September 11: How President George W. Bush and the US government responded to the terrorist attacks – BBC News

On September 11, 2001, at 9:03 a.m., the second of four hijacked planes crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The American government quickly concludes: America is under attack. President George W. Bush sits in front of seven-year-old children in a Florida classroom. With limited information, officials fight to regain control. The day’s events led to two decades of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. Watch 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room on BBC iPlayer. #BBCNews

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