world trade center timeline : 09/12/2001
2.00am
The FBI ups mass surveliance of the web.
Wired:
"An administrator at one major network service provider said that FBI agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs."
The person declined to say for publication what the provider’s response was, "but a lot of people" at other firms were quietly going along with the FBI’s request. "I know that they are getting a lot of ’OKs’ because they made it a point to mention that they would only be covering our core for a few days, while their ’main boxes were being set up at the Tier 1 carriers’ -- scary," the engineer said."
The FBI ups mass surveliance of the web.
Wired:
"An administrator at one major network service provider said that FBI agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs."
The person declined to say for publication what the provider’s response was, "but a lot of people" at other firms were quietly going along with the FBI’s request. "I know that they are getting a lot of ’OKs’ because they made it a point to mention that they would only be covering our core for a few days, while their ’main boxes were being set up at the Tier 1 carriers’ -- scary," the engineer said."
4.23am
CNN releases a "Partial list of those killed in Tuesday's attacks". It includes airplane passangers and those known to have died at the WTC.
CNN releases a "Partial list of those killed in Tuesday's attacks". It includes airplane passangers and those known to have died at the WTC.
5.20am
Pope John Paul II opens his weekly address with a statement condemning Tuesday’s attacks, saying "evil and death will not have the last word."
Pope John Paul II opens his weekly address with a statement condemning Tuesday’s attacks, saying "evil and death will not have the last word."
6.33am
The sun rises in New York, the temperature 64.4°. The new light reveals a dramatically different skyline to the day before - the twin towers, that so dominated the New York scenery, are no more.
The sun rises in New York, the temperature 64.4°. The new light reveals a dramatically different skyline to the day before - the twin towers, that so dominated the New York scenery, are no more.
6.49am
Taliban denies involvement in terrorist attacks.
CNN:
"Speaking soon after the attacks, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel criticized all forms of terrorism.
He told reporters that Afghanistan nor bin Laden had been directly accused and it was not necessary for his country to take security precautions.
Also, Taliban’s spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, said in a statement that bin Laden was not behind the attacks. "
Taliban denies involvement in terrorist attacks.
CNN:
"Speaking soon after the attacks, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel criticized all forms of terrorism.
He told reporters that Afghanistan nor bin Laden had been directly accused and it was not necessary for his country to take security precautions.
Also, Taliban’s spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, said in a statement that bin Laden was not behind the attacks. "
8.18am
Early figures are released of estimated dead by CNN:
10,000 - Early number given by U.S. Rep. Jim Moran of the possible dead in the World Trade Center.
800 - High estimate for fatalities at the Pentagon, where fires raged for hours after a commercial jet slammed into it.
300 - Firefighters feared dead in New York, most engulfed by the collapsing hulks of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, as they attempted to help victims out of the burning buildings.
266 - Persons aboard four jetliners, transformed by hijackers into suicide bombs, two aimed at the World Trade Center, one at the Pentagon, and one that crashed in rural Pennsylvania, which appeared to have fallen short of a target near Washington, D.C.
85 - New York City police officers thought to have died during early emergency efforts in lower Manhattan.
7 - Known dead at New York hospitals late Tuesday.
Early figures are released of estimated dead by CNN:
10,000 - Early number given by U.S. Rep. Jim Moran of the possible dead in the World Trade Center.
800 - High estimate for fatalities at the Pentagon, where fires raged for hours after a commercial jet slammed into it.
300 - Firefighters feared dead in New York, most engulfed by the collapsing hulks of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, as they attempted to help victims out of the burning buildings.
266 - Persons aboard four jetliners, transformed by hijackers into suicide bombs, two aimed at the World Trade Center, one at the Pentagon, and one that crashed in rural Pennsylvania, which appeared to have fallen short of a target near Washington, D.C.
85 - New York City police officers thought to have died during early emergency efforts in lower Manhattan.
7 - Known dead at New York hospitals late Tuesday.
