MUMBAI ATTACK
9.30 pm Terrorists Strike
11.00 pm Chief Minister notified
2.00 am Plane for commandos reaches Delhi
2.30 am Commandos board the plane
5.25 am Commandos board a bus in Mumbai
6.05 am They reach a location for "briefing" (could not be done on flight?!)
7.00 am The "Operation" finally begins!
A TOTAL OF 9 HOURS !!
NOW COMPARE IT TO 9/11
8.45 am The FIRST plane hits the World Trade Center
9.03 am The SECOND plane hits (That's when everyone realised it was a terror attack)
9.17 am the Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City airports
9.21 am the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey orders all New York area bridges and tunnels to close down
9.30 am The President (Bush) announces in Florida that the country has suffered an "apparent terror attack"
9.40 am The FAA halts all air traffic in the nation (first ever in the US history)
9.43 am The Pentagon is hit by a THIRD plane
9.45 am The White House is evacuted
9.57 am The President departs from Florida
10.08 am The Secret Service Agents armed with automatic weapons are deployed in Lafayette Park, across from the White House
10.10 am The FOURTH plane crashes in Sommerset County, Pennsylvania
10.13 am The United Nations Building evacuates 4,700 people from the head quarters and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs
10.22 am The Justice Dept in Washington evacuates along with The World Bank
10.45 am ALL Federal Office buildings in Washington are evacuated
10.46 am The US Secretary of States, Collin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the US
10.57 am Israel evacuates all diplomatic misssions
11.02 am New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders evacuation of areas south of the Canal Street
11.06 am CNN announces that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing an emergency response team in a precautionary move!
ALL THIS IN ONLY TWO HOURS !! AND IT TOOK ONE AND A HALF HOURS FOR THE "AUTHORITIES" TO CONTACT THE MUMBAI CHIEF MINISTER!
