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| The city of New York, which suffered the most in the terrorist attacks one year ago, held on Wednesday morning a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Timeline: Sept. 11, 2001
（all times Eastern）:
8:43 a.m. －－ FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of United Flight 175.
8:46 a.m. －－ American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center.
9:03 a.m. －－ United Flight 175 crashes into south tower of World Trade Center.
9:08 a.m. －－ FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through New York airspace.
9:24 a.m. －－ FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 77.
9:31 a.m. －－ In Sarasota, Fla., President Bush calls crashes an "apparent terrorist attack on our country."
9:40 a.m. （approx.） American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon.
9:45 a.m. －－ FAA orders all aircraft to land at nearest airport as soon as practical. More than 4,500 aircraft in air at the time. This is the first time in U.S. history that nationwide air traffic is suspended.
9:48 a.m. －－ U.S. Capitol and White House's West Wing evacuated.
9:57 a.m.－－ President Bush leaves Florida.
9:59 a.m. －－ South tower of World Trade Center collapses.
10:07 a.m. （approx.） United Flight 93 crashes in a field in Shanksville, Pa., southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:28 a.m. －－ North tower of World Trade Center collapses.
11:04 a.m.－－ The United Nations is fully evacuated.
12:04 p.m. －－ Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of three of the hijacked airplanes, is closed and evacuated.
12:15 p.m. －－ San Francisco International Airport, the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, is closed and evacuated.
4:36 p.m. －－ Bush leaves Offutt Air Force Base aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
5:25 p.m. －－ The empty, 47－story Seven World Trade Center collapses.
8:30 p.m. －－ Bush addresses nation and vows to "find those responsible and bring them to justice."
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