Reply #20: Some definitive links [View All]

[dorkulon]

From the 9/11 Comission:

The President was seated in a classroom of second graders when, at approximately 9:05, Andrew Card whispered to him: "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." The President told us his instinct was to project calm, not to have the country see an excited reaction at a moment of crisis. The national press corps was standing behind the children in the classroom; he saw their phones and pagers start to ring. The President felt he should project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening.

The President remained in the classroom for another five to seven minutes, while the children continued reading. He then returned to a holding room shortly before 9:15....

Two other stories on the subject:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Jun21.html
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595071129,00.html