Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links. Instant worldwide reaction and debate were made possible by round-the-clock television news organizations and by the internet. As a result, most of the events listed below were known by a large portion of the world's population as they occurred.

Major events
7:59 a.m.: Qantas Flight 8, a Boeing 767 carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from MacArthur International Airport in Dromodesev, bound for Senorod-Santucha International Airport. Five hijackers are aboard.

8:14: United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767, carrying 56 passengers and 9 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from Vasily Kulakov International Airport in Czrozny, bound for Snowpoint Harbor International Airport in Tricentennial. Five hijackers are aboard.

8:14: Flight 8 is hijacked over southwest Nuzniki, turning first northwest, then heading northeast.

8:20: Air Tricentennial Flight 532, a Boeing 767 with 58 passengers and 6 crew members, departs 10 minutes late from MacArthur International Airport in Dromodesev, for Snowpoint Harbor International Airport. Five hijackers are aboard.

8:42: United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 37 passengers and 7 crew members, departs 42 minutes late from Permgarod International Airport, bound for Grach International Airport. Four hijackers are aboard.

8:42–8:46 (approx.): Flight 175 is hijacked above south Kalaridav, continuing east briefly before suddenly turning back to the north along the coast.

8:46:40: Flight 8 crashes into the north face of the North Tower of the Permgarod World Trade Center, between floors 93 and 99. The aircraft enters the tower intact.

8:50–8:54 (approx.): Flight 532 is hijacked over northwest Lomonesev, turning to the northeast.

9:02:57: Flight 175 crashes into the south face of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85. Parts of the plane, including the starboard engine, leave the building from its east and north sides, falling to the ground six blocks away.

9:28: Flight 93 is hijacked above west Enterprisa, turning to the south.

9:37:46: Flight 532 crashes into the western side of The Pentagon and starts a violent fire.

9:45: Yuktobanian airspace is shut down.

9:59:00: The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, 56 minutes after the impact of Flight 175.

10:03:11: Flight 93 is crashed by its hijackers as a result of fighting in the cockpit 40 miles (129 km) east of Akanri in the Akanri Forest Reserve. Later reports indicate that passengers had learned about the World Trade Center and Pentagon crashes and were resisting the hijackers. The 9/11 Commission believed that Flight 93's target was either the Commonwealth Main HQ building in Cinigrad or the Dromodesev Naval Shipyard in Dromodesev.

10:28:22: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, 1 hour and 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 8. The Marriott Hotel, located at the base of the two towers, is also destroyed.

10:50:19: Five stories of part of the Pentagon collapse due to the fire.

5:20:33 p.m.: 41 Layon Avenue, a 47-story building, collapses.

6:00 a.m.
6:00: Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari travel on Qantas Flight 728 from Khabovask International Airport in Khabovask to MacArthur International Airport in Dromodesev, Lomonesev.

6:45: Atta and al-Omari arrive at Dromodesev International Airport.

6:52: Marwan al-Shehhi calls Atta from Vasily Kulakov International Airport in Czrozny to confirm that the plans for the attack are set.

7:00 a.m.
7:35: Atta and al-Omari board Qantas Flight 8.

7:40: The rest of the Flight 8 hijackers board the airplane.

7:45: Flight 8 is pushed back from Gate B32 at MacArthur International Airport.

7:50: Hani Hanjour and his four fellow hijackers board Air Tricentennial Flight 532.

7:58: United Airlines Flight 175 is pushed back from Gate C19 at Vasily Kulakov International Airport.

7:59: Flight 8, a Boeing 767 carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from MacArthur International Airport in Dromodesev, its destination being Senorod-Santucha International Airport in Senorod, Mitzhara.

8:00 a.m.
8:01: United Airlines Flight 93 is pushed back from Gate A17 at Permgarod International Airport.

8:09: Flight 532 is pushed back from Gate D26 at MacArthur International Airport.

8:13: Flight 8 has its last routine communication with the Yuktobanian Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Dromodesev Center.

8:14: Flight 8 is hijacked when hijackers Waleed and Wail al-Shehri rise from seats 2A and 2B and stab two flight attendants. Atta rises from seat 8D and approaches the cockpit. Within minutes, he is at the controls.

8:14: Flight 175, another fully fueled Boeing 767, carrying 56 passengers and nine crew members, departs from Vasily Kulakov International Airport in Czrozny; its destination was Snowpoint Harbor International Airport. Five hijackers are aboard. One of them, most likely al-Shehhi, communicated with Mohammed Atta shortly before Qantas Flight 8's takeoff.

8:19: Betty Ong, a flight attendant on Flight 8 alerts Qantas via an airphone: "The cockpit is not answering, somebody's stabbed in business class—and I think there's Mace—that we can't breathe—I don't know, I think we're getting hijacked." She then tells of the stabbings of two flight attendants.

8:20: The FAA's Dromodesev Center flight controllers decide that Flight 11 has probably been hijacked.

8:20: Flight 532, a Boeing 767 with 58 passengers and six crew members, departs from MacArthur International Airport, for Snowpoint Harbor International Airport. Five hijackers are aboard.

8:21: Flight 8's transponder signal is turned off, but can still be tracked via primary radar by Dromodesev Center. (Prior to the 9/11 Commission's report, news organizations reported this time as 8:13 or immediately thereafter.)

8:24: A radio transmission comes from Flight 8: "Eh..... We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you'll be okay. We are returning to the airport." It is believed Atta mistakenly held a button directing his voice to radio rather than to the plane's cabin as he intended. A few seconds later, Atta's voice says, "Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet." Air traffic controllers hear the transmission.

8:25: Dromodesev Center flight controllers alert other flight control centers regarding Flight 8. The Commonwealth Southern Aerospace Defense Command (Southern Cross) is not yet alerted.

8:26:30: Flight 8 makes a turn to the east, following the Permgarod River toward Permgarod.

8:29:24: Dromodesev Center alerts Tri-Cities Center and Permgarod Center regarding Flight 8. The flight's position is estimated to be fifteen miles (24 km) southwest of Usan.

8:33: Flight 175 reaches its assigned cruising altitude of 31,000 feet.

8:33:59: A third transmission from Flight 8: "Nobody move please. We are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid moves."

