Timeline (Dawn of the Dead)

The following are the events that have occurred in the *Dawn of the Dead* **timeline**. Most of these dates are confirmed by *The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed*, in which Andy's recordings are dated by the camera. These events also overlap the events of *Dawn of the Dead*, showing a clearer pitcture of the specific flow of time during the movie.

## 2003

August 23, 2003
**Andy's birthday**: Andy, his wife, Susan, and their daughter go to the park. His daughter gives him a goldfish named Ariel.
## 2004

May 6, 2004
Andy encounters a police road block and zombies on the way home from Mustang Sally's. He reinforces Andy's Gun Works to protect against them.
May 7, 2004
Andy records two videos talking about the initial zombie outbreak. Phone service goes down, but the electricity and internet remain active.
May 8, 2004
Ana Clark deals with bite victims at the hospital.
Andy makes a video complaining of his inability to sleep with the zombie moans outside, then two more talking about killing zombies. He discovers that they can only be taken down with shots to the head. Firing shots calls more zombies over, so he's unable to clear them via sniping. He attempts a Molotov cocktail to no avail.
May 9, 2004
Luis Clark is attacked by Vivian and becomes a zombie, forcing his wife, Ana, to flee their home.
A small group of survivors break into Crossroads Mall to get away from the undead. The news suggests people head for Fort Pastor, where Kenneth Hall's brother is.
Luda is bitten.
The mall survivors discover Andy across the mall parking lot. A helicopter flies overhead, but ignores them.
Andy runs out of food.
May 10, 2004
A second set of survivors join the mall survivors, informing them that Fort Pastor has fallen, leaving them with no escape plan.
May 18, 2004
Andy plays "Hollywood Squares" with the mall survivors, shooting celebrity lookalikes in the mall parking lot.
May 21, 2004
Andy gets drunk and records a video of himself talking to, then later eating his goldfish, Ariel.
May 30, 2004
The electricity stops running in Everett, Wisconsin.
The mall survivors find a dog in the parking garage. They later name the dog Chips.
Luda dies in childbirth. Her baby is born as a zombie.
Andre and Norma kill each other.
The mall survivors develop an escape plan and start to reinforce mall buses.
June 5, 2004
Kenneth Hall tells Andy there are five more days until they plan to depart the mall and pick him up. Andy responds by noting his starvation, and the mall survivors devise a plan to send him food.
June 6, 2004
The mall survivors send Chips to Andy's Gun Works to give Andy a sandwich. Letting the dog in, Andy is bitten by a zombie and turns.
Nicole goes to Andy's to rescue Chips, and some of the mall survivors go after her through the sewers. Tucker dies.
Returning to the mall, the mall is swarmed and the survivors are forced to enact their escape plan early. Monica, Glen, Steve, and CJ die. Michael is bitten and stays behind.
June 10, 2004
The mall survivors' plan was originally to leave on this day, but they had already been forced to leave early.
## Later

Unkown date
The mall survivors dock and are attacked by zombies.
Unknown date
Zombie survivors travel through Everett, Wisconsin and find Andy's tape detailing his experiences with the zombie outbreak.
## Trivia

* Andy states that he can survive without food for 28 days. He runs out of food, then dies exactly 28 days later.