PART I - THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
“Let me just be very clear about this. Had we had the information that was necessary to stop an attack, I’d have stopped the attack… if we'd known that the enemy was going to fly airplanes into our buildings, we would have done everything in our power to stop it.”
—President George W. Bush to reporters, April 5, 2004
Bearing in mind the many unanswered questions concerning 9/11 and its aftermath, this inquiry begins with a brief look at the timeline of these tragic events.
This independent timeline is based on the best factual information now available, not on the “official” timeline that has been shown to be inaccurate and even misleading.