The moment when bush learned about 9/11 at an elementary school

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stronglenin on September 11st, 2019 at 19:07 UTC »

He had been told right before he went into the room that a plane hit the World Trade Center but he and his aides thought it was a small private plane. In this picture he is being told that a second plane hit, they were commercial aircraft, and we were being attacked.

meext on September 11st, 2019 at 21:24 UTC »

The school he was at at this moment is in my hometown, and I used to teach there. There is a plaque outside the classroom he was in when he found out. Much of the staff remembers it still, and most of the school district was placed on a lock down as he was scheduled to visit multiple schools that day and there was concern the schools he may be at could be a target. An eerie piece of history to have so close to home, so far from NYC/DC.

Octosphere on September 11st, 2019 at 21:46 UTC »

I remember him giving that speech when I was 18 and feeling very uneasy about the sense of war in the air.

I'm European so while it was shocking I cannot imagine how this must've felt to our American friends, I knew things were going to change but I had no idea it would lead to where we are today.

My thoughts to anyone that lost someone during or after this terrible event.