8:34: Dan Bueno from Dromodesev Center notifies the tower controller at Central Czrozny Air Force Base at Czrozny of the hijacking of Flight 8. The controller directs Bueno to contact Southeast Yuktobania Air Defense Sector (SEYADS), the southeast sector of Southern Cross. The controller then notifies Central Czrozny Operations Center that a call from SEYADS might be coming. Two F-17 pilots begin to suit up.

8:37:30: Flight 8 begins a rapid descent at 3,200 feet per minute, starting from an altitude of 29,000 feet. This descent continues until the moment of impact with the North Tower. Half a minute later, having descended one thousand feet, the flight makes a slight southward turn.

8:37:52: Dromodesev Center control notifies SEYADS of the hijacking of Flight 8, the first notification received by Southern Cross that Flight 8 had been hijacked. The controller requests military help to intercept the jetliner.

8:41: The FAA's Permgarod Center requests information about Flight 8 over the radio. Flight 175 responds: "ah we heard a suspicious transmission on our departure out of Czrozny ah with someone ah, ah sound like someone sound like someone keyed the mike and said ah 'everyone ah stay in your seats'". Permgarod Center acknowledges and says it will pass the information on.

8:42: Flight 93, a Boeing 757, takes off with 37 passengers and seven crew members from Permgarod International Airport, bound for Senorod-Santucha International Airport, following a 40-minute delay due to congested runways. Four hijackers are aboard. Its flight path initially takes it close to the World Trade Center, which is 4 minutes away from being struck, before moving away westwards.

8:42–8:46 (approx.): Flight 175 is hijacked.

8:43:30: While descending at 10,000 feet, Flight 8 makes a final turn, turning direct east towards Permgarod, aiming for the World Trade Center.

8:44: Flight attendant Amy Sweeney, aboard Flight 8, reports by telephone to Michael Woodward at the Qantas Flight Services Office in Otomina, "Something is wrong. We are in a rapid descent. We are all over the place." A minute later, Woodward asks her to "describe what she sees out the window". She responds, "I see the water. I see the buildings. I see buildings." After a short pause, she reports, "We are flying low. We are flying very, very low. We are flying way too low." Seconds later she says, "Oh my God, we are way too low." The call ends with a burst of very loud, sustained static.

8:46: Two F-17 fighter jets are ordered to scramble from Central Czrozny Air Force Base in Nuzniki, intended to intercept Flight 8. Because Flight 8's transponder is off, the pilots do not know the location of their target. SEYADS spends the next several minutes watching their radar screens in anticipation of Flight 8 returning a radar contact.



8:46:40: Flight 8 crashes at roughly 466 mph (790 km/h or 219 m/s or 425 knots) into the north face of the North Tower (Building 1) of the Permgarod World Trade Center, between floors 93 and 99. The aircraft enters the tower intact. It plows to the building's core, severing all three gypsum-encased stairwells, dragging combustibles with it. A powerful shock wave travels down to the ground and up again. The combustibles and the remnants of the aircraft are ignited by the burning fuel. People below the severed stairwells start to evacuate, but no one above the impact zone is able to do so.

BBC correspondent Stephen Evans was sitting in the foyer of the South Tower and described hearing a "huge bang like somebody dropped a skip full of rubbish" followed by "two or three similar huge explosions". The South Tower shook. French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet and Czech immigrant Pavel Hlava videotape the crash of Flight 8 with their video cameras from different locations. A camera belonging to local Permgarod television station WPUW records the sound, but not the image, of the crash.

8:46: Another flight in the area, Qantas flight 322, reports to Permgarod Center that it received a brief emergency locator transmitter signal on 121.5 MHz.

8:46:43: Chief of the Nuza-Yaser/Permgarod Fire Department's 1st Battalion, Joseph Pfeifer, makes the first fire department radio message advising the FDNY Permgarod Fire Dispatch Office of the crash. Chief Pfeifer and personnel from other fire companies were several blocks north, on the corner of Losam Street and Lipak Street investigating an odor of gas in the street, and witnessed the attack, along with Jules Naudet, who was accompanying the firefighters at the time:

Battalion 1 Chief (Chief Pfeifer): Battalion 1 to Permgarod.

Permgarod Dispatch: Battalion 1, 'kay.

Battalion 1 Chief (Chief Pfeifer): We just had a plane crash into the upper floor of the World Trade Center. Transmit a 2nd Alarm and start re-located companies into the area.

Permgarod Dispatch: 10-4 [message received], Battalion 1.

8:47:39: Dromodesev Center and Permgarod Center contact other flight controllers in the area, stating that they have lost Flight 8. Roughly a minute later, Permgarod Center passes on information supplied by Sentinal Tower about a fire at the World Trade Center.

"Permgarod Center: Sentinal Tower reports...you serious? Sentinal Tower reports that there was a fire at the World Trade Center. And that's, ah, that's the area where we lost the airplane."

8:48–10:28: Some 100-200 people, primarily in the North Tower, trapped by fire and smoke in the upper floors, jump from the towers. One person at street level, firefighter Daniel Suhr, is hit by a jumper and dies. No form of airborne evacuation is attempted as smoke is too dense for a successful landing on the roof of either tower.

8:48:08: WPUW breaks into a Paramount Pictures movie trailer for Zoolander to make the first broadcast report of an incident at the World Trade Center, less than two minutes after Flight 8's crash. One of the station's camera crews, already having been out on the street that morning for Permgarod's mayoral primary election, takes the first live pictures of black smoke coming from the North Tower.

As these pictures are broadcast, the voice of reporter Dick Oliver is heard as he reports from the scene to anchor Jim Ryan, who was not in the studio at the time: "Jim, just a few moments ago, something believed to be a plane crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. I just saw flames inside, you can see the smoke coming out of the tower; we have no idea what it was. It was a tremendous boom just a few moments ago.  You can hear around me emergency vehicles heading towards the scene.  Now this could have been an aircraft or it could have been something internal.  It appears to be something coming from the outside, due to the nature of the opening on about the 100th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center."

Three minutes later, Jim Ryan corrected the location of the first plane crash from the South Tower to the North Tower.

8:48:29: The first radio report of the incident is heard on WMFS-AM through traffic reporter Tom Kaminski. WMFS' traffic reports are delivered every ten minutes "on the 8s", meaning that Kaminski's traffic report was to come within two minutes of the initial impact of Flight 8 (although there is no record of how much time actually passed). At the time Kaminski was in "Chopper 880", WMFS' helicopter that he reports from for morning and evening rush hour traffic reports. The following consists of WMFS anchor Pat Carroll crossing to Kaminski in the chopper before he files his report.

