The timeline:
8:46 a.m. Hijackers crash American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
9:03 a.m. Hijackers crash United Flight 175 into the World Trade Center’s South Tower.
9:37 a.m. Hijackers crash American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
9:59 a.m. The South Tower collapses.
10:03 a.m. After passengers fight back against hijackers, United Flight 93 crashes in a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
10:28 a.m. The North Tower collapses.
It was a morning that few of us will ever forget.
As this timeline shows, the events of 24 years ago happened in the relative blink of an eye.
From what many thought was just a terrible, unfortunate accident involving a single commercial jet striking the World Trade Center to the collapse of that tower (and the realization that what transpired was much more than some random accident) took less than two hours.
But the implications of those brief moments live with us today. From wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to stepped-up s...