8.45am
All European stock markets cease trading for one minute’s silence to remember Tuesday’s events.
All European stock markets cease trading for one minute’s silence to remember Tuesday’s events.
9.05am
The assistant director of the Washington, D.C., Airport Authority tells CNN that Dulles International and Ronald Reagan National airports will open at 3 p.m. Wednesday only to allow people to pick up their luggage and vehicles.
The assistant director of the Washington, D.C., Airport Authority tells CNN that Dulles International and Ronald Reagan National airports will open at 3 p.m. Wednesday only to allow people to pick up their luggage and vehicles.
10.00am
Congress reconvenes in the U.S. Capitol with members of both parties denouncing Tuesday’s events.
Congress reconvenes in the U.S. Capitol with members of both parties denouncing Tuesday’s events.
10.30am
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani warns that the death toll would be grim. "The numbers we are working with are in the thousands," Giuliani told reporters at a briefing.
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani warns that the death toll would be grim. "The numbers we are working with are in the thousands," Giuliani told reporters at a briefing.
10.50am
The president labels Tuesday's attacks "acts of war" and says the United States faces a different enemy than ever before in its history. "This will be a monumental struggle of good vs. evil. But good will prevail," Bush says.
The president labels Tuesday's attacks "acts of war" and says the United States faces a different enemy than ever before in its history. "This will be a monumental struggle of good vs. evil. But good will prevail," Bush says.
10.54am
CNN reports that the United States has intercepted two phone calls made after Tuesday’s terrorist attacks against the Pentagon and New York’s World Trade Center, and the conversations were between members of al Qaeda, an organization sponsored by bin Laden. In those conversations, U.S. law enforcement officials say the individuals discussed hitting two U.S. targets.
CNN reports that the United States has intercepted two phone calls made after Tuesday’s terrorist attacks against the Pentagon and New York’s World Trade Center, and the conversations were between members of al Qaeda, an organization sponsored by bin Laden. In those conversations, U.S. law enforcement officials say the individuals discussed hitting two U.S. targets.
11.25am
A total of nine survivors have been rescued so far in the rubble in New York. Six are firefighters, and three are police officers.
BBC News:
""The best estimate we can make, relying on the Port Authority and just about everybody else that has experience with this, is there will be a few thousand in each building," said New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Eighteen rescue teams are operating in the city, with support staff and vehicles brought in from other US states.
The emergency teams digging through the debris are also searching for their colleagues, workers crushed by the building as it collapsed while they were trying to rescue people."
A total of nine survivors have been rescued so far in the rubble in New York. Six are firefighters, and three are police officers.
BBC News:
""The best estimate we can make, relying on the Port Authority and just about everybody else that has experience with this, is there will be a few thousand in each building," said New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Eighteen rescue teams are operating in the city, with support staff and vehicles brought in from other US states.
The emergency teams digging through the debris are also searching for their colleagues, workers crushed by the building as it collapsed while they were trying to rescue people."
12.10pm
Officials from Boston's Logan International Airport say the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring all U.S. airports to comply with some emergency safety measures, including banning the sale or use of knives, even plastic ones, at airports; evacuating and sweeping all terminals with K-9 teams; and discontinuing curbside check-in.
Officials from Boston's Logan International Airport say the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring all U.S. airports to comply with some emergency safety measures, including banning the sale or use of knives, even plastic ones, at airports; evacuating and sweeping all terminals with K-9 teams; and discontinuing curbside check-in.
1.00pm
CNN reports that the FBI has taken several people into custody for questioning in Boston, Massachusetts, and in Florida. Authorities also are checking passenger manifests from the crashed airplanes to see if they include anyone who attended flight schools in the United States or who used facilities that have airline simulators.
Boston.com:
"Investigators are interviewing drivers from Boston Cab Co., where two known associates of bin Laden once worked, to see if they had ties to baggage handlers who may have helped hijacking the planes from Boston, which crashed into the twin towers in New York, Fitzpatrick said.
