The Book Bush Was Reading on 9/11

[@blahjl]

He said a second tower had hit because the first one had already been struck before he even went in the scool so why not go somewhere else and tend to the matter?

[@Vsauce]

Bush was notified of the first tower just as he arrived at the school. At the time, the report was that it was probably a small propeller plane and may have been an accident.

[@stratospheric37]

America goddamnit

[@ProWajxxx]

It was not being considered as an attack until the second plane struck.

[@fred4887]

@@Vsauce Bush said he saw the first plane hit and thought "wow, what a terrible pilot"...he said it. We know it's a lie, like the Pentagon.

[@sammyismuff]

@@Vsauceinteresting

[@i_like_orange_f]

What beautiful last words *” m o r e “*

[@potucsimp]

yeah i get the feeling he wanted it to be like five seconds longer so he could have his famous pause of silence after saying "more to come"

[@CristopherGore]

i kinda liked how it ended it jumpscared me

[@NotNick776]

Eaten must be pumpkin Eater, to project strength and calm.

[@zackgodwin3075]

Plot twist, the goat was kylo ren

[@thehh5118]

- Kylo Ren

[@Clyman974]

Damn I wouldn't mind history videos narrated by Michael

[@xKapnKrunch]

Because he didn't put any political spin on it... He portrayed both sides of the story. We need more of that.

[@Holden_McHock]

Voice AI has entered the chat

[@kubakrok2000]

​@@xKapnKrunchtf are you on xd

[@leemsvg]

​@@xKapnKrunchit's not really both sides there's just no

[@xKapnKrunch]

@@leemsvg ahh so you are one of those tribalistic people who thinks the Democrats can do no wrong and Republicans are evil Nazis.

[@MirageUchiha]

_"More to come."_ Pretty eerie...

[@leepikdude]

oh no

[@F-22.]

Uh oh a tangomangle​@@leepikdude

[@Cosmic_Chameleon]

That’s terrifying

[@cd2437]

Here we go.....

[@ridges2988]

Yeah

[@markosmywords9202]

Did they expect him to scream “OH GOD OH NO WE’RE UNDER ATTACK!!!” to a room full of 8 year olds???

[@HarasHaikal]

No because Bush planned the attack

[@jagobot1487]

No, but they expected him to do something, anything. He was the president. And when osama bin laden can take the high road on one of your actions, you know you’ve fucked up

[@MaxCoXD]

Fr though

[@dirtyweapons3459]

Scary movie had a bit on this. I’d briefly say how it happened but I don’t want to spoil it incase you haven’t seen it. I believe it’s scary movie 3

[@Pau_Pau9]

"Daddy!!" 😢

[@huvarda]

“A second goat has butted the towers”

[@danielmacleod3655]

😂

[@michaelchen2718]

😭

[@dont_take_it_personal]

​@@hypercept not melting steel beams

[@Mummery_420]

⁠@Pyler..bro said vsuace but it’s a fake sssniperwolf

[@Memessssss]

😭

[@liyanheart6241]

Perfect opportunity to stand up, rip off your jacket and proclaim, "My country needs me"

[@personexistingnot]

Thats what im saying.

[@DevenHamlin56871]

Yep, and then you fly out the window.

[@richardwallis9374]

This is what should have happened. Maybe followed with a sideways scuttle and a “whoop whoop whoop whoop”

[@Nahduriebbewksjdj]

☠️☠️

[@blakewilliams1478]

lol to do fucking what

[@ADRNIX1002]

Fun fact the day after 9/11 the song “hit me baby one more time” alongside over 100 more songs were banned from playing on radio.

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

Weak americans tbh

[@benunder50]

They also change the setting of the climax of lilo and stitch. The final version of the scene has them flying a large rather shaped airplane spaceship through an uninhabited island chain, whereas the original scene had them flying a jumbo jet through a city.

[@RealPhoenixFlight]

And even a pokemon episode

[@cheeseman6833]

I mean what WAS he supposed to do? Just stand in front of the WTC and catch it?

[@TheLoneMitten]

Seriously. I can't stand the guy but there are tons of reasons to stay. Children like it when adults keep commitments. Maybe he needed a moment to process. And no, he can't catch it.

[@ThatBloodyHobo]

​@@TheLoneMitteneither way he's screwed, he stays, the media blasts him for doing nothing, he leaves, the media blasts him for scaring the children or some other dumb thing. The media cares about all this shit, so they keep talking about it, the vast majority of people don't really care about the dumb things like this.

[@jacksonwilliams5399]

Bro should have dawned the nano machines son.

[@juicydangla4270]

As the leader of a country, I don't think just sitting around in a kids classroom is the best form of conduct.