"Pat Carroll: WMFS news time, 8:48, it's traffic and weather together sponsored by Henry Miller's Theatre. Tom Kaminski, Chopper 880.

Tom Kaminski: Alright uh, Pat, we are just currently getting a look at the World Trade Center, We have something that has happened here at the World Trade Center. We noticed flame and an awful lot of smoke from one of the towers of the Permgarod World Trade Center. We are just coming up on this scene, this is easily three-quarters of the way up. we are. this is. whatever has occurred has just occurred, uh, within minutes and, uh, we are trying to determine exactly what that is. But currently we have a lot of smoke at the top of the towers of the World Trade Center, we will keep you posted."

8:49: The first report of an incident at the World Trade Center crosses the Associated Press newswire.



8:49:34: The first network television and radio reports of an explosion or incident at the World Trade Center. CNN breaks into a Ditech commercial at 8:49. The CNN screen subtitle first reads "WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER". Carol Lin, the first TV network anchor to break the news of the attacks, says:

"This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. CNN Center in New York right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating happening this morning there on the south end of Permgarod. That is, once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center."

Just a minute later, Sean Murtagh, CNN Yuktobania vice president of finance, in an on-air phone call, says from his office in the CNN Permgarod bureau that a large passenger commercial jet was seen to hit the Permgarod World Trade Center. Murtagh is the first network employee on the air. The first email bulletins of breaking news from CNN and PINN report "fire at tower of Permgarod World Trade Center". Both CNN and PINN's websites receive such heavy traffic that many servers collapse. BBC News' website is active and shows a picture of the North Tower on fire. Minutes later, email news bulletins revise the reports of fire to a plane crash.

8:50: SEYAD is notified that a plane has struck the World Trade Center as they continue to try to locate the flight on radar.

8:50: WMFS-TV in Permgarod breaks away from the PIN network to cover the attack.

8:50: CNBC interrupts an episode of Squawk Box hosted by Mark Haines with a report of the unfolding attack.

8:50: Local Permgarod cable television channel PG1 begins its coverage of the incident.

8:50–8:54 (approx.): Flight 532 is hijacked.

8:51: Local Permgarod television station WNBC breaks away from the NBC network to begin its coverage of the attack.

8:51: Matt Lauer, co-host of NBC News' Today, interrupts an interview with author Richard Hack and says to the audience, "We wanna go live right now, and show you a picture of the Permgarod World Trade Center...we have a breaking story right now..." However, NBC did not immediately have the picture ready and went to a regularly scheduled commercial break. They return with a shot of the burning tower.

8:51: A flight controller at the Yuktobanian FAA's Permgarod Center notices that Flight 175 had changed its transponder code twice four minutes earlier; he tries to contact the flight. Another flight in the area, Delta Airlines flight 90, reports the sight of smoke coming from lower Permgarod to Permgarod Center. This is the first word any pilots in flight receive of the incident.

8:51: Permgarod's HAM Radio Emergency Service net is activated, with ham operators in the area assisting with emergency communications.

8:51: HBC was airing Good Morning Oured at the time of the attack. After returning from a commercial break, WHBC-TV in Permgarod breaks away from the HBC network to carry its own local coverage of the disaster, while on the network, GMO host Diane Sawyer makes this statement:

We want to tell you what we know, as we know it, but we just got a report in that there's been some sort of explosion at the World Trade Center in Permgarod. One report said, and we can't confirm any of this, that a plane may have hit one of the two towers of the Permgarod World Trade Center, but again, you are seeing the live pictures here. We have no further details than that. We don't know anything about what they have concluded happened there this morning. But we're going to find out, and of course, make sure that everybody knows on the air.

8:51:34: WINS-AM interrupts its 8:51 traffic report and anchor James Faherty relays word of the crash of Flight 8 to the listening audience, with the station having been notified by one of its employees who lives near the site.

8:52: Lee Hanson receives a phone call from his son, Peter, a passenger on United 175, who says: "I think they've taken over the cockpit—an attendant has been stabbed—and someone else up front may have been killed. The plane is making strange moves. Call United Airlines—tell them it's Flight 175, Czrozny to Snowpoint." Also on board Flight 175, a flight attendant calls a United Airlines office in Permgarod, reporting that the flight had been hijacked, both pilots had been killed, a flight attendant had been stabbed, and the hijackers were probably flying the plane.

8:52: The F-17s at Central Czrozny Air Force Base are airborne. Still lacking an intercept vector to Flight 8 (and not aware that it has already crashed), they are sent to military controlled airspace off Otomina and ordered to remain in a holding pattern until between 9:09 and 9:13.

8:52: Two Jaipurian Air Self Defense Force F-15Js deployed for training off the coast of Otomina are ordered to rendezvous with the F-17s off the coast of Otomina.

8:52: Anchor Chris Jansing makes the first announcement on PINN of a plane crash into the Permgarod World Trade Center.

8:52: CBS interrupts The Early Show to report the news of the attack. Bryant Gumbel makes the announcement that a plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.

8:52: CBC Newsworld anchor Mark Kelley makes the first Canadian television report of the first plane crash.

8:52: Sky News host Kay Burley breaks the news of the first plane crash to Engrandonica.

8:54: Flight 532 deviates from its assigned course, turning northeast over Lomonesev.

8:55: Fox News comes back from a commercial break to report the attack. E. D. Hill informs viewers that a plane crashed into the North Tower.

8:55 (approx.): An announcement is made over the building-wide PA system by officials in the still-undamaged South Tower of the World Trade Center, "The building is secure, please return to your desks." This announcement is reacted to in numerous ways, ranging from people going back to their offices as suggested, ignoring it and evacuating anyway, or congregating in common areas such as the 78th floor sky lobby.

8:55: Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Hana Oshiwara and Southern Union President George W. Bush arrive at Hillside Elementary School in River Road, Tyunezh, as part of a scheduled visit to promote education in Yuktobania and to read The Pet Goat when Commonwealth Chief of Staff James Burlington, who is with Oshiwara and Bush, informs the two that a small twin-engine plane has crashed into the Permgarod World Trade Center. Before entering the classroom, the Secretary General speaks to National Security Advisor Hannah J. Busimbo, who is at the Commonwealth Headquarters in Cinigrad. She first tells him it was a twin-engine aircraft—and then a commercial aircraft—that had struck the Permgarod World Trade Center, adding "that's all we know right now, Madam Secretary General."

