> He was with the kids when it happened. THEN they hustled him into the plane
"After being discreetly informed of the September 11 attacks midway through the reading, Bush waited quietly for the reading to finish before dealing with the unfolding crisis."
"Afterwards, the children continued to read and President Bush sat while"
"the notoriously punctual president lingered in the classroom after the reading exercise was finished"
"After chatting with the students and their teacher, Bush deflected a Trade Center–related question from a reporter"
I was watching the real-time 9/11 site earlier today. GWB made a television statement 30 minutes after the first tower was hit. That’s the kind of response time I would expect from a president in today’s hyperconnected society - it was really impressive.
When I hear about people criticizing his decision to stay in the classroom for a few more minutes, all I can think is… “who cares?”
> GWB made a television statement 30 minutes after the first tower was hit.
This is also wrong. He made a statement, from the elementary school, 45 minutes after the first tower was hit, and this again contradicts the false claim that "the president and his advisers were hustled onto Air Force One".
There are 2 ridiculous things happening here:
1) Someone who literally teaches the history of 9/11 and is complaining that students don't remember gets the facts wrong.
2) Multiple commenters here on HN are for some reason defending the false claim.
8:46:40: Flight 11 crashes into the north face of the North Tower (1 WTC) of the World Trade Center
8:55: President George W. Bush arrives at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, as part of a scheduled visit to promote education and is reading The Pet Goat when White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, who is with Bush, informs him that a small twin-engine plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Before entering the classroom, the President speaks to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, who is at the White House.
9:29: President Bush makes his first public statements about the attacks, in front of an audience of about 200 teachers and students at the elementary school.
"After being discreetly informed of the September 11 attacks midway through the reading, Bush waited quietly for the reading to finish before dealing with the unfolding crisis."
"Afterwards, the children continued to read and President Bush sat while"
"the notoriously punctual president lingered in the classroom after the reading exercise was finished"
"After chatting with the students and their teacher, Bush deflected a Trade Center–related question from a reporter"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pet_Goat
Does any of that sound like hustle to you?
Watch the actual video recording of the classroom in Michael Moore's documentary. There is was no hustle whatsoever. It's quite excruciating to see.