Timeline of Terrorism: the Aftermath

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Pakistani officials and Taliban leaders end two days of negotiations with no agreement.
A moment of silence is held at 8:48 am EDT in New York and Washington, exactly one week after the first plane struck the World Trade Center.
"Reality of the chance of recovering anyone alive (from WTC wreckage) is very, very small," says Mayor Giuliani.
The official number of missing at the World Trade Center rises to 5,422; 218 confirmed dead.
French President Jacques Chirac meets with President Bush, pledges French solidarity
NYSE rebounds with help of retail and manufacturing companies.
Some Broadway shows will close early due to revenue losses.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta meets with airline executives to discuss safety and financial issues; Bush and Congress prepare legislative aid package for the industry.

Attorney General Ashcroft says federal marshals will be flying on many commercial flights.
"It's very likely there was significant ground support and reinforcement assistance from collaborators" in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, says Attorney General Ashcroft.
The IMF and World Bank cancel their annual meetings, which were to take place later this month in Washington, D.C.
Pakistani envoys meet with Taliban leaders to urge the extradition of Osama bin Laden.
Wall Street reopens after longest closing since 1933; Dow logs its greatest point loss ever.
Federal Reserve lowers interest rates.
Major league baseball pennant race resumes.
Airlines losing millions; more layoffs to come.
Bush says bin Laden is wanted "dead or alive."
Pakistan essentially closes its border with Afghanistan; an estimated 1 million Afghan refugees are confined to northern camps.

Investigators learn three hijackers may have attended the same German university, the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg.
Attorney General John Ashcroft asks Congress to write tougher anti-terrorist laws and to expand the powers of law enforcement to use wire-tapping.
190 confirmed dead at World Trade Center.
Memorial service takes place at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Vice President Cheney tells press President Bush authorized F-16 fighters to shoot down hijacked planes heading toward Washington, D.C.
Mayor Giuliani now says over 4,900 reported missing.
Mayor Giuliani dispels rumors of tapping heard in the WTC wreckage.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announces he appointed two task forces to report on improving air security.

President Bush meets with senior advisors at Camp David.
DNA testing will be used to identify remains; families and loved ones of missing asked to bring in hairbrushes, razors, and other items for DNA analysis.
Continental Airlines annouces 12,000 layoffs; Continental, American, United, Northwest to cut schedules.
Funeral services held for New York City's Fire Department Chief Peter Ganci, First Deputy Fire Commissioner William Feehan, and department chaplain Father Mychal Judge.

SEC relaxes rules on company buybacks.
Afghan refugees flee to Iranian and Pakistani borders.
Suspects flown from Texas and Minnesota to New York for questioning.
President Bush declares a national emergency.
The Senate adopts a resolution authorizing the use of U.S. armed forces against those responsible for the attacks.
President Bush visits World Trade Center site.
Federal officials release names of the 19 hijackers.
President Bush declares a "national day of prayer and remembrance." Many Americans attend religious services.
Congress unanimously approves $40 billion for emergency aid.
Suspects detained at New York airports cleared and released.
President Bush activates 50,000 national guard and reserve members to help with recovery and security.
Flight data and voice recorders found at the Pentagon crash site.

Ten suspects detained at New York airports; some said to be carrying fake credentials and knives.
Family and friends of WTC victims fill out missing person reports at the Lexington Street Armory.
Flight data and voice recorders found at the Pennsylvania crash site.
Secretary of State Colin Powell names Osama bin Laden as main suspect.
German police detain suspect in Hamburg.
U.S. urges on Pakistan to close its borders with Afghanistan.
President Bush visits survivors of Pentagon attack.
Mayor Giuliani estimates over 4,000 dead in New York.
European Union declares Friday, September 14, a day of mourning.
U.S. airports begin reopening; Boston's Logan and D.C.'s Reagan airports remain closed.
U.S. bond markets open.

Officials estimate 200 dead, including hijacking victims, at the Pentagon.
Osama bin Laden denies involvement.
The Taliban, of Afghanistan, denies foreknowledge of attacks.
4,000 FBI and CIA agents involved in the investigation.
Families report receiving calls from victims of hijackings.
Major league baseball games, NFL games, Emmys, and other major events postponed.
For the first time NATO invokes Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, which states that an armed attack on one member nation "shall be considered an attack against them all".
Four suspects in Boston and Rhode Island detained and released.
Investigations lead police to flight-training schools in Florida.
List of victims from hijacked planes released.
Relatives, friends search for survivors in area hospitals.
Almost 100 confirmed dead in New York.
Americans line up at blood donation centers.
Rental car found at Boston's Logan airport contains Arabic-language flight manuals.
Flags fly at half-staff around the world.
U.S. financial markets closed.
U.S. airports closed.