Day of terror
AP Photo / Carmen Taylor
A jet
airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers.
|
Nation's armed forces on worldwide alert
WASHINGTON – Air Force F-16s patrolled the skies over Washington, Navy warships were sent to Manhattan and military commanders ordered forces on highest alert after Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
Jet crashes in Pa.; passenger reported hijacking in phone call
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. – A passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 called on
his cell phone from a locked bathroom with a chilling message: "We are being
hijacked, we are being hijacked!" Minutes later the jetliner crashed with 45
people aboard, the last of four closely timed terror attacks across the country.
MORE ON THE ATTACK AND AFTERMATH
Monday, Sept. 12
• Sports come to standstill following terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon
Tuesday, Sept. 11
• Bush promises full force of U.S. government will track down terrorists
• American Airlines planes hit towers
• Two United Airlines jetliners crash
• London editor says he was warned of attack
• NY workers walk miles to safety
• Terrorists must have had own pilots in scheme that defied planning, experts say
• Pain rekindles for Oklahoma City survivor
• Chaotic
scene of devastation unfolds on national television
• Text: Bush
addresses nation from Oval Office
• Powell
uses democracy meeting to make stand against terrorism