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Bush was addressing the nation, in a simple, brief and ON CAMERA statement, while the nature of this terrorist acts were being evaluated.

Issuing an on camera statement is addressing the nation. You are hitting my point. The author of the essay we are discussing wants to downplay the fact that Bush did address (on camera) the nation early in the events. The author lied (or was totally ignorant of his own writing) about when Bush addressed the nation. I remember that address, it was not very reassuring for me, to have the president at an undisclosed location, giving his first address. But I know a televised address when I see it replayed a bunch of times that day.

Here's the lying statement:
"He appeared hesitant and nervous—as does Bottoms in the movie"

It was obviously an on camera address. But the author used a cutesy tool to avoid saying it directly. He omitted the camera because it did not agree with his later statement:
"Within the hour, Air Force One had taken off for another base, and not until that evening, after eight hours flying from Florida to Louisiana to Nebraska to Washington, did the president address the nation."

He did not say "address the nation again". That is an error of omission, and I think was intentional because of his hatred of Bush.

If you read the essay again, can you see that it was a televised address from an AFB or is it still hidden?

DK