"They are going to look at the cab drivers again -- since they are predominantly Middle Eastern -- and they are going to look at a possible link between them and the baggage handlers," Fitzpatrick said, based on his information from law enforcement colleagues.
"They could thwart the security by having a baggage handler put the material aboard the plane. That link is being investigated," he said."
CNN reports that the FBI has taken several people into custody for questioning in Boston, Massachusetts, and in Florida. Authorities also are checking passenger manifests from the crashed airplanes to see if they include anyone who attended flight schools in the United States or who used facilities that have airline simulators.
Boston.com:
"Investigators are interviewing drivers from Boston Cab Co., where two known associates of bin Laden once worked, to see if they had ties to baggage handlers who may have helped hijacking the planes from Boston, which crashed into the twin towers in New York, Fitzpatrick said.
"They are going to look at the cab drivers again -- since they are predominantly Middle Eastern -- and they are going to look at a possible link between them and the baggage handlers," Fitzpatrick said, based on his information from law enforcement colleagues.
"They could thwart the security by having a baggage handler put the material aboard the plane. That link is being investigated," he said."
1.20pm
CNN reports that officials of the Taliban, the hard-line Islamic rulers of Afghanistan, are appealing to the United States not to attack the country. The country is where suspected Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden is based.
CNN reports that officials of the Taliban, the hard-line Islamic rulers of Afghanistan, are appealing to the United States not to attack the country. The country is where suspected Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden is based.
2.15pm
Philip Purcell, chairman and chief executive officer of the brokerage firm Morgan Stanley, says "a vast majority" of the 3,500 staff members who worked in two of the World Trade Center buildings, including one of the twin towers, got out safely after hijackers crashed two planes into the towers.
Philip Purcell, chairman and chief executive officer of the brokerage firm Morgan Stanley, says "a vast majority" of the 3,500 staff members who worked in two of the World Trade Center buildings, including one of the twin towers, got out safely after hijackers crashed two planes into the towers.
2.20pm
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says that airline flights diverted after Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon are authorized to finish their journeys Wednesday but all other planes remain grounded. Only passengers on the original flights could reboard and only after new security measures were put in place. Airlines also can move empty airplanes, Mineta said.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says that airline flights diverted after Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon are authorized to finish their journeys Wednesday but all other planes remain grounded. Only passengers on the original flights could reboard and only after new security measures were put in place. Airlines also can move empty airplanes, Mineta said.
2.57pm
CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that the White House says that there was "reasonable and credible information" to believe that the White House and Air Force One were possible targets of the terrorist attacks. The White House says this is why the president did not immediately return to Washington on Tuesday. The White House also says the plane that crashed into the Pentagon may have been destined originally for the White House.
CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that the White House says that there was "reasonable and credible information" to believe that the White House and Air Force One were possible targets of the terrorist attacks. The White House says this is why the president did not immediately return to Washington on Tuesday. The White House also says the plane that crashed into the Pentagon may have been destined originally for the White House.
3.40pm
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says the four planes involved in Tuesday's events were hijacked by between three and six individuals per aircraft. They were armed with knives and box cutters and in some cases made bomb threats. Ashcroft says a number of suspected hijackers were trained as pilots in the United States, and he characterized the investigation as perhaps the most massive one ever undertaken in U.S. history.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says the four planes involved in Tuesday's events were hijacked by between three and six individuals per aircraft. They were armed with knives and box cutters and in some cases made bomb threats. Ashcroft says a number of suspected hijackers were trained as pilots in the United States, and he characterized the investigation as perhaps the most massive one ever undertaken in U.S. history.
4.00pm
NATO ambassadors meeting in Brussels, Belgium, approve the invocation of NATO’s self-defense charter if Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the United States prove to have been directed from abroad. NATO’s charter says that an armed attack against one of the organization’s members is considered an attack against all of them. The United States, therefore, can invoke that section of the charter and count on the support of its NATO allies in mounting military operations.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says the president called European heads of state, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin to rally an international coalition to fight terrorism.