[@Vidar93]

​@@juicydangla4270I am not a fan of Bush especially with him getting us so involved in the middle east but I think he did the right thing here.. He remained calm and collective and I'm sure was processing everything, if he just booked it out of there I can almost guarantee that it would have caused a panic to happen at the school with both students and teachers leaving. He team is still being informed on the severity of the situation and even with him being the president there isn't much he can directly do in that situation, the air force was already scrambling jets and rescue teams were already on their way to the towers. The best thing he could do as the figure head of our country is to project strength and resolve and eventually speak to the nation when all threats were resolved. But even then that was a very different time and not like today where a president can reach the world from the phone in his pocket. I don't say any of this with ill will or hatred but what do you think he could have done in those 10 minutes that would have had a serious impact that day? Again I don't mean that in jest I sincerely would like to know what you think.

[@therealpaulgoodman]

I have respect for the fact that he kept it cool around the kids.

[@anonymlulz8273]

he literally knew it.

[@oskarrrw]

it’s because Bush knew it was coming

[@oskarrrw]

/s

[@dhuss14]

People are so naive. baaaah baaah

[@eichornfilm7122]

@@dhuss14 yeah you are so clever knowing that 9/11 was planned, we are such dumb sheeps haha

[@iame7483]

Okay but how is no one talking about how quickly that goat story escalated? The entire first page is a rhyme about how the goat keeps eating things, and eventually the girl trains the goat not to eat everything. Then on the next page, some guy just shows up, robs their car and drives away, and that's how the story ends.

[@playrisk7928]

thank you to bringing attention to that ^^ it's the most random plot ever! the second part just has nothing to do with the first at all 😅 why would you not make children at least read a story with a nice plot wtf

[@teresaellis7062]

Lol, I am sure there are pages Michael didn't show. The "more to come" is foreshadowing the fact that the goat is going to butt the robbers and the dad will be glad that he didn't get rid of the goat.

[@412spikeface]

@@teresaellis7062 Oh my god it's an allegory. The car is the towers, the thief is Al Qaeda, and the goat is the US planning to come back and "butt" them.

[@Thelongestshrimp]

@@playrisk7928I’m pretty sure that’s an accurate rep of life

[@friiq0]

So, I bought the book, and actually the next story is about how the goat stops the car robber. That’s why it says “more to come” at the end.

[@AshunPhubu]

Man… I remember when this happened. I was in school and the whole school froze and we were locked to our classroom as all we could do was watch the TV and teachers calmly instructed to call each parents if they were able to pick us up and if not stood by to comfort us. I was in the 4th grade at this time and didn’t know how bad it was until after school ended. Panicking at that moment would only scare the kids and insure distress and chaos.

[@robloxeditxx2012]

Dang your old

[@Jayzsti7]

I was in fourth grade too. I was in class on that morning announcements on TV, as per usual the teacher thought she turned off the TV after announcements. then the news came on about the attack. She turned it off pretty quickly and started sobbing nervously. After I went home it was on all the news I did not know what happened and why nothing just that something terrible happened in the world.

[@robloxeditxx2012]

@@Jayzsti7 I thought that you had the projector or just the speaker and the chalkboard

[@Jayzsti7]

@leafvr2021 no, they used big box TVs on the rolling carts for the morning announcements in my elementary school in South FL.

[@AshunPhubu]

@@Jayzsti7 LOL true af! Usually when they roll out them box TVs on the cart, we be cheering cause it usually means Magic school bus or Arthur.

[@nivlick]

What he did really in my opinion was strategic. He sat listening and gathered his thoughts. His advisers also had time to come up with strategies and ideas that could be then presented in a more coherent and less rushed manner. And at the specific time the second tower was hit what could he have done. It had already happened.

[@Zoba3301]

These guys really expected bush to jump up and go "HOLY CANOLI!! THEY HIT THE SECOND TOWER???" in a room full of kindergarteners

[@jimmy-jh6tk]

"we're under attack!" (grab one of the kid) "you hear me? we're in danger!"

[@SilverSphereSorcerer]

I mean, he could have calmly excused himself. Children aren't exactly stupid, especially when it comes to reading obvious emotions. I'm sure they could tell something was wrong, especially since secret service interrupted. They surely found out about it later when nobody would stop talking about it for ten years

[@christopher9727]

God created the world in six days He can also save you from hell and have a personal relationship with him today He can give you his Holy Spirit to guide and teach and comfort you today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@hilkmeister1382]

Yes, the cardinal rule of politics is that your always wrong.

[@SilverSphereSorcerer]

@@hilkmeister1382 Bush's whole deal was he was a bit silly, though. Also a shoe dodging ninja.