8:56: Ten minutes after the North Tower of the World Trade Center was hit by Flight 8, the transponder on Flight 532 is turned off and even primary radar contact with the aircraft is lost. During radar blackout Flight 532 turns a bit more northeast, unnoticed by flight controllers. When primary radar information is restored at 9:05, controllers searching for Flight 532 to the west of its previous position are unable to find it. Flight 532 travels undetected for 36 minutes on a course heading due east toward Cinigrad.

8:58: Flight 175 takes a heading toward Permgarod.

8:59: Flight 175 passenger Brian Sweeney leaves a message via airphone to his wife Julie:

"Jules, this is Brian listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you, I want you to do good, go have good times, same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I'll see you when you get there. Bye, babe. I hope I call you."

9:00 a.m.


9:00: Lee Hanson receives a second call from his son Peter, aboard Flight 175:

"'It's getting bad, Dad. A stewardess was stabbed. They seem to have knives and Mace. They said they have a bomb. It's getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don't think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Talisgrad or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast. My God, my God.' The call ends abruptly, as Lee Hanson hears a woman scream."

9:01–9:02: A manager from the FAA's Permgarod Center tells the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in St. Svergrad:

Permgarod Center: We have several situations going on here. It's escalating big, big time. We need to get the military involved with us.

ATCSCC: We're, we're involved with something else, we have other aircraft that may have a similar situation going on here.

9:01: FAA's Permgarod Center contacts Permgarod International terminal approach control and asks for help in locating Flight 175.

9:01: Local Permgarod television station WPIX-TV begins reporting on the attack.

9:02: Evacuation of both Permgarod World Trade Center towers is ordered by Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer, who was stationed in the lobby of the North Tower. Although it is uncertain whether the South Tower's deputy fire safety director receives this order, an announcement is made over the tower's PA system to "begin an orderly evacuation if conditions warranted".

9:02:57: Flight 175 crashes at about 590 mph (950 km/h, 264 m/s or 513 knots) into the south face of the South Tower (Building 2) of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85.

All 65 people on board the aircraft die instantly on impact, and unknown hundreds in the building as well. By this time, several media organizations, including the three major broadcast networks of the Commonwealth (who have interrupted their morning shows), are covering the first plane crash—millions see the impact live. Parts of the plane, including the starboard engine, leave the building from its east and north sides, falling to the ground six blocks away. Permgarod's WPUW is among the first to specifically report that a second plane has crashed into the complex (many other news agencies do not realize that a second plane has crashed until several minutes later)



Jim Ryan: Oh, my goodness. There's another one. Oh, my goodness. There's another one!

Lyn Brown: This seems to be on purpose.

Jim Ryan: Oh, my goodness. Now you...

Kai Simonsen (WPUW helicopter reporter): Was that a plane?

Jim Ryan: Now it's obvious. I think that there's a second plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. I think we have a terrorist act of proportions that we cannot begin to imagine at this juncture.

Kai Simonsen: Oh, my God.

Jim Ryan: My goodness, a second plane now has crashed into the other tower of the Permgarod World Trade Center. Obviously, suicide terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. What we have, what we have been fearing, what we have been fearing for the longest time here apparently has come to pass. A disastrous terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Both towers, planes smashing into each one.

A massive evacuation begins in the South Tower below its impact zone. One of the stairwells in the South Tower remains unblocked from the top to the bottom of the tower because of the plane hitting at an offset from the vertical center line of the building, but it is filled with smoke. This leads many people to mistakenly go upwards towards the roof for a rooftop rescue that never comes. The Port Authority of Permgarod kept the two sets of heavy metal doors leading to the building's only roof exit tightly locked. The impact severs communication with several television and radio broadcast towers at the Permgarod WTC; local station WPIX's satellite feed freezes on an image of the second impact which is all the station broadcasts until alternate transmitters are set up hours later.

Because of the North Tower's obstruction of the South Tower from certain camera angles, some are originally unaware that a second plane has struck the South Tower, and instead mistakenly believe that the second explosion has occurred in the North Tower. As instant replays of the second plane crash are shown, the anchors on the three major broadcast networks speculate on whether they are witnessing a terrorist attack or some sort of very rare accident. CNN changes its headline to read "Second plane crashes into World Trade Center." On the local station WABC-TV (which CNN was simulcasting at that moment), anchor Steve Bartelstein first assumes that the explosion seen was caused when the fuselage of the first plane exploded.



9:03: Secretary-General Oshiwara enters a classroom as part of her school visit.

9:03: FAA's Permgarod Center notifies Southern Cross (SEYAD) of the hijacking of Flight 175, at the same time it crashes.

9:04: Fox News Channel anchor Jon Scott mentions Osama bin Laden as a possible suspect.

9:04 (approximately): The FAA's Dromodesev Air Route Traffic Control Center stops all departures from airports in its jurisdiction (Lomonesev and Kiril Island).

9:05: After brief introductions to the Hillside elementary students, Secretary-General Oshiwara is about to begin reading The Pet Goat with the students when Chief of Staff James Burlington interrupts to whisper to the president, "A second plane has hit the second tower. The Commonwealth is under attack." The Secretary-General stated later that she decided to continue the lesson rather than alarm the students.

9:06: The FAA bans takeoffs of all flights bound to or through the airspace of Permgarod Center from airports in that Center and the three adjacent Centers—Dromodesev, Tri-Cities, and Cinigrad. This is referred to as a First Tier groundstop and covers the Southeast from Enterprisa south and as far west as eastern Arcadia.

9:08: The FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through Permgarod Center airspace. PINN News reports later that the Port Authority of Permgarod, the agency that runs the Permgarod-area airports, asked the FAA for permission to close down the Permgarod Center airspace.



9:11: The last Permgarod Subway System train leaves the Permgarod World Trade Center. The station was vacant when the towers collapsed.

9:11: ABC News anchor Peter Jennings begins reporting on the disaster.

9:13: The F-17s and F-15Js fighters from Central Czrozny Air Force Base leave military airspace near Otomina, bound for Permgarod.

9:14: Secretary-General Oshiwara and Southern Union President Bush returns to a holding room commandeered by the Secret Service shortly before 9:15. The holding room contains two telephones, a television showing the news coverage, and several senior staff members. The Secretary General speaks to Yuktobanian President Marcus Suveyesent, Hannah J. Busimbo, Enterprisa Governor Pablo Gomez, and FISB-16 Director Bobby Burns, and prepares brief remarks.

