[ActionNewsBill]

What he didn't do was startle the children there. Can you imagine being a little tyke there, seeing a guy whisper something into the President of the United States ear, and then watch him make a mad dash for the exits.

Don't you think his "duty" to the nation after the first plane hit was just a little bit more important than the "feelings" of a few school kids?

[bigdog]

Hey Bill.....EXACTLY what did you want President Bush to do in that 20 minutes in the school classroom?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

What could he have done? All he could do was order any planes not heading to a landing at the nearest airport shot down.

[CaptainK]

Having watched the first live broadcast report in the country, on WNEW channel 5 in NY, it was reported that a small plane went into the building. They interview, on air, a maintenance man at the WTC who saw the plane go into the building and he said it was a small plane, probably due to his perspective from the ground. No mention of a commercial plane. The tenor of the report was that this was an accident that they were witnessing.

[Blzbba]

"Don't you think his "duty" to the nation after the first plane hit was just a little bit more important than the "feelings" of a few school kids?"


As this nation's CnC, yes. Apparently, I'm in the minority here. Most people here seem to have no problems with the CnC not really doing anything as New York City burned and a known hijacked plane was approaching the DC airspace. Amazingly, almost 30 minutes would pass before Bush left that school AND before the Pentagon was hit. Stunningly, few Bushbots have a problem with this.

[Josh in PA]

Nobody knew anything after the first plane crashed nutball.

I happened to be passing by the living room and one of the morning news people (Maybe Couric) casually mentioned it as they moved onto their scheduled stories. Nobody thought anything of it.. and then they got footage of it, and even then, it just looked like a small plane had hit it. They ordered the people in the other tower to stick where they were. They had no idea it was terrorism.

At this point of the universe (Pre-9/11) there was no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident. You want the President sprinting towards the steps of Air Force One everytime there's an plane accident on the news?

They would have made him out to be a g-damn nutcase had he stirred all kinds of commotion up and it turned out to be nothing other than an accident.

[aft_lizard]

More than likely Bush wasnt told the first plane hitting was terrorist related, after the second plane it was more than likely they were near the end of what they were doing there and didnt want to just abruptly get up and leave.

[IGOTMINE]

You are 100% right. Bush should have stood up right then and there and started shrieking "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

The man knew there were cameras on him. The man knew it was a historical moment that called for every ounce of calm leadership he could muster. He knew that the forces and agencies of government were already turning, gathering information. He also knew that there were terrible decisions to be made.

Get a clue.

[cinFLA]

Don't you think his "duty" to the nation after the first plane hit was just a little bit more important than the "feelings" of a few school kids?

First reports were that it was a smaller commuter plane.

[AmishDude]

When the first plane hit, nobody was sure it was a terrorist attack. We were only sure when the second plane hit.

[jaime1959]

> Don't you think his "duty" to the nation after the first plane hit was just a little bit more important than the "feelings" of a few school kids? <

What was he supposed to do? Jump into a fighter and start scouting for other planes?