The following list contains dates beyond October 2001 involving the September 11 attacks.
2001 November Thursday, November 1, 2001 Afternoon: Deputy Mayor Anthony P. Coles meets with the two firefighter union leaders, Fire Capt. Peter L. Gorman, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association and Kevin E. Gallagher, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, at New York City Hall to discuss the firefighters' unhappiness with the October 31 decision. Night: The unions fax a notice to the New York firefighters to hold a demonstration on Friday morning. Near midnight: Rudy Giuliani calls from Yankee Stadium at the World Series to Fire Commissioner Thomas von Essen about talk of a protest.
Friday, November 2, 2001 At approximately 10:30 a.m. EST., emotions spilled over into violence at a two-hour protest by several hundred to a thousand firefighters near City Hall, beginning at West and Chambers Streets, to protest Giuliani's October 31st ruling to reduce the number of firefighters permitted at the World Trade Center site from 64 to 25. After firefighter Mike Heffernan, brother of John Heffernan, retired fire captain Bill Butler, father of Tommy Butler, and Kevin E. Gallagher, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, speak, the assembled protesters push aside a barricade and begin walking south down West Street. At the next barricade the police move in, punches are thrown, and firefighters handcuffed. Both sides shout for understanding, and the conflict quickly subsides. The firefighters then march out to the applause of construction workers, the protest breaking up around 12:30 p.m. 12 firefighters (including four ranking fire officers and one fire marshal) are arrested and taken to the 28th Precinct station house in central Harlem. 5 police officers are injured, two with black eyes and facial trauma, three with neck, shoulder and back injuries.
Monday, November 12, 2001
Approximately 9:16 a.m. EST - American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York. 265 people, 260 on the plane, are killed. Originally thought to be terrorism and claimed as a victory by Al-Qaeda, an NTSB investigation finds the cause of the crash to be pilot error as a result of misuse of the aircraft's rudder; the Airbus A300 had taken off moments after a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 had taken off from the same runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport, which caused the Airbus A300 to be affected by the 747's wake turbulence. In an attempt to fight against the turbulence, the first officer repeatedly and aggressively moved the plane's rudder from extreme left to right, inflicting enough metal fatigue to cause the entire vertical stabiliser to shear off, rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. As a precaution, the Empire State Building and UN headquarters are evacuated. Months later, Abderraouf Jdey is named by Al-Qaeda operative Mohammed Jabarah as the person responsible for the disaster, but this cannot be confirmed by any source investigating the crash.
Monday, November 19, 2001
The Transportation Security Administration, also known as TSA, is formed.
December Sunday, December 16, 2001 The last remnants of the North Tower's facade are cut down.
Thursday, December 20, 2001 The last fires at the World Trade Center site are extinguished.
2002 February Sunday, February 3, 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI is held in New Orleans, becoming the first sporting event designated by the Department of Homeland Security as a National Special Security Event. The pregame ceremonies and the halftime show honor the victims of 9/11.
Friday, February 8, 2002 At the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a tattered American flag recovered from the World Trade Center site is carried into the stadium by American athletes, members of the Port Authority police, and members of the New York City police and fire departments.
March Monday, March 11, 2002
Six months after the attack, numerous ceremonies of remembrance take place. Huffman Aviation receives a letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service saying that Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi had been approved for student visas to study there. The Tribute in Light project begins. The project goes for a month and is re-launched on September 11, 2003, to mark the second anniversary of the attack. The Tribute in Light is now done every year on September 11.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
The remains of at least 11 firefighters and several civilians are found when recovery workers reach the site of what had been the South Tower lobby.
May Tuesday, May 28, 2002
The last steel beam standing at the World Trade Center site is cut down and placed on a flatbed truck in a quiet ceremony, marking the end of the clean up at Ground Zero.
June Tuesday, June 4, 2002
As a sign of saying thank you for the support Britain gave in the days immediately following the attacks, New York City lit the Empire State Building in purple and gold to mark the Golden Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II.
August Monday, August 19, 2002
The New York City Medical Examiner releases an updated list of World Trade Center casualties. There were 2,819 killed or missing, 4 less than the Police Department list which had been the best official tally publicly released. One name removed was that of a woman who had been listed under both her maiden and married names. The other three were of people reported missing once by people who had since not been in contact with New York City officials.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Police determine that Albert John Vaughan, 45, and George V. Sims, 46, missing and presumed dead, are alive. Vaughan has been a patient at the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, N.Y. Sims is a patient with amnesia and schizophrenia at a Manhattan hospital.
