The only plane in the sky: an oral history of 9/11

Author's note

Aboard the International Space Station ; September 10th ; Tuesday begins ; Checking in ; 8:00 a.m. New York City ; The hijackings ; Inside air traffic control ; The first plane ; The second hijacking ; The military gears up ; The second plane ; Live, on air ; At Emma Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida ; First reactions in D.C. ; American Airlines flight 77 ; On Capitol Hill ; Flight 93 in peril ; The World Trade Center evacuation ; Jumping ; The FAA makes history ; The Trade Center rescue continues ; The first collapse ; Inside the cloud ; Inside the PEOC ; The military responds ; The fourth crash ; Fear at the Pentagon ; The first casualty ; Around the towers ; After the collapse ; The rescue at Shanksville ; at school in Arlington, Virginia ; Aboard Air Force One, somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico ; Among those who knew ; Escaping the Pentagon ; In between collapses ; Trapped in the ruins ; After the collapse ; At the waterfront ; Midmorning at the Pentagon ; Midmorning at the Capitol ; With the Secretary of Defense ; At Barksdale Air Force Base ; Midday in New York City ; Midday in Washington ; Airborne, somewhere over the Plains ; Afternoon in Shanksville ; At Mount Weather ; At Ground Zero ; At the hospitals ; The 9/11 generation ; At Offutt Air Force Base ; Afternoon in America ; Searching ; 9/11 at Sea ; Afternoon at the Pentagon ; Airborne. en route to Andrews Air Force Base ; Evening in Washington ; In the Oval Office ; The evening of 9/11 ; The day ends ; Epilogue.

Aboard the International Space Station

September 10th

Tuesday begins

Checking in

8:00 a.m. in New York City

The hijackings

Inside air traffic control

The first plane

The second hijacking

The military gears up

The second plane

Live, on air

At Emma Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida

First reactions in D.C.

American Airlines Flight 77

The third plane

On Capitol Hill

Flight 93 in peril

The World Trade Center evacuation

Jumping

The FAA makes history

The Trade Center rescue continues

The first collapse

Inside the cloud

Inside the PEOC

The military responds

The fourth crash

Fear at the Pentagon

The first casualty

Around the towers

After the collapse

The rescue at Shanksville

At school in Arlington, Virginia

Aboard Air Force One, somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico

Among those who knew

Escaping the Pentagon

In between collapses

The second collapse

Trapped in the ruins

After the collapse

At the waterfront

Midmorning at the Pentagon

Midmorning at the Capitol

With the Secretary of Defense

At Barksdale Air Force Base

Midday in New York City

Midday in Washington

Airborne, somewhere over the plains

Afternoon in Shanksville

At Mount Weather

At Ground Zero

At the hospitals

The 9/11 generation

At Offutt Air Force Base

Afternoon in America

Searching

9/11 at sea

Afternoon at the Pentagon

Airborne en route to Andrews Air Force Base

Evening in Washington

In the Oval Office

The evening of 9/11

The day ends

Epilogue.