It was scarcely more than a week after the attack and the details were inaccurate....e.g. the President said that several hundred Brits were killed - actually 67 and that was the highest number of casualties other than US citizens. The number of countries who lost citizens was 115 - the President said, I think, eighty something.
Just emphasized the magnitude of the situation..it was, of course, months before the true death toll was known.
Also wondered where VP Cheney was, till I realized he was being kept in a safe place.
I would put that speech up with some very rare company as one of the top few or several speeches ever given. As much trouble as Bush was given over his verbal stumbles from time to time, he was magnificent that night. He changed the outlook and lifted the spirits of the nation.
He was absolutely the right man at the right place in time.