8:30 am Decide to take day off after fishing trip canceled.

8:47 am The north tower of the World Trade Center is hit by airplane. Data center could be affected.

8:50 am Receive call from Jim Coffey, manager of enterprise systems group. He's on his way to Rochelle Park, N.J., mirror site.

8:51 am Call London office over tie-line connection on 103rd floor of the trade center. Communications to data center still live.

9:03 am The south tower is hit by another airplane.

9:50 am The south tower collapses.

10:29 am North tower collapses; connection to London and data center is lost.

11:00 am An emergency team of IT staff is dispatched to Rochelle Park to assess the situation. A virtual private network connection to Rochelle Park data center established. Cable-modem service, cell phones, land lines used to direct restoration operations.

12:00 pm First milestones for bringing eSpeed back on line are set. Search for missing technology staff members continues.