NATO ambassadors meeting in Brussels, Belgium, approve the invocation of NATO’s self-defense charter if Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the United States prove to have been directed from abroad. NATO’s charter says that an armed attack against one of the organization’s members is considered an attack against all of them. The United States, therefore, can invoke that section of the charter and count on the support of its NATO allies in mounting military operations.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says the president called European heads of state, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin to rally an international coalition to fight terrorism.
4.50pm
The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are not expected to open before Friday. The markets could open as early as Friday but will open no later than Monday, according to market officials.
The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are not expected to open before Friday. The markets could open as early as Friday but will open no later than Monday, according to market officials.
5.20pm
Rescue workers and journalists are evacuated from the devastated area around the World Trade Center due to a partial collapse of the nearby One Liberty Plaza. The 54-story building houses the Nasdaq stock market's new headquarters.
Rescue workers and journalists are evacuated from the devastated area around the World Trade Center due to a partial collapse of the nearby One Liberty Plaza. The 54-story building houses the Nasdaq stock market's new headquarters.
5.45pm
Relatives of Jeremy Glick, a passenger on the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania, say he related during a cell phone call that men on board voted to try to overpower the three hijackers. Shortly after that call, the plane went down. Officials have told CNN they believe the plane was headed for Washington.
Relatives of Jeremy Glick, a passenger on the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania, say he related during a cell phone call that men on board voted to try to overpower the three hijackers. Shortly after that call, the plane went down. Officials have told CNN they believe the plane was headed for Washington.
6.00pm
President Bush visits the Pentagon and thanks rescue workers for their efforts. During his visit, a massive U.S. flag is draped over the side of the damaged building. "Coming here, makes me sad, on the one hand. It also makes me angry," he says. "Our country, however, will not be cowed by terrorists, by people who don’t share the same values we share."
Finance ministers and central bank presidents from the Group of Seven wealthy countries -- the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada -- issue a joint statement promising to work together to supply money to banks faced with unusual withdrawal demands.
President Bush visits the Pentagon and thanks rescue workers for their efforts. During his visit, a massive U.S. flag is draped over the side of the damaged building. "Coming here, makes me sad, on the one hand. It also makes me angry," he says. "Our country, however, will not be cowed by terrorists, by people who don’t share the same values we share."
Finance ministers and central bank presidents from the Group of Seven wealthy countries -- the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada -- issue a joint statement promising to work together to supply money to banks faced with unusual withdrawal demands.
7.00pm
The Saudi Ambassaor to the US states that Bin Laden’s family had disowned him and his Saudi citizenship had been terminated a long time ago. He also warned against anti-Islamic sentiment and stated that it is not a terrorist religion. "Christianity is not called a terrorist religion because of the IRA in Ireland.", he cited. He also stated that Saudi Arabia is against terrorism, and they and the rest of OPEC wish to stabilize oil prices and supply.
Congress holds a prayer vigil in the Capitol Rotunda.
The Saudi Ambassaor to the US states that Bin Laden’s family had disowned him and his Saudi citizenship had been terminated a long time ago. He also warned against anti-Islamic sentiment and stated that it is not a terrorist religion. "Christianity is not called a terrorist religion because of the IRA in Ireland.", he cited. He also stated that Saudi Arabia is against terrorism, and they and the rest of OPEC wish to stabilize oil prices and supply.
Congress holds a prayer vigil in the Capitol Rotunda.
7.18pm
Negotiators from Republican and Democratic parties have discussed an exact price tag for an emergency spending bill and how the money can be spent in response to Tuesday’s attacks in New York City and Washington. House and Senate leaders say they plan votes on the measure Thursday. One House leader puts the cost at $20 billion.
Negotiators from Republican and Democratic parties have discussed an exact price tag for an emergency spending bill and how the money can be spent in response to Tuesday’s attacks in New York City and Washington. House and Senate leaders say they plan votes on the measure Thursday. One House leader puts the cost at $20 billion.