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Students with President George W. Bush on 9/11 reflect on the day: 'You could see it on his face'
ABC News ^ | September 10, 2026 | Mason Leib

Posted on 09/13/2026 9:36:00 AM PDT by Twotone

Former Sarasota, Florida, second grade student Krystal Davis remembers a wave of confusion washing over her and her classmates on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, after a suited man whispered into the ear of the president of the United States, who was seated just in front of the students.

Then-President George W. Bush was visiting Emma E. Booker Elementary School and had been listening intently to the children in Mrs. Sandra Daniels' second-grade class flexing their reading skills, when the look of admiration on his face suddenly gave way to an expression of concern.

Chief of Staff Andrew Card had just relayed to Bush that a second plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. "America is under attack," he later recalled whispering to the president.

"You could see the shift with [the president] once he got the message, and then you could see it on his face," Davis said in an interview with ABC News commemorating 25 years since the 9/11 attacks. "And then the shift of him going back to his normal self and smiling like, 'I don't want to alarm the kids.'"

Teacher Daniels told Sarasota ABC affiliate WWSB in an interview published Tuesday that she "immediately knew something was wrong" at that moment.

"His entire demeanor changed," she recalled, referring to Bush.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 911; georgewbush

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1 posted on 09/13/2026 9:36:00 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

And then the Saudis phoned him to remind him who his bosses were and it was all “religion of peace” after that. May piss be upon him.


2 posted on 09/13/2026 9:43:41 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Twotone

Interesting that ABC would run a story sympathetic to a Republican president.

Oh, wait. The president is that piece of trash George W. Bush. Bush of course completely botched our response to 9/11. Islam is now stronger than it was before the attack.

But Bush is good pals with the slimy Obamas. So I guess ABC is okay with him.


3 posted on 09/13/2026 9:53:58 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Yeah. The media is fine with Traitor Bush now. Just like they were with John McCain.


4 posted on 09/13/2026 9:57:25 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: Leaning Right

(Bush of course completely botched our response to 9/11)

Yep


5 posted on 09/13/2026 10:02:16 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: willk

The day will come when the Leftwing media will praise Trump as one of the great presidents. It will take a few decades, but they will love Trump and contrast him with whatever Republican is in ascendance in 2050 — that guy is a Nazi!! What happened to the old Republican Party? Remember when the GOP was led by a statesman like Trump and not some Nazi like that 2050 guy?

They did it with Reagan and Bush.


6 posted on 09/13/2026 10:02:41 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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