5:45 a.m. EDT: Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari pass through airport security in Portland, Maine, and board a flight for Boston. Over the next 90 minutes, 17 other hijackers clear security at three other Eastern airports.
劫機者Mohammed Atta和Abdulaziz al-Omari通過緬因州波特蘭機場安檢，登上飛往波士頓的班機。在接下來的90分鐘里，另外17名劫機者清除了美國其他3個東部機場的安檢。

6:00 a.m.: Polls open in New York City for primary elections.
選舉紐約市市長候選人的投票開始。

7:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Boston, with Atta and Omari on board, bound for Los Angeles.
美國航空11號班機從波士頓出發(fā)，飛往洛杉磯，Atta和Omari在該機上。

8:14 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston with other hijackers on board.
美國航空175號班機從波士頓出發(fā)，其他的劫機者在該機上。

8:20 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Washington Dulles airport en route to Los Angeles.
美國航空77號班機從華盛頓杜勒斯機場機場出發(fā)，飛往洛杉磯。

8:24 a.m.: On Flight 11, Atta, trying to communicate with the cabin, mistakenly contacts air traffic control.
在11號班機上，Atta試圖與駕駛艙內(nèi)取得聯(lián)系，卻錯誤地聯(lián)系到了空管。

8:37 a.m.: Air traffic control reports the hijacking to the US military.
空管向美國軍方報告了劫機事件。

8:42 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 departs Newark, N.J., with hijackers aboard.
美國航空93號班機從新澤西洲紐瓦克啟程，有劫機者在該機上。

--------------------102 Minutes That Changed America--------------------

8:46 a.m.: Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC).
11號班機撞向世貿(mào)中心北塔。

8:50 a.m.: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card tells President George W. Bush, who's visiting a Florida elementary school, about the crash.
白宮幕僚長Andrew Card向布什總統(tǒng)匯報了襲擊事件，此時布什正在訪問佛羅里達的一所小學。

8:55 a.m.: Occupants of the unhit WTC's South Tower are told not to evacuate. The building is secure. Then, minutes later, the New York Port Authority initiates an evacuation.
世貿(mào)中心南塔中的人員被告知不要撤離，大樓是安全的。但是10分鐘后，紐約港務局又開始疏散塔內(nèi)人員。

9:03 a.m.: Flight 175 smashes into the South Tower.
175號班機貫穿了南塔。

9:31 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."
布什在佛羅里達發(fā)表講話，稱顯而易見美國遭遇了恐怖襲擊。

9:37 a.m.: Hijackers crash Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
劫機者駕駛著77號班機撞向五角大樓。

9:42 a.m.: The FAA, for the first time in history, halts all flights in the US and orders those in the air to land.
美國聯(lián)邦航空管理局有史以來第一次停止了美國所有航班，并下令正在飛行的航班著陸。

9:48 a.m.: US authorities evacuate the US Capitol and the White House's West Wing.
美國當局人士從國會大廈和白宮西翼大樓撤離。

9:59 a.m.: The South Tower collapses.
南塔倒塌。

10:03 a.m.: Hijackers, trying to prevent passengers from retaking the plane, crash Flight 93 in a field southeast of Pittsburgh.
93號班機上的劫機者為了防止機上乘客重新獲得飛機控制權而讓其在匹茲堡東南部附近墜毀。

10:28 a.m.: The North Tower collapses.
北塔倒塌。

--------------------------改變美國的102分鐘---------------------------

10:50 a.m.: New York postpones primary elections.
紐約市市長初選被推遲。

11:02 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani calls for the evacuation of about 1 million people from lower Manhattan.
紐約市長朱利亞尼號召100萬人從下曼哈頓區(qū)撤離。

12:30 p.m.: 14 "miracle survivors," who were shielded by a stairwell, are rescued from the fallen North Tower.
14人靠著樓梯井的防護而躲過一劫，從倒塌的北塔中被救出，成為“奇跡般的幸存者”。

1:44 p.m.: Pentagon dispatches warships to protect the Eastern Seaboard.
五角大樓派遣軍艦保護東海岸。

4:25 p.m.: America's major stock exchanges announce they will remain closed Wednesday.
美國主要的證券交易所宣布周三（9月12日）他們?nèi)詫㈥P閉交易。

4:30 p.m.: Firefighters raise a flag in the wreckage of the twin towers.
消防員在世貿(mào)中心雙子塔的廢墟上樹起旗幟。

8:30 p.m.: Bush, addressing the nation, vows to "find those responsible and bring them to justice."
布什向全國人民發(fā)表講話，發(fā)誓將“找到肇事者并將他們繩之以法”。