Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks: Difference between revisions

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The [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], often referred to simply as "9/11" (spoken as "Nine Eleven"), in addition to being traumatic for those directly involved, caused extreme tension for the [[United States]] as a nation and many others around the world. In addition to being a tragedy, a unique act of aggression, and perhaps a foreshadowing of the way the disaffected will lash out in the 21st century, it was a [[Media Event|media event]] on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links, round-the-clock television news organizations and the instant worldwide reaction and debate made possible by the Internet. Due to these modern global communications links, most of the events listed below were known by a large portion of the planet's population almost in realtime.

All times in New York Time ([[EDT]] or [[UTC|UTC - 4]]).