Here is a list of the flashes, NewsAlerts and bulletins that the Associated Press moved in the four hours following the first report at 8:53 a.m. of a plane hitting one of the World Trade Center towers.
| 8:53 | Washington | Aircraft crashed near Pentagon. White House evacuated after bomb threats. FAA shuts down all air traffic. |
| 10:00 | New York | Explosion hits another building near World Trade Center. |
| 10:07 | New York | One World Trade Center tower collapses. |
| 10:11 | New York | Two planes crashed into WTC. Bush says "apparent terrorist attack." Witness saw people falling and jumping from towers. |
| 10:19 | Washington | State Department evacuated due to a possible explosion. |
| 10:23 | Washington | Car bomb explodes outside State Department, senior law enforcement officials say. [Note: Officials' version later proved unfounded.] |
| 10:29 | New York | Second World Trade Center tower collapses. |
| 10:30 | New York | In a horrific sequence of events, terrorists crashed planes into the WTC, and explosions rocked the Pentagon and the State Department, spreading fear through the country. |
| 10:37 | Pittsburgh | Large plane crashes in western Pennsylvania, officials at Somerset County airport confirm. |
| 10:39 | New York | Fourth explosion at World Trade Center. |
| 10:45 | Pittsburgh | A large plane, believed to be a 767, crashed north of Somerset County Airport, near Pittsburgh. |
| 11:15 | New York | Mayor Giuliani says: "I have a sense it's a horrendous number of lives lost." |
| 11:16 | New York | Terrorists crashed planes into the WTC. Explosions also rocked the Pentagon. Mayor Giuliani: "I have a sense it's a horrendous number of lives lost." |
| 11:17 | New York | Authorities had been trying to evacuate WTC. Expert: "I would name at the top of the list Osama Bin Laden." Aircraft crashed into Pentagon. |
| 11:19 | New York | In Pennsylvania, a large plane believed to be a 747 crashed. Nation's air traffic halted. New York "like a war zone." |
| 11:23 | Fort Worth, TX | American Airlines says it "lost" two aircraft carrying 156 people. |
| 11:33 | Pittsburgh | United Airlines confirms flight from Newark, NJ, to San Francisco crashed near Pittsburgh. |
| 11:41 | | Pittsburgh, San Francisco witness account of Pennsylvania crash. |
| 11:52 | Washington | Federal Reserve reports it is prepared to provide additional money to nation's banking system as needed following terrorist attacks. |
| 12:03 | Chicago | United Airlines confirms second plane crashing, locations not known. |
| 12:23 | New York | High-Ranking police official says the number of people killed or injured could be in the thousands. |
| 12:53 | Barksdale AF8 | Bush says military on high alert. |
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