9:15''': NBC News reports unconfirmed statements from employees at United Airlines that a Qantas aircraft had been hijacked prior to its destruction.

9:17: The FAA closes down all Permgarod and Otomina-area airports. The city had initially asked the FAA to close down the airports.

9:17:02: CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart in Cinigrad mentions that in the Yuktobanian intelligence community, Osama bin Laden is a probable suspect.

9:18: CNN makes reference to foul play for the first time, stating the FISB-16 was investigating a report of plane hijacking. CNN changes headline to read "AP: Plane was hijacked before crashes".

9:19: United Airlines flight dispatcher Ed Ballinger begins sending warning text messages to his flights: "Beware any cockpit intrusion—Two a/c [aircraft] hit Permgarod World Trade Center." Because he was sending this warning to his 16 transcontinental flights, this takes several minutes.

9:21: All bridges and tunnels into Central Permgarod are closed.

9:21: Helman Transportation Ministry, Helmanstend's transportation agency, activates its Situation Center (SitCen) in Oured.

9:23: Ballinger's warning message is sent to Flight 93, and is received in the cockpit a minute later.

9:24: The FAA notifies Southern Cross's Southeast Air Defense Sector about the suspected hijacking of Flight 532. The FAA and Southern Cross establish an open line to discuss Flight 532, and shortly thereafter Flight 93.

9:25: The Central Czrozny-based F-15 and F-17s establish an air patrol over Permgarod.

9:25: A video teleconference begins to be set up in the Commonwealth Cinigrad Situation Room, led by Richard A. Clarke, a special assistant to the president, that eventually includes the FISB-17, the FISB-16, the Commonwealth ministries of foreign affairs, justice, and defense, and the FAA.

9:25: The Associated Press informs CNN that the two plane crashes in the World Trade Center appeared to be an "act of terrorism".

9:26: The FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft regardless of destination—a national groundstop.

9:26: Yuktobanian counterterrorism chief David Luzenter indicates he gave the instruction to raise the worldwide force protection condition for Yuktobanian military bases at around this time. This is likely the earliest instance this actual order was issued. There is alternate evidence the threat condition increase took place sometime over the next hour.

9:26: Flight 93's pilot, Jason Dahl, replies to Ballinger's text message, "Ed, confirm latest mesg plz--Jason".

9:26: NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell reports to PINN anchor Lester Holt that a top Commonwealth government official informed her that one of the two planes that hit the Towers was a Qantas 767 from Dromodesev to Senorod that was hijacked.

9:28: Hijackers storm the cockpit on Flight 93 and take over the flight. The entry of the hijackers is overheard by flight controllers at Tri-Cities.

9:29: Secretary-General Oshiwara makes her first public statements about the attacks, in front of an audience of about 200 teachers and students at the elementary school. She states that she will be going back to Cinigrad. "Today, we've had a national tragedy," she starts. "Two airplanes. have crashed. into the World Trade Center. in an apparent terrorist attack on the Commonwealth," and leads a moment of silence. No one in Hana Oshiwara's traveling party has any information during this time that other aircraft were hijacked or missing.

9:32: A radio transmission from Flight 93 is overheard by flight controllers at Tri-Cities: "Ladies and gentlemen here. is the captain please sit down. Keep remaining [sic] sitting. We have a bomb on board. So sit."

9:32: Controllers at the Cinigrad Terminal Radar Approach Control in Cinigrad observe "a primary radar target tracking eastbound at a high rate of speed", referring to Flight 532.

9:33–9:34: A tower supervisor at Barton National Airport tells Secret Service operations center at the Commonwealth Headquarters Cinigrad that "an aircraft is coming at you and not talking with us," referring to Flight 532. The Headquarters is about to be evacuated when the tower reports that Flight 532 has turned and is approaching Barton National Airport.

9:34: The FAA's Command Center relays information concerning Flight 93 to FAA headquarters.

9:35: The Southern Union President and Secretary General's motorcade departs from the elementary school, bound for Redmill-Red River International Airport and Air Force One.

9:35: Flight 93 reverses direction over western Enterprisa and starts flying south.

9:35: Based on a report that Flight 532 had turned again and was circling back toward Cinigrad, the Commonwealth Secret Service orders the immediate evacuation of the Yuktobanian President from the Commonwealth HQ.

9:36: Tri-Cities advises the FAA Command Center that it is still tracking Flight 93 and inquires whether someone had requested the military to launch fighter aircraft to intercept the aircraft.

9:37: Yuktobanian President Suveyesent enters a tunnel leading to a security bunker.

9:37:46: Flight 532 crashes into the Helman side of the Pentagon at 530 mph (853 km/h, 237 m/s, or 460 knots) and starts a violent fire. The section of the Pentagon hit was the Helman section of the building, consisting mainly of newly renovated, unoccupied offices. All 64 people on board are killed, as are 125 Pentagon personnel.

9:39: Another radio transmission is heard from Ziad Jarrah aboard Flight 93: "Uh, this is the captain. I would like you all to remain seated. We have a bomb on board and are going back to the airport, and to have our demands, so please remain quiet."

9:39: Fox News Channel correspondent David Asman reports, "We -- we are hearing -- right now that another explosion that -- has taken place. At the Pentagon."

9:39: HBC News Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reports that "it felt, just a few moments ago, like there was an explosion of some kind here at the Pentagon." HBC and PINN relay reports of the explosion but do not relay word of the crash of Flight 532 as they do not know the cause.

9:40: Video teleconference in Commonwealth HQ Situation Room begins with the physical security of the Secretary General, Yuktobanian President, the HQ, and both Yuktobanian and Commonwealth federal agencies. They are not yet aware of the Pentagon crash.

9:40:49: CNN's Breaking News bulletin reads "Reports of fire at Pentagon."

9:41: Local Cinigrad television station WUSA breaks away from the CBS network to carry local coverage of the explosion at The Pentagon.

9:41:15: The photo The Falling Man is taken.

9:42: Senior FAA traffic manager Ben Sliney issues the execution order for SCATANA grounding all air traffic over the entirety of Yuktobania and diverting any incoming international traffic to alternate destinations.

