Timeline
Timeline
Uncertain timestamps are marked. Day-of events use second- and minute-level clocks from the Commission and NIST. Competing readings of the same moment stay linked — they are not hidden.
11 September clock
2000-02-01 · EVT-004
Restaurant meeting with Bayoumi
2000-01-05 → 2000-01-08 · day · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda meeting; Mihdhar present
confirmedKuala LumpurCIA-monitored meeting. Mihdhar's U.S. visa information exists on the U.S. side after this.
2000-01-15 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Hazmi and Mihdhar arrive LAX
confirmedLos Angeles International AirportFirst two hijackers on U.S. soil.
2000-01-15 → 2000-02-01 · week · America/Los_Angeles
Unreconstructed Los Angeles period
possibledisputedKing Fahd Mosque, Culver CityCommission could not fill this window. Candidate activity near King Fahd Mosque.
2000-02-01 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Restaurant meeting with Bayoumi
confirmeddisputedHalal restaurant, Venice Boulevard, Culver CityFirst documented contact. Chance vs design unresolved in 2004; later materials argue design.
2000-02-01 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Bayoumi at Saudi Consulate / alleged Thumairy contact
probabledisputedSaudi Consulate, Los AngelesWitness/FBI accounts place Bayoumi at the consulate and possibly with Thumairy the same day.
2000-02-04 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Islamic Center of San Diego; apartment search begins
confirmedIslamic Center of San DiegoThey take Bayoumi up on the offer of help.
2000-02-05 → 2000-02-08 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Parkwood lease, bank account, certified check
confirmedParkwood Apartments, San DiegoConcrete assistance. $9,900 deposit; reimbursed check.
2000-02-12 · week · America/Los_Angeles
Hazmi and Mihdhar leave Parkwood after ~one week
probableParkwood Apartments, San DiegoCost plus Hazmi's 'Saudi spy' suspicion.
2000-04-01 → 2000-04-30 · month · America/Los_Angeles
$5,000 Dubai wire via Islamic Center administrator
confirmedIslamic Center of San DiegoAl-Qaeda finance path, not Bayoumi.
2000-05-10 → 2000-12-15 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Hazmi rents with FBI informant Shaikh
confirmedIslamic Center of San DiegoU.S. asset proximity.
2000-06-09 · day · America/Los_Angeles
Mihdhar departs the United States
confirmedKing Fahd Mosque, Culver CityReturns 4 July 2001.
2000-09-07 · day · UTC
Unarmed Predator first mission over Afghanistan
probableLater autumn flights observe likely UBL; no shoot capability.
2000-12-15 · week · America/Los_Angeles
Hazmi and Hanjour leave San Diego for Arizona
confirmedParkwood Apartments, San DiegoEnd of San Diego facilitation window.
2001-01-25 · day · America/New_York
Clarke memo to Rice requesting Principals review of al-Qaeda
confirmedFirst Bush-administration terrorism strategy paper.
2001-06-23 → 2001-08-07 · day · America/New_York
CIA SEIB run: Bin Ladin attacks described as imminent
confirmedSenior briefs through 'Determined to Strike in the US'.
2001-07-04 · day · America/New_York
Mihdhar re-enters at JFK
confirmedStill not watchlisted.
2001-07-10 · day · America/Phoenix
Phoenix memo sent
confirmedBin Laden–flight-school warning.
2001-08-06 · day · America/New_York
PDB: Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US
confirmedPresidential brief.
2001-08-16 · day · America/Chicago
Moussaoui arrested in Minnesota
confirmedLaptop not searched under FISA before 9/11.
2001-08-21 → 2001-08-24 · day · America/New_York
FBI informed / watchlist action on Mihdhar
confirmedToo late; he is already in the country.
2001-09-11T08:46:40 · second · America/New_York
AA11 strikes WTC1
confirmedWorld Trade Center 1 (North Tower)North Tower impact. Multiply recorded.
2001-09-11T09:03:00 · minute · America/New_York
Street-level second-impact observation, Wall Street
probableWall Street / lower Manhattan (near WTC)911DA email: engine sound of second aircraft, 5–6 blocks away.
2001-09-11T09:03:11 · second · America/New_York
UA175 strikes WTC2
confirmedWorld Trade Center 2 (South Tower)South Tower impact. Live television.
