Sept. 11, 2001... A deer in the headlights?
"I am very aware of the cameras," [Bush] recalled later. "I'm trying to absorb that knowledge. I have nobody to talk to. I'm sitting in the midst of a classroom with little kids, listening to a children's story and I realise I'm the Commander in Chief and the country has just come under attack." [Telegraph]

View / download the 911 school video feed This is a small format streamable web version (20mb). Enough to establish the fact. For the full effect however, you should see this footage on the big screen, where one can really look into the President's facial expression as the minutes go by. For that you'll have to watch Fahrenheit 911. Here again is the trailer.

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