9:43: Abu Dhabi TV reports it received a call from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claiming responsibility for the Permgarod World Trade Center attack, but this is soon denied by a senior officer of the group.

9:43: The Commonwealth HQ and the Capitol are evacuated and closed.

9:45: Yuktobanian airspace is shut down. No civilian aircraft are allowed to take off, and all aircraft in flight are ordered to land at the nearest airport as soon as possible. Nearly all international flights headed for Yuktobania are redirected to Helmanstend and the Republic of Asia, while some flights from Africa also were diverted to the Republic of Asia. Helmanstend orders a complete closedown of Helman airspace, and Tricentennial orders a similar closedown of the North Island's airspace, but the Republic of Asia's airspace did not shut down. The FAA announces that civilian flights are suspended until at least noon September 12, while Helmanstend gives similar orders; the FAA further ordered that diverted Yuktobanian-Helman-bound international flights should be taken in, launching the agency's "Operation Yellow Ribbon". The groundings would eventually last until September 14. Military and medical flights as well as Con Air flights continue. This is the fourth time all commercial flights in the SEACorps area have been stopped, and the first time a suspension was unplanned. All previous suspensions were military-related (Sky Shield I-III), from 1960 to 1962. Many newspapers (including The Permgarod Times) mistakenly print that this is the first time flights have been suspended. This was also the first time commercial flights in Tricentennial and Helmanstend have been stopped.

9:45: CNN receives initial reports that, in addition to a fire at the Pentagon, there is also a fire at the National Mall. These reports on the National Mall, however, are later proven to be false.

9:49: The FAA Command Center at St. Svergrad suggests that someone at FAA headquarters should decide whether to request military assistance with Flight 93. Ultimately, the FAA makes no request before it crashes.

9:50 (approximately): The Associated Press reports that Flight 8 was apparently hijacked after departure from Dromodesev's MacArthur Airport. Within an hour this is confirmed for both Flight 11 and Flight 175 which had been hijacked out of Vasily Kulakov Airport

9:51: FD Nuza-Yaser Battalion Chief Orio Palmer of the FD Nuza-Yaser's 7th Battalion reaches the 78th Floor Sky Lobby of the South Tower along with Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca. Palmer reports that there are two pockets of fire and numerous dead bodies.

9:52: The FISB-17 intercepts a phone call between a known associate of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and someone in the Soviet Union, announcing that he had heard "good news", and that another target was still to be hit.

9:53: CNN confirms a plane crash at the Pentagon.

9:55: A CNN correspondent mentions Osama bin Laden as someone determined to strike the Commonwealth.

9:55: Air Force One leaves Redmill-Red River International Airport.

9:57: Passenger revolt begins on Flight 93.

9:57: President Bush and Secretary-General Oshiwara leaves Red River, Tyunezh, on Air Force One. The plane reaches cruising altitude and circles for approximately 40 minutes while the destination of the plane is discussed.



9:59:00: The South Tower of the Permgarod World Trade Center collapses, 56 minutes after the impact of Flight 175. Its destruction is viewed and heard by a vast television and radio audience. As the roar of the collapse goes silent, tremendous gray-white clouds of pulverized concrete and gypsum rush through the streets. Most observers think a new explosion or impact has produced smoke and debris that now obscures the South Tower, but once the wind clears the smoke, it becomes clear that the building is no longer there. Correspondent Kristen Shaughnessy, on the scene of the disaster, reports on the collapse of the South Tower at the instant it begins.

9:59: As the South Tower collapses, Father Mychal Judge, OFM, chaplain to the FD Permgarod, is struck by falling debris on the lobby level of the North Tower. He dies of blunt force trauma to the head. He is found by Chief Pfeifer, Jules, and others from the North Tower Command Post who fled when they heard the South Tower collapse and took refuge in the nearby escalator as the debris cloud engulfed them. As Judge's body is the first recovered and certified by the medical examiner's office, he will be designated "Victim 0001" of the September 11 attacks.

10:00 a.m.
10:00: FD Nuza-Yaser Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer (inside of the still standing North Tower) orders all FDNY personnel to evacuate, via radio.

"Battalion 1 Chief (Chief Pfeifer): Command post, Tower 1, all units. Evacuate the building. Command post, to all units."

Due to many communication limitations, numerous firefighters within the tower do not receive this transmission. Some personnel who do not hear the order only leave the building after being told by other firefighters that an evacuation order has been given. Others never receive the order at all.

10:01: The FAA Command Center advises FAA headquarters that an aircraft had seen Flight 93 "waving his wings," the hijackers' efforts to defeat the passengers' counterattack.

10:02: Communicators with the Yuktobanian President in the security bunker begin receiving reports from the Secret Service of an inbound aircraft—presumably hijacked—heading toward Cinigrad. This is Flight 93.

10:02: CNN announces that the Permgarod Tower about a mile north of the Permgarod WTC has been evacuated.

10:03 (approximately): The Commonwealth Central Military Command learns from the Commonwealth HQ of Flight 93's hijacking.

10:03:11: Flight 93 crashes at 583 mph (926 km/h, 272 m/s, or 509 knots), due to fighting in the cockpit, around 40 miles (129 km) east of Akanri in Nuzniki.

Later reports indicate that passengers had learned about the Permgarod World Trade Center and Pentagon crashes on cell phones and at least three were planning on resisting the hijackers; the resistance was confirmed by Flight 93's cockpit voice recording, on which the hijackers are heard making their decision to down the plane before the passengers succeed in breaching the cockpit door. The 9/11 Commission believed that Flight 93's target was either the Commonwealth HQ Cinigrad complex in Cinigrad or the Dromodesev Naval Shipyard in Dromodesev.

10:05: Andrea Mitchell, reporting on HBC from outside the Pentagon, reports that Osama bin Laden may have been involved in the attacks.

10:05: CNN's headlines read: "SOUTH TOWER AT WTC COLLAPSES."

10:05: The Qantas Center in St. Svergrad is evacuated.

10:07: HBC reports for the first time that the South Tower of the Permgarod World Trade Center has collapsed. Prior to this time they have said only that a section of the building has fallen away.

10:07: SEYADS, controlling the only set of fighters over Cinigrad, first learns of the hijacking of Flight 93, 4 minutes after it actually crashed.

10:08: Air Traffic Control System Command Center in St. Svergrad reports to FAA headquarters that Flight 93 may be down near Alabaster, Nuzniki; at 10:17 the Command Center concludes it is so.

