1. What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks? He was in a classroom listing to a teacher teaching her students, when someone came and told President Bush that a 2nd plane had crashed into the 2nd tower, and that we were under attack.
2. According to President Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis? Protect citizens and keep them calm.
3. Why did the Secret Service refuse to allow President Bush to go back to Washington D.C. right away? Because they didn't know what else was going to happen, and that it will be impossible to go back.
4. What did the US government/military do to to ensure another attack did not occur? Forced any airplanes to land and not take off.
5. Why was President Bush sent to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha? The military and secret service said to go there in the secure bunker.
6. Why did President Bush eventually insist on going back to Washington D.C. later that day against the will of the Secret Service? He said I had it and he wanted to go home. He wanted to speak from the oval office and not from a bunker in Nebraska.
7. What was the point of President Bush's message to the nation on the evening of 9-11?
8. Why did President Bush decide not to blame the CIA/FBI for not doing their job?
9. How did President Bush feel when he heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed?
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