In a message dated 11/26/01 2:11:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< He said that he tried not to look shocked. �I was very aware of the
cameras,� he said. �America is under attack. I�m trying to absorb that
knowledge. I have nobody to talk to. I�m sitting in the midst of a classroom
with little kids and I realise I�m the Commander-in-Chief and America�s
under attack.� >>
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MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 2001
False alarm roused Bush from his bed
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001530008-2001545016,00.html
FROM MARTIN FLETCHER IN WASHINGTON
ON THE night of September 11, President and Mrs Bush were roused from their
bed and rushed down to the bunker below the White House because an aircraft
had been spotted flying towards the President’s mansion, George W. Bush
disclosed yesterday.
Describing his day to Newsweek magazine, Mr Bush also recalled the moment
that Andrew Card, his Chief of Staff, told him of the second attack on the
World Trade Centre as he was waiting to speak at a Florida elementary
school.
He said that he tried not to look shocked. “I was very aware of the
cameras,” he said. “America is under attack. I’m trying to absorb that
knowledge. I have nobody to talk to. I’m sitting in the midst of a classroom
with little kids and I realise I’m the Commander-in-Chief and America’s
under attack.”
He was whisked back to Air Force One, where he told aides: “We’re at war.
That’s what we are paid for, boys. The first thing we had to do was
understood what the heck was going on.” Air Force One embarked on an
eight-hour odyssey before it was deemed safe for Mr Bush to return to
Washington at 5.30pm. Still nettled by the criticism, he insisted: “I wanted
to go back to Washington. There is strong advice that I did not, primarily
from the VicePresident.”
He held a National Security Council meeting in the emergency operations
centre in a bunker below the building. Then, as they were going upstairs, a
secret service agent said: “Mr President, we’re staying down here in the
basement.” The President recalled: “I had taken a look at the bed which
(Laura) points out was about a 1955 roll-out, pull-out. I said: ‘No, we’re
not. I’m really tired. I’ve had a heck of a day and I’m going to sleep in my
own bed.’ ”
At 11.30pm, they were sound asleep. “I can hear a guy breathing quite
heavily. ‘Mr President! Mr President! There’s an unidentified aircraft
heading toward the White House.’ So we get out of bed. I’m actually in my
running shorts with a T-shirt, old shoes. Grab Barney, grab Spot (the family
dogs). Laura has no contacts, she’s holding on to my arm. We get into the
elevator, straight down, in towards the conference room.
“And I’m thinking: ‘What the heck is going on?’ Then an enlisted fellow
walks in and goes: ‘Mr President, good news. It’s one of our own.’ ”
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