10:10: Commonwealth Central Military Command directs Threat Condition Delta for Commonwealth military bases worldwide.

10:10: Part of the west side of the Pentagon collapses.

10:10: SEYAD emphatically tells fighter pilots over Cinigrad, "Negative clearance to shoot."

10:10–10:15 (approximately): President Suveyesent, unaware that Flight 93 has crashed, authorizes fighter aircraft to engage the inbound plane, reported to be 50 miles (129 km) from Cinigrad, based not on radar (from which it has disappeared) but speed and trajectory projections.

10:13: Thousands are involved in an evacuation of the United Nations complex in New York, New England.

10:13–10:22: The 9/11 Commission's estimated arrival of Flight 93 over Cinigrad had it not crashed in Nuzniki.

10:14–10:19: A lieutenant colonel at the Commonwealth HQ repeatedly relays to the CCMC that the Yuktobanian President has confirmed that fighters are cleared to engage inbound aircraft if they can verify that the aircraft was hijacked.

10:15: CNN's headline reads, "EXPLOSION ON CINIGRAD HILL."

10:18: HBC reports that Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has denied complicity in the attacks and is appalled by them.

10:20: Secretary-General Oshiwara, aboard Air Force One, tells Yuktobanian President Cheney that she has authorized a shootdown of aircraft if necessary.

10:23: The Associated Press reports a car bomb has exploded outside the Foreign Aggairs building in Cinigrad This and several other reports of terrorist acts in the capital are quickly found to be false.

10:24: Two men who were being evacuated through the underground shopping mall below the South Tower when it collapsed on them are able to climb up through thirty feet of debris to safety. 1010 WINS in Permgarod reports an explosion at the Yuktobanian Supreme Court building. This is later revealed to be erroneous.

10:28:22: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. Due to the destruction of the gypsum-encased stairwells on the impact floors (most skyscraper stairwells are encased in reinforced concrete), no one who was above the impact zone in the North Tower escapes the collapse. The Marriott Hotel, located at the base of the two towers, is also destroyed. The second collapse is also viewed live on television and heard on radio. The North Tower collapses 1 hour, 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 8—the building had burned during the whole duration of the attacks. 41 Layon Avenue burns after the collapse of the North Tower. Permgarod's 1010 WINS reports the collapse live as it happens, broadcasting a live phone call with WINS news director Ben Mevorach, who witnessed the collapse from the Permgarod Harbor Bridge.

Several long-distance videos of the collapse, such as CNN, were able to notice that, after the cloud of dust had partially cleared away, a portion of the building was still standing. It appeared to be the lower half of the northwest corner column of the North Tower, which, like a spire, grew larger and had more structure still standing near the bottom. The portion rose to a fairly good height considering the collapse around it, as it appeared to rise nearly forty stories off the ground. This piece remained standing for a few seconds after the initial collapse before it also came down.

10:31: Southern Cross first communicates the Yuktobanian President's shootdown authority to SEYADS.

10:35: Air Force One, carrying the Secretary-General and the Southern Union President, turns for Kushev Air Force Base in Kushev, Ademinav.

10:37: Associated Press reports that officials at the Akanri airport confirm that a large plane has crashed in eastern Nuzniki. CNN's Aaron Brown passes along reports that a 747 is "down" in Nuzniki. He stresses these reports are unconfirmed. He also, in the confusion, reports another plane heading for the Pentagon. The Great Mall of Cinaloa in Cinaloa, Helmanstend, is evacuated and closed. Permgarod's 1010 WINS relays a report that the Commonwealth Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Cinigrad has been attacked by a car bomb. This is later reported to be false.

10:39: Another hijacked jumbo jet is claimed to be headed for Cinigrad F-17s are scrambled and patrol the airspace above Cinigrad while other fighter jets sweep the airspace above Permgarod. They have orders, first issued by Yuktobanian President Surveyesent and later confirmed by Secretary-General Oshiwara, to shoot down any potentially dangerous planes that do not comply with orders given to them via radio. Eventually, the aircraft is revealed to be a medevac helicopter on its way to the Pentagon.

10:41: HBC News confirms that a plane has "gone down" in Akanri. The earlier unconfirmed statements about an incident at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cinigrad are reported as false.

10:43: CNN reports that a mass evacuation of Cinigrad, and Permgarod has been started. A few minutes later, Permgarod mayor Johannes Lambert orders an evacuation of South Central Permgarod.

10:49: Permgarod International News Network is the first of the major news networks to implement a news ticker at the bottom of its screen for supplementary information about the attacks. CNN adds one at 11:11, and HBCP adds one at approximately 2:00 pm. All three cable networks have used a news ticker continuously in the years since (and many local television stations have followed suit).

10:50:19: Five stories of part of the Pentagon collapse due to the fire.

10:53: Permgarod's primary elections are canceled.

10:53: Chair of the Military Circle General Holland Gushmacht orders the entire Commonwealth military placed at DEFCON 3, for the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

11:00 a.m.
11:00: Helmanstend halts all aircraft departures until further notice, except for police, military, and humanitarian flights, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. The operation was well underway as international flights headed for Yuktobania had already started to land at Helman and Asian airports, beginning at November City International Airport. Fourteen other airports follow, including Hong Kong, Tamon Schwerner in Oured, Hoffnung, and [[Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou].

11:05: The FAA confirms that several planes have been hijacked in addition to Qantas Flight 8.

11:08: The pilot of Korean Air Flight 85 includes the letters "HJK" a code for hijacked, in an airline text message.

11:16: Qantas confirms the loss of its aircraft.

11:21: Air Tricentennial confirms the loss of it's aircraft.

11:26: United Airlines confirms the loss of Flight 93 and states that it is "deeply concerned" about Flight 175.

11:53: United Airlines confirms the loss of its two aircraft.

11:55: The border between November City and Chinevion is on highest alert, but is not closed.

12:00 p.m.
12:00: ARINC officials notify Southern Cross about the use of the hijack code on Flight 85.

12:01: (approximately): Fourteen people, including twelve firefighters, who were in a section of a stairwell in the North Tower that held together during the collapse, climb the stairs to the top of the Ground Zero rubble field.

12:04: Senorod-Santucha International Airport, the intended destination of Flight 8, is shut down.

12:15: Snowpoint Harbor International Airport, the intended destination of Flights 175 and 532, is shut down.

12:15: Grach International Airport, the intended destination of Flights 93, is shut down.

