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Ash-covered shoes and a president in crisis: A Reuters reporter remembers 9/11
The reporter recalls Bush learning of the attacks during a school visit as planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing about 3,000 people.
- As a Reuters correspondent covering a routine education event in Florida on Sept 11, 2001, I witnessed President George Bush at Emma Booker Elementary School in Sarasota when the terrorist attacks unfolded.
- The World Trade Center towers collapsed, killing about 3,000 people, while the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, were struck, killing 64, 125, and 44 people respectively on that day.
- During a reading seminar at Emma Booker Elementary School, White House Chief Andrew Card informed Bush that 'America is under attack,' and cameras captured the shocked expression on his face.
- Within hours, the administration characterized the attacks as the worst on American soil since Pearl Harbor, fundamentally reshaping the nation's security posture and Bush's presidency.
- The former president, now 80, will attend a ceremony at Ground Zero on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary and share reflections at his Dallas presidential library on Wednesday evening.
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President Bush, chief of staff react to 9/11 terrorist attacks
(FOX 44) - September 11, 2026 marks 25 years since the the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history. What was U.S. President George W. Bush doing at the time of the attacks? On September 11th, 2001, President Bush, a Texan in the White House, was visiting a school in Sarasota, Florida. He was reading to [...]
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Reporter has vivid memories of President Bush on 9/11
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush was jogging around a Florida golf course before dawn when I first saw him on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Total News Sources54
Leaning Left8Leaning Right15Center27Last UpdatedBias Distribution54% Center
Bias Distribution
- 54% of the sources are Center
54% Center
L 16%
C 54%
R 30%
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