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Originally Posted by pylon
I have always wondered that myself. I have always wanted a journalist to ask him the question. "What went through your mind at that moment?" You can see the gears turning and you can tell that he can't wait to get his butt out of there, but as the leader of the worlds biggest super power, you gotta wonder what is really going through the mans mind, like him or not.
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The secret service was planning where to take him. His caravan was being put together for him to get out of there. He was in a room of kids, and I know adults who were terrified at what we were seeing, it was important that nobody in the administration scared the kids in that room. There was a journalist who asked a question as he was leaving, something along the lines of "do you know the world trade center has been attacked?" His response was something like "not now." You don't ask a question like that in a room filled with 7 year olds.
I'm sure his mind was spinning, as everyone's was. I think he got out of there as soon as he could without creating a chaotic scene. I think Bush made a lot of mistakes, but when people focus on him not getting up right away and running out of there, I think its silly. In the big picture, nothing that day was worse because he spent an extra five minutes with those kids and leaving as calmly as possible.