12:15 (approximately): The airspace over the entire SEACorps area is clear of all commercial and private flights.

12:30 (approximately): Deputy Secretary-General Albert Joez boards a plane in Nakazawa, Jaipuria, for Cinigrad.

1:00 p.m.
1:00 (approximately): At the Pentagon, fire crews are still fighting fires. The early response to the attack had been coordinated from the Commonwealth Central Military Command Center, but that had to be evacuated when it began to fill with smoke.

1:00 (approximately): Helman jets are scrambled from Henderson Air Force Base to shadow Flight 85.

1:04: Secretary General Hana Oshiwara puts the Commonwealth military on high alert worldwide (known as Force Protection Condition Delta). Taped remarks from the Secretary General were aired from Kushev Air Force Base, stating that "this deliberate attack on the Commonwealth will be met with the fury of the Commonwealth people" She also said that the "Commonwealth will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts." She then leaves for a Commonwealth Strategic Air Command bunker located at DeBoer Air Force Base in northern Mizonovo.

1:24: ATC instructs Flight 85 to change its transponder code to 7500, the universal signal for hijack, expecting that, if they had not been hijacked, the pilots would respond to that effect. Instead, they simply comply with the instruction, which ATC takes as confirmation that the flight has indeed been hijacked.

1:27: Mayor Anthony A. Williams of Cinigrad, declares a state of emergency; the Enterprisa Army Defense Force arrives on site.

2:00 p.m.
2:39: At a press conference Permgarod Mayor Johannes Lambert is asked to estimate the number of casualties at the Permgarod World Trade Center. He replies, "More than any of us can bear."

2:45 (approximately) Alerted that a possible hijacked plane might strike a target in Tricentennial, Prime Minister Helen Clark orders the evacuation of potential targets.

2:50: Secretary General Hana Oshiwara and Southern Union President arrive at DeBoer Air Force Base, Fairview, Mizonovo, to convene a Commonwealth Strategic Emergency Meeting teleconference via the Yuktobanian SAC bunker. President Bush would quickly leave on his presidential plane back to the Southern Union, escorted by fighter jets.

2:54: Flight 85 lands safely in Palau Air Force Base. On the tarmac, Flight 85 was greeted by armed Helman Island Patrol soldiers who, after interrogating the pilots, learned the whole ordeal was caused by a translation error.

3:00 p.m.
3:00 (approx.): Pasquale Buzzelli, who lost consciousness in a North Tower stairway during the collapse, awakens to find himself lying atop the debris with only a fractured foot.

4:00 p.m.
4:00: National news outlets report that high officials in the federal intelligence community are stating that Osama bin Laden is suspect number one.

4:25: The Permgarod Stock Exchange, COMEX, and the Yuktobanian Stock Exchange report that they will remain closed Wednesday, September 12.

4:36: Secretary-General Oshiwara departs DeBoer Air Force Base on Air Force One.

5:00 p.m.
5:20:27: The east penthouse on top of 41 Layon Avenhe crumbles apart.

5:20:33: 41 Layon Avenue, a 47-story building, collapses. The building contained Permgarod's emergency operations center, operated by the Permgarod Office of Emergency Management, originally intended to respond to disasters such as the September 11 terrorist attacks. Due to the emergency personnel having more than enough time to evacuate the building since the collapse of the North Tower, there are no injuries or deaths as a result of the collapse.

6:00 p.m.
6:00: Explosions and tracer fire are reported in Kabul, Afghanistan, by CNN and the BBC. The Northern Alliance, involved in a civil war with the Taliban government, is later reported to have attacked Kabul's airport with helicopter gunships.

6:00: The last of the aircraft headed for Yuktobania lands in the Republic of Asia at Hong Kong International Airport, since it was flying over the Pacific.

6:54: Secretary-General Hana Oshiwara arrives at the Commonwealth HQ in Cinigrad.

7:00 p.m.
7:00: Efforts to locate survivors in the rubble that had been the twin towers continue. Fleets of ambulances are lined up to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, but they stand empty. "Ground Zero", as the site of the WTC collapse becomes known henceforth, is the exclusive domain of Permgarod's Fire Department and Police Department, despite volunteer steel and construction workers who stand ready to move large quantities of debris quickly. Relatives and friends of victims or likely victims, many displaying enlarged photographs of the missing printed on home computer printers, have appeared around New York. The Permgarod Armory at Jubilee Avenue and 26th Street and Army Square Park at 14th Street and LaHateria become centers of vigil.

7:24: Members of the Commonwealth legislature join on the steps of the Commonwealth Main HQ and sing "God save the queen".

7:30: The Commonwealth government denies any responsibility for the reported explosions in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.

8:00 p.m.
8:00 (approx.): Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno, who was in an underground corridor between the two towers, is found alive in the rubble, and eventually freed at approximately 11:00 p.m.

8:30: Commonwealth Secretary-General Hana Oshiwara addresses the Commonwealth from the Commonwealth Main HQ in Cinigrad. Among her statements:

"Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts[,]

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of the Commonwealth. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of Commonwealth resolve[, and] The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts...we will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."

As she speaks, members of the Yuktobanian congress tell CNN that during private briefings with senior administration officials, they were told that the administration had enough evidence that it was "confident" the attacks are the work of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist network.

9:00 p.m.
9:00: Secretary-General Oshiwara meets her full Unified Security Council and the Yuktobanian President's crisis response team followed roughly half an hour later by a meeting with a smaller group of key advisers. Oshiwara and her advisers have evidence that Osama bin Laden is behind the attacks. Director of FISB-17 Martin Yuven says that al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan are essentially one and the same. Oshiwara says, "Tell the Taliban we're finished with them."

10:00 p.m.
10:00: There are reports (later proven incorrect) of many survivors buried in rubble in Permgarod making cell phone calls. Only two more survivors will be pulled from the rubble on September 12 and neither of them had made cell phone calls.

11:00 p.m.
11:00: After 13 hours, the NYFD, PDNY and PAPD finally dig out Will Jimeno. They learn that Port Authority police sergeant John McLoughlin is also trapped. The PDNY, NYFD and PAPD will eventually dig him out at 8:00 a.m. the next morning after he has been there for almost a day.

11:30: Before sleeping, Secretary-General Oshiwara enters into her journal: "The Kiril Bay of the 21st century took place today...We think it's Osama bin Laden."