Since Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on the United States, the nation has reached to the media for information.

Sunday, September 16, 2001

Since Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on the United States, the nation has reached to the media for information.

The following is a review of this week:

Tuesday, Sept. 11:

– 7:59 a.m.: American Flight 11 with 92 people leaves Boston’s Logan Airport for Los Angeles.

– 8:01 a.m.: United Flight 93 with 45 people leaves Newark Airport for San Francisco.

– 8:10 a.m.: American Flight 77 with 64 people leaves Washington’s Dulles Airport for Los Angeles.

– 8:14 a.m.: United Flight 175 with 65 people leaves Boston for Los Angeles.

– 8:48 a.m.: a priority bulletin was sent from the Associated Press. The brief statement from the New York bureau read, "Plane crashes into World Trade Center, according to television reports." The plane, it was later learned, was American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Mass.

– 9:06 a.m.: An explosion from a second airplane rocked the second World Trade Center tower. This was United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston, Mass.

– 9:17 a.m.: Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City-area airports.

– 9:31 a.m.: In Sarasota, Fla., President Bush calls the crashes an ”apparent terrorist attack on our country.

– 9:43 a.m.: A plane crashes at the Pentagon. This was American Airlines Flight 77

– 9:49 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration grounds all planes across the nation. This is the first time air traffic in the United States has been grounded.

– 9:55 a.m.: One of the Twin Towers falls to the ground.

– 10:09 a.m.: A car bomb explodes outside State Department, according to senior law enforcement officials.

– 10:10 a.m.: A plane crashed north of the Somerset County, PA. Airport. The plane crashed about eight miles east of Jennerstown. This was United Airlines Flight 93

– 10:29 a.m.: The last remaining trade center tower falls.

– 11 a.m.: New York mayor orders evacuation of lower Manhattan.

– 11:41 a.m.: The departments of Justice, State, Treasury and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency were evacuated in response to threats against those facilities.

– 1:04 p.m.: From Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, Bush announces U.S. military on high alert worldwide.

– 4:41 p.m.: United States suspects Osama bin Laden in terrorist attacks, two unnamed U.S. officials say.

– 5:30 p.m.: CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that U.S. officials say the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania could have been headed for one of three possible targets: Camp David, the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.

– 7 p.m.: Bush arrives at White House.

– 8:30 p.m.: President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil" and asks for prayers for the families and friends of Tuesday’s victims. "These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve," he says. The president says the U.S. government will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them.

Wednesday, Sept. 12

– 10:50 a.m.: Bush labels attacks ”acts of war,” and asks Congress to find $20 billion to help rebuild and recover.

– Early afternoon: Officials confirm car believed to belong to hijackers is confiscated in Boston, where two of the hijacked planes took off, and that it contained an Arabic-language flight manual. Investigators also raid two Boston-area hotels believed used by hijackers. Three suspects detained but later released.

– 3:42 p.m.: Officials confirm car believed to belong to hijackers is confiscated in Boston, where two of the hijacked planes took off, and that it contained an Arabic-language flight manual. Investigators also raid two Boston-area hotels believed used by hijackers. Three suspects detained but later released.

Thursday, Sept. 13

– 8:09 a.m.: Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says airports will be opened, and commercial flights resumed on a case-by-case basis, only after stringent new security measures are in place. The first scattered flights bring passengers who had been diverted to Canada. Security is increased to its highest level since the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

– 8:28 a.m.: Bond trading resumes and futures activity restarts. Stock markets remain closed for longest stretch since World War II.

– 10:09 a.m.: New York mayor announces 4,763 people are missing.

– Afternoon: Investigators find data recorder for United Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.

– Early Evening: Secretary of State Colin Powell says Osama Bin Laden is prime suspect.

– 8 p.m.: White House press secretary Ari Fleischer cites ”real and credible information” that plane that slammed into Pentagon was originally intended to hit White House.

Friday, Sept. 14

– Morning: White House officials and congressional leaders agree to $40 billion package to combat terrorism and aid recovery, double what Bush requested.

Americans of many faiths hold services and vigils, joining Bush in ”national day of remembrance” for victims. Bush and other dignitaries gather for service at National Cathedral in Washington.

Searchers find flight data and voice recorders of hijacked plane that crashed into Pentagon.

About a dozen people of Middle Eastern descent who were detained at two New York airports are cleared of any connection to attacks. One person remains in custody.

– 12 p.m.: Bush plans to activate up to 50,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists to aid recovery and security.

– 3 p.m.: Authorities make their first arrest in investigation – one of the men detained at New York’s Kennedy Airport is arrested as material witness, meaning investigators believe he has crucial information.

– 3:30 p.m.: Bush arrives in New York to see site of former World Trade Center.

Information from Associated Press, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News and Reuters