2001-09-11T09:37:00 · minute · America/New_York
AA77 strikes the Pentagon
confirmedThe PentagonHazmi, Mihdhar, Hanjour among hijackers.
2001-09-11T09:37:46 · second · America/New_York
AA77 strikes the Pentagon
confirmeddisputedThe PentagonOfficial identification AA77. H014 remains a competing labelled claim.
2001-09-11T09:59:00 · minute · America/New_York
WTC2 collapses
confirmedWorld Trade Center 2 (South Tower)56 minutes after impact. Mechanism is H003/H004.
2001-09-11T10:03:11 · second · America/New_York
UA93 crashes near Shanksville
confirmeddisputedField near Shanksville, PennsylvaniaOfficial: passenger revolt. Competing: shoot-down.
2001-09-11T10:28:00 · minute · America/New_York
WTC1 collapses
confirmedWorld Trade Center 1 (North Tower)102 minutes after impact.
2001-09-11T16:00:00 → 2001-11-15 · hour · America/New_York
Urban Moving Systems detentions
confirmeddisputedFive employees detained after filming/celebration reports.
2001-09-11T16:54:00 · minute · America/New_York
BBC premature WTC7 report
confirmeddisputedWorld Trade Center 7Reported collapsed while still standing on camera.
2001-09-11T17:20:52 · second · America/New_York
WTC7 collapses
confirmeddisputedWorld Trade Center 7No aircraft impact. Core of H005/H006/H018.
2002-12-10 · day · America/New_York
Joint Inquiry report (classified 28 pages withheld)
confirmedCongressional inquiry records possible Saudi links.
2003-05-23 · day · America/New_York
Mineta Commission testimony (PEOC orders)
confirmeddisputedPresidential Emergency Operations Center, White HouseHearing record of Cheney 'orders still stand.'
2004-07-22 · day · America/New_York
9/11 Commission Report published
confirmedPublic negative finding on Bayoumi/Thumairy knowing assistance.
2005-08-12 · day · America/New_York
FDNY oral histories released
confirmedExplosion-language first-responder corpus becomes public.
2005-09-01 · month · America/New_York
NIST NCSTAR 1 published (towers)
confirmedOfficial WTC1/2 engineering report.
2005-09-21 · day · America/New_York
Able Danger hearings
possibledisputedAtta-identification claim vs Commission staff.
2006-08-11 · day · America/New_York
NTSB path/ATC package released via NSArchive FOIA
confirmedNational Security Archive, George Washington UniversityPublic docket NTSB had refused.
2008-11-20 · day · America/New_York
NIST NCSTAR 1A published (WTC7)
confirmedOfficial WTC7 engineering report.
2009-04-03 · day · UTC
Harrit et al. thermitic-chip paper
probabledisputedPeer-reviewed alternative materials claim.
2011-09-11 → 2011-09-14 · day · America/Toronto
International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 (Toronto)
confirmedRyerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)Four days of presentations to an academic/legal panel. Report published 2012.
2012-06-19 · day · America/New_York
CIA 9/11 File posted (NSAEBB 381)
confirmedNational Security Archive, George Washington University~100 documents; ~1/4 of Commission-cited CIA set.
2016-07-15 · day · America/New_York
28 pages declassified
confirmedPublic can read Joint Inquiry Saudi section.
2017-06-14 · day · America/New_York
FBI internal report: Bayoumi as GIP cooptee
confirmedWritten 2017; public 2022.
2020-03-01 · month · America/Anchorage
UAF Hulsey WTC7 study released
probabledisputedWorld Trade Center 7Fire-did-not-cause-observed-collapse model.
2021-09-11 → 2022-12-31 · month · America/New_York
EO 14040 FBI releases
confirmed16-page report and later productions become public.
2024-08-01 · month · America/New_York
S.D.N.Y. civil inference on tasked housing help
probabledisputedJudge Daniels: not merely a good Samaritan.
2026-09-02 → 2026-09-02 · day · UTC
EFI-911 ingest of IC911 public holdings
confirmedCataloguing of archives (inactive), timeline, reports, journal, presentations, Toronto Report. Binaries not live were not fabricated.