A Day in the Life of President Bush (Many photos)

Yesterday the President participated in 9/11 ceromonies in New York including attending a memorial service.

Today he attended a ceremony at the Fort Pitt Firehouse on the lower east side of Manhattan afterwhich he travelled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to lay a wreath at the Flight 93 crash site.

He and the First Lady then went to the Pentagon to lay another wreath at the crash site there as in Shanksville the President and first lady met with families of those who lost their lives after the wreath laying ceremony.

Yesterday the Vice President appeared on the Meet the Press. Today he led the remembrance Ceremony at the White House joined by his specially invited guest Baroness Thatcher who also attended a memorial service with him at John's and later at the State Department.

Later on this evening the President will address the nation please feel free to use this thread as safe live thread.

I urge all that have not yet done so to check out Wolfstar's dose from yesterday where she does a fantastic timeline of the event of 11th September 2001. There are also some fantastic photos some of which you probably will not have seen before.

Today I have used a quote from the Vice President as no remarks of the President has been posted on the White House Website

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Vice President's Remarks at the Pentagon Observance of September 11th
The Pentagon

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Secretary, General Pace, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Five years ago, September 11th forever ceased to be an ordinary date on the calendar. So we gather, once again, to recall events that still have the power to move us, and always will. And we honor the men, women, and children whose lives were taken, so suddenly and so coldly, here at the Pentagon, at the World Trade Center, and on a field in Pennsylvania. We remember all that we saw, and heard, and felt on that Tuesday morning, and also how much the world changed on the 11th of September, 2001.

Nine-eleven is a day of national unity. The memories stay with all of us because the attack was directed at all of us. We were meant to take it personally, and we still do take it personally.

The ones who were lost had begun that day just as you and I did -- as free citizens of a peaceful country. They were busy with life. They had people who cared about them, people who depended on them, people who loved the sight of their face and the sound of their voice. They were unsuspecting of danger and undeserving of their fate. Each one of them had hopes and plans for the future. All of that was taken away by the wicked plans of a few men.

I will always remember leaving the White House after nightfall on September 11th. From a helicopter along the Potomac, we saw the scene of the crash, the lights pointed at the Pentagon, and the smoke that had been rising since early that morning.

What happened here at 9:37 a.m. on September 11th challenges anyone's powers of description. Perhaps no one expressed it better than an Army lieutenant colonel who was here that morning attempting to rescue others. It was all, as he put it, so "cheap, dirty and senseless."

PHOTOS OF THE DAY
- Being 911 anniversary I feel that it is only fitting that one of the photos and the quote of the day is of the Vice President as he played a very major role in the events of September 11th 2001. Also as Brit I had to put a photo of Baroness Thatcher as one of the photos of the day IMHO the greatest British politician in my living memory

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush join emergency first responders for breakfast Monday morning, Sept. 11, 2006 at the Fort Pitt Firehouse in New York City, during remembrance ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. White House photo by Eric Draper

President Bush shares a moment with Makyla Blackford, grandaughter of United Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl at the Flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney stand with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain for a moment of silence on the South Lawn September 11, 2006, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush participate in the Service of Prayer and Remembrance at St. Paul's Chapel near Ground Zero in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. Earlier in the day the President and Mrs. Bush visited the World Trade Center site to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush talks with John and Jane Vigiano after the Service of Prayer and Remembrance at St. Paul's Chapel near Ground Zero in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. The Vigiano family lost two sons, a police detective and a firefighter, in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, far left, New York Governor George Pataki, second from right, and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani down the entrance ramp to Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York City Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush look over the World Trade Center site Sunday, September 10, 2006, during a visit to Ground Zero in New York City to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. White House photo by Eric Draper

During their visit to Ground Zero, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush look at a memorial created from some of the objects visitors have brought to the site in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand in silence after laying a wreath in the north reflecting pool at Ground Zero September 10, 2006, in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center in New York City. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt

After laying a wreath in the north tower reflecting pool, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk through the World Trade Center site to lay a second wreath in the south tower reflecting pool to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush lay a wreath in the south tower reflecting pool at the World Trade Center site in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper

President Bush tours the Tribute WTC Visitor Center with Jennifer Adams, CEO of the September 11th Families Association, in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. Recently opened, the museum is located near Ground Zero. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush (2nd R) and first lady Laura Bush (R) are shown a picture wall featuring images of people who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks, with Jennifer Adams (L) CEO of the September 11th Families Association and New York firefighter Lee Ielpi (2nd L) who lost a firefighter son in the attack, during a tour of the Tribute WTC Visitors Center in New York, September 10, 2006. Bush lay a wreath at Ground Zero before visiting a chapel for a memorial service

President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with children of firefighters during a surprise visit to the Tribute WTC Visitor center 10 September outside Ladder 10 / Engine 10 Fire Station next to ground zero in New York City

President George W. Bush greets New York firefighters from Ladder Company 10 located across the street from the World Trade Center site in New York September 10, 2006.

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