Public attention to the pet goat first came to the fore with michael moores 2004 documentary fahrenheit 9 11, though the film called it my pet goat and called it a book. Bush signs 911 commission bill statement by president george w. Note that some accounts, including sammons book and the 911 commission report, claim that bush spoke with vice president dick cheney around this time. Bush advisor recalls telling bush about 911 attacks. President bush has just spent the night at colony beach and tennis resort on longboat key, florida. After chatting with the students and their teacher, bush deflected a trade centerrelated question from a reporter, and began to learn about the magnitude of the attacks. We got the director of the fbi on the phone, but the vice president, we didnt get because at this moment, the. Anyway, back to the paper edition, it does clearly contain an index and brings the narrative of the obama administration uptodate. It is an insight into how the former president george w. Surfacetoair missiles have been placed on the roof of the resort. A new book critical of the official version of the events on the 11th of september 2001 by david ray griffin and elizabeth woodworth was to be released on september 11 this year. Bushs 911 school visit pushed pet goat into spotlight. He won the presidency in 2000 over vice president al gore in. Bushs 911 school visit pushed pet goat into spotlight the.
On the morning of september 11, 2001, some time around 9. Kite hit steel plane must, the teacher goes get ready. George w bush, reading to students at a tampa elementary school, moments before learning about the second plane hitting the wtc on 911. Bush sr and reagan both went into the classrooms and talk to. Bush with a class of secondgraders on the morning of september 11, 2001. Moment bush learned of 911 terror attacks abc news. It achieved notoriety for being read by us president george w. Bushs speech on 91101 no one will forget the day we saw planes crash into the world trade center, the pentagon, and perish into shanksville, pennsylvanias countryside.
When bush was at the school on 911 being warned about the attact this was all a staged event. Was president bush talking to school kids when 911. Bush read a childrens story aloud about a pet goat throughout the entire unfolding of 20010911. Earlier, bush had been on the way from his hotel to the school in his motorcade. Bush was reading with students at an elementary school in sarasota. Amazon has problems with book critical of official. The shocking truth, if eichenwald is correct, is that the bush administration was told enough in advance about the nature and timing. There is a small memorial to 911 in the media centre library and a corner room contains a photograph album, framed photos of the presidents visit and the storybook used. And they decide to just continue to read books to a class. Bush advisor recalls telling bush about 911 attacks msnbc.
Bush reads my pet goat in fahrenheit 911 by michael moore on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. Im writing this answer, although im ill informed of all the details. We have the narration by george bush with detail video footage starting with his jog in florida in the early morning hours. This book stresses how obama was able to run the country well postg. Bush felt during the 911 crisis from start to finish. While he was reading this book, the elementary school children were reciting these words. A wall street journal story in march 2004, government accounts of 911 reveal gaps, inconsistencies, was one of the few stories in the mainstream press to report on contradictions in the official story of 911. Bush, 43rd president of the united states 200109, who led his countrys response to the september 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and initiated the iraq war in 2003. That is why he knew the story without reading the book. I was very familiar with eric drapers 911 photos on the bush white house website, i was also familiar with bush white house photographer eric drapers slideshow at time lightbox last year, coincident with the release of his book, front row seat, several of those images published also by the bush library.
These days it does not matter where the chief of staff is with communications. The pet goat is a gradeschool level reading exercise composed by american educationalist siegfried zig engelmann. Bush when he learned of the 911 attacks are to be the subject of a new documentary. Unseen photographs of george w bush on 911 in pictures president george w bush compiles information on the 911 attacks from the emma e booker elementary school in sarasota, florida. Bush chief of staff, andy card, reflects on september 11, 2001, 15 years later and shares the 11 words he used to tell president bush that the united states was under attack. If im not mistaken wasnt he reading a book upside down to school kids in a classroom on 9112001.
