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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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Former adviser talks about being with Bush on 9/11 - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Brian Montgomery remembers riding in the presidential motorcade in Sarasota, Fla., on a warm and sunny morning of what would become one of America's darkest days. "As we're pulling up to Emma Brooks Elementary School, the gentleman sitting behind me in [...]
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Total News Sources39
Leaning Left6Leaning Right14Center17Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Center
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources are Center
46% Center
L 16%
C 46%
R 38%
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