.
-9/11/01 8:20am – American Airlines Flight 77 leaves Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia for Los Angeles with five hijackers on it.
-9/11/01 8:42am – United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark Airport to San Francisco with four hijackers aboard.
-9/11/01 8:46am – Flight 11 hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center between floors 93 and 99.
-9/11/01 8:49am – CNN is the first network to report the attack live on TV.
-9/11/01 8:55am – George Bush, reading to kids in Florida, is informed about the attacks.
-9/11/01 9:01am – Flight 175 hits the South tower of the World Trade Center between floors 77 and 85.
-9/11/01 9:08am – FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through airspace around New York City.
-9/11/01 9:37am – Flight 77 crashes into the western side of the Pentagon.
-9/11/01 9:59am – The South Tower of the WTC collapses, 56 minutes after being hit.
-9/11/01 10:03am – Flight 93 crashes into a field, however its target was the White House.
-9/11/01 10:10am - Part of the west side of the Pentagon collapses.
-9/11/01 10:28am - The North Tower of the WTC collapses, 112 minutes after being hit.
-9/11/01 8:30pm - President Bush addresses the nation from the White House.
Works cited
"911 time line: all day events"
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?day_of_9/11=dayof911&timeline=complete_911_timeline
Timeline
ReplyDelete- 8:35 am: Flight 11 from Boston to LA is hijacked after takeoff
- 8:43 am: Flight 175 from Boston to LA is also hijacked
- 8:47 am: Flight 11 crashes into the first tower of the World Trade Center
- 9:02 am: Flight 175 crashes into the second tower of the World Trade Center
- 9:08 am: FAA closes all NY area airports
- 9:21 am: Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels into the metropolitan area
- 9:41 am: Flight 77 to LA crashes into the Pentagon
- 9:45 am: White House is evacuated
- 10:00 am: Flight 93 crashes in Shanksville, PA
- 10:10 am: A portion of the Pentagon caves in
- 10:28 am: NY governor George Pataki officially declares a State of Emergency
- 11:00 am: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani evacuates lower Manhattan
- 12:15 pm: Canada and Mexico borders are closed
- 1:27 pm: State of Emergency is declared in DC
- 8:30 pm: President George W. Bush addressees the United States with a national speech from the white house
Works Cited:
Sullivan, Robert, ed. One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Print.