Clintons team wanted commando raids on the al qaeda camps, but the dod said it was a bad idea. Florida students witnessed the moment bush learned of 911. Students with bush on 911 look back after bin laden death time. Bush had important business to attend to on september 11th. Yet most of those who were there and witnessed the drama firsthand were children seven and eightyearolds at a florida primary school who.
Bush participates in a reading demonstration on the morning of tuesday, september 11, 2001, at emma e. Bush and post 911, after facing an unbelievable task. Bush learned of 911 attacks during visit to sarasota school news. From the classroom with bush on the morning of 911. There were some very important words that the teacher mrs sandra daniels was asked to read to the children at the emma e. The most damning evidence to my mind, the most damning evidence against george w. Bush was reading the the pet goat while also listening to it being recited by a group of schoolchildren at emma e. The children, who were aged six and seven and attended emma. Clinton had ordered the cia to assassinate osama bin laden, but the cia dragged its feet, farming the job out to nonperformers. This is george w bush on the morning of 911 just seconds before getting the news. Unseen photographs of george w bush on 911 in pictures. The most damning evidence against george bush on 911. Im not blaming anything on bush i just wouldlike to know why it is ok for republicans to encourage children to pursue their education but wrong for obama to do it. According to bill sammons book fighting back, bushs gaze flitted about the.
On 911, why did president bush continue reading to the. When terrorists struck new york city and washington, d. Bush initial 911 remarks in sarasota florida george w. Bush explains his reaction after learning a second plane had crashed into the world trade center on september 11, 2001. There were four hijacked planes, two towers hit and he still kept reading the story. However i believe the answer is easy to see in logic. New photos show moment president bush learned of 911. Sarasota heraldtribune, 91002 bush wakes up around 6. Bush reaction to 911 full classroom footage youtube. Bush remarks at floridas emma booker elementary school on 91101 the rhetoric. Does this photograph show president bush reading a book.
David ray griffin acquire now the treatment by the press a wall street journal story in march 2004, government accounts of 911 reveal gaps, inconsistencies, was one of the few stories in the mainstream press to report on contradictions in the official story of 911. And all the kids start to read from the book, you can see presidents face go through the motion of his internal monologue dealing with the fact the us is under attack, hes responsible, and what is he. Booker elementary school in sarasota, florida, ostensibly to promote his education program. Bush visited the booker elementary school in florida and was reading a goat book upside down. The president was seated in a classroom when, at 9. Bush chief of staff, andy card, reflects on september 11, 2001, 15 years later and shares the 11 words he used to tell. The new pearl harbor disturbing questions about the bush administration and 911 by david ray griffin foreword by richard folk contents acknowledgements vi forword by richard falk vii introduction xi part one the events of 9 11 1. On the morning of september 11th, 2001, four attacks were committed by the islamic terrorist group alqaeda, causing the collapse of the twin towers in new york city, damaging the pentagon in washington, d. Booker elementary school in sarasota county, florida, just after white house chief of staff andrew. Note, for example, that the picture on the back of the book in the students hands and the one on the back of the book president bush is holding are the reverse of each other, a dead giveaway. Earlier, bush had been on the way from his hotel to the school in his motorcade when an aide called him to report that a passenger jet had crashed into the north tower at 8. Sarasota school teacher remembers when bush visited her. September 11, 2011 excerpted readings from the tenth anniversary at the 911 memorial remarks by president barack obama at a concert for hope remarks by vice president biden at the pentagon 911 tenth anniversary commemoration president george w.
However, according to karl rove, who was in the holding room at the time. Bush discusses the september 11 attacks aired on 11092010 cc former president george w. Shown here is the cover of the childrens reading book that contained the short story, that president bush held on sept. If it werent a manipulated image, it could have come about because an aide handed the book to president bush for a quick schoolroom photo.
Us president george bush on september 11, 2001 being told the second world trade center tower had been hit and the five minutes that followed. Bush at booker elementary school on september 11, 2001. Minutes later, bush made his first announcement about. No one ever expected or even considered that trump would be the leader, postobama.
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