There is conflicting evidence on when Norad knew but the earliest would have been 8:31 and the latest was 8:40.
Here is some info on the role of Norad with hijacked aircraft in 1990. I'm sure it changed as I think in 1999 I read somewhere where is got much tougher and also tracked terrorist and potential drug smugglers.
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