when did the first plane hit

The first plane hit the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time on September 11, 2001.

Quick Scoop: Key Facts

• Date: September 11, 2001.

• Time: About 8:46 a.m. (often noted more precisely as around 8:46:40 a.m.).

• Flight: American Airlines Flight 11.

• Impact: Struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Many official timelines mark 8:46 a.m. as the moment the modern world changed, as Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower and set off the sequence of events now remembered simply as “9/11.”

TL;DR: The first plane (American Airlines Flight 11) hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. ET on September 11, 2001.

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