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
The Newark Star-Ledger reports that George V. Sims is alive. By this point at least 7 people on the August 19 list have been found; there are now 2,812 killed or presumed dead.
September Saturday, September 7, 2002 The New York City Medical Examiner releases a new list of World Trade Center deaths. The new list has 22 fewer names than the previous one. The death toll now stands at 2801, including the dead on the airplanes but not the 10 hijackers.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002 The United States goes on high security alert as anniversary approaches. Other countries such as Great Britain go on similar alert status. Al-Jazeera releases videotapes of four of the September 11 hijackers - Ahmed al-Nami, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi and Wail al-Shehri. All four are seen talking to the camera.
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 Remembrance services are held throughout the USA for the first time it becomes an annual event, that becomes Patriot Day. The ceremony at New York City, broadcast throughout the world, falls an hour behind schedule, but is well attended. The ceremony included the reading out of the names of all the persons who died there (on both the planes and the World Trade Center) and the recitals of American historical speeches such as the Gettysburg Address. Moments of silence are observed at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., the moments when the two planes struck the two towers, and church bells ring at 9:59 a.m. and 10:29 a.m., the moment at which the South and North towers respectively collapsed. Foreign dignitaries gather in Battery Park for the lighting of the eternal flame at sunset. President George W. Bush addresses the nation from Ellis Island an hour and a half after the lighting of the eternal flame. The private ceremony at The Pentagon is also well-attended, and included the President amongst its participants. A prayer is said at the end that referred to Todd Beamer's "Let's roll" remark. The public ceremony at Shanksville also had a large turnout. It included two flybys and a release of doves. President George W. Bush attends a private follow up service for the families of Flight 93's victims in the afternoon. In Karachi, wanted terrorist Ramzi bin al-Shibh (also known as Ramzi Omar) is among five alleged terrorists captured by Pakistani authorities at a Defence Housing Authority estate. Bin al-Shibh is wanted by US authorities in relation to the September 11 attacks. His capture does not become public knowledge for two days, but photographs featuring him being led away blindfolded are published on the day.
Thursday, September 26, 2002
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation selects six new design teams from around the globe for the World Trade Center site.
Friday, September 27, 2002
The City of New York renames 81 streets, 79 in Staten Island and two in Manhattan, after victims. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation announces that construction equipment at the World Trade Center site will have to use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.
2003 February Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Daniel Libeskind's design is announced as the winner and future occupant of the former World Trade Center site. The design includes an office building and a Wedge of Light which will honor the victims of the terrorist attacks by shutting down its lights between 8:46AM and 10:28AM EST every September 11. It will also use the WTC's foundations.
March
March 1, 2003
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the attacks, is captured by the Pakistani ISI in Rawalpindi and handed into U.S. custody.
2004 July
Sunday, July 4, 2004
The cornerstone of One World Trade Center, a building designed to replace the Twin Towers, is laid.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
The 9/11 Commission Report is published.
2005
Monday, September 5, 2005 The World Trade Center Transportation Hub begins construction at the World Trade Center site, marking the beginning of major reconstruction at the site since the September 11 attacks. The $2.2 billion transportation hub, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, was intended to connect the PATH commuter rail system with the New York City Subway and other transportation services.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 The final design for One World Trade Center, then known as the Freedom Tower, is formally unveiled. The revised design incorporates a reinforced concrete base and other security measures following concerns raised by the New York City Police Department.
Monday, September 12, 2005 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia begins the sentencing phase of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who had pleaded guilty to conspiring to hijack aircraft and was prosecuted in connection with the September 11 attacks. The proceedings continue into 2006, when Moussaoui is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
2006
April
Thursday, April 27, 2006 The construction of One World Trade Center commences.
May
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 The new 7 World Trade Center opens in New York City.
September Monday, September 11, 2006 Between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and midnight on September 11, 2006, on CNN, viewers could watch CNN footage of the attacks, as it happened as it was broadcast on that day. At 8:49 a.m. ET, during American Morning, CNN rebroadcast the first minute of its coverage, as it was the moment it broke the news.
MSNBC broadcasts national NBC News coverage from 8:52 to 12:00 ET, branding it as a "Living History Event". They would do it again annually since then.
2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007