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When the second plane hit the tower,
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his Chief of Staff entered the classroom
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and told Mr. Bush the nation is under attack.
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Not knowing what to do,
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with no one telling him what to do,
:17:25
and no Secret Service rushing in
:17:27
to take him to safety,
:17:29
Mr. Bush just sat there
:17:32
and continued to read 'My Pet Goat'
:17:35
with the children.
:17:49
Nearly seven minutes passed
:17:51
with nobody doing anything.
:17:59
As Bush sat in that Florida classroom,
:18:02
was he wondering if maybe
:18:03
he should have shown up to work more often?
:18:07
Should he have held at least one meeting
:18:09
since taking office to discuss
:18:10
the threat of terrorism
:18:12
with his head of counter terrorism?
:18:17
Or maybe Mr. Bush was wondering
:18:18
why he had cut terrorism funding from the FBI.
:18:21
Or perhaps he just should have read
the security briefing
:18:25
that was given to him on August 6, 2001
:18:29
that said that Osama bin Laden
:18:30
was planning to attack America
:18:33
by hijacking airplanes.
:18:35
Or maybe he wasn't worried
about the terrorist threat
:18:38
because the title of the report was too vague.
:18:41
I believe the title of the report was
:18:43
'Bin Laden Determined to Attack
Inside the United States.'
:18:46
A report like that might make some men jump,
:18:50
but as in days passed,
:18:52
George W. just went fishing.
:18:55
As the minutes went by,
:18:57
George Bush continued to sit in the classroom.