[@shakirmagid5441]

I still can’t forget when George bush jumped out of his chair and yelled “America’s under attack?! It’s Bushing time” and Bushed all the terrorists

[@AleV69692]

Truly an American moment🦅🇺🇸

[@liesalllies]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[@Megarah0]

Insert team America world police theme

[@Weelki]

crap, I ended up in the poo timeline... I want that one! 😔

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

He missed Saudi Arabia by a few countries

[@user-fs9sv6uu6s]

Imagine the President just casually pulling up to your school like “Alright, I’m reading ya’ll a book.”

[@siditty]

Lol

[@damianp7313]

They read to him

[@LucasIsHereYT]

What did they expect Bush to do? Catch the falling towers?

[@antlastheant]

With liberty and justice for all.

[@danielhanna19]

"My country needs me"

[@bigmyke2008]

No, Michael Moores is just a two bit hack

[@SquirmleSquirmly]

I could have

[@Pigsplayterraria]

“The fuck was he supposed to do, catch them”

[@-Zer0Dark-]

Not only did he not panic the kids, he gave them 10 more minutes of normalcy before the 20-year dumpster fire that was to follow.

[@youne_official]

"Just 10 more minutes"

[@crazychimp1324]

@@youne_officialhe literally pressed snooze

[@Lettusfarm]

I'm sure some of those very kids fought in that war

[@joshrothchild8855]

I’m sure those kids appreciated those ten minutes of the presidents time just as much as the folks at the pentagon would have.

[@spiwolf6998]

​@@LettusfarmTechnically, the Afghanistan war ended in 2021, so it's quite possible some of those children could have signed up for the military and possibly fought in the war. 😮

[@rhov-anion]

Not even close to this level, but I was once reading a book to a kid in the hospital who underwent brain surgery and needed to be kept calm and her mind stimulated, when I received a call on the hospital line and was quietly told that my father just had a massive heart attack and was going in for surgery, with his chance of survival at less than 25%. Knowing I could do nothing, but I could at least make this kid happy for a few more minutes, I finished reading the chapter. Inside, my mind was screaming and crying, but I kept a calm composure. After I was relieved, I ran downstairs (he was in the same hospital) and found my family. He made it, and he's still alive 22 years later. This all happened in the spring of 2001, mere MONTHS before the 9/11 attack, so when I saw that Bush stayed to read to kids, although the news razz him, I respected that. He knew those kids needed one last moment of calm before their world upended in chaos.

[@diegoscoffeemug]

Respect to you for that, great that her father lived as well

[@crunkskunk12]

Of all the stories that happened, this one I don’t believe

[@VanillaTried]

​@@crunkskunk12 ok

[@Kiro_ii]

@@crunkskunk12ok and

[@Gojifan-]

@@crunkskunk12we do not care

[@megabass9125]

The fact this showed up right after a Schlatt short...

[@KatCat__05]

...oh god...

[@B1ueSary]

Coincidence???I don't think so

[@caxopa600]

We know what he did. "Scum" was the one behind everything.

[@Pigsplayterraria]

Not just 99 but 01 as well…

[@kiarakeeper2154]

Bush had advisors who were working behind the scenes. He made a committee the school and too these children that he would be there with them. These kids are now in their late 20s, early 30s. They don't have the same memory of that day as the rest of us. "Where were u when the towers were hit?" I was in school. I was watching the morning news production made for the school, and than my history class switched over to watch local news, as we always did. We were learning about current events and how they can become something in our history books. Even a more ironic class lesson have I had. These kids however. They get to remember how calm their President was. And how he put his commitments to these young children, first. He did cut his vist short, he didn't stay and vist with the kids and their teachers like he had planned to. Because he did have a job to do. But 20 minutes to make these kids know they were important... nothing could replace it.

[@NotGoingToReadYourReply]

Yeah it's a good thing Bush was there or those kids might remember 9/11 as a fucked up and traffic incident. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks that spending time with kids is more important then responding to an attack against the country you're supposed to be running is a moron. Trying to justify that instead of admitting that Bush made a mistake is imbecilic.

[@V-DtaJ]

Pure publicity stunt. He was literally behind the 9/11 attacks

[@shinjinobrave]

And then he went on to sanction a couple of horrific wars and a regime of torture that persists to this day. Glad some American 30-somethings felt important for a bit when they were infants though.

[@Agent77-InYourWalls]

​@@shinjinobraveThose two events have no connection whatsoever. Y'all Iraq supporters are wild

[@nitrobilder12]

I was coming to say something like the 3rd part Also a the kid of someone who worked in the towers ( thay was late that day thankfully) it spooky to think one hour early I could not be here

[@DrHotelMario]

The Secret Service guy actually whispered the ending of the goat book to Bush, and he was distraught because of the spoiler.

[@randombonapartist]

"a second goats has hit the tower" "DUDE NO SPOILERS" "whoops sorry" and that why bush then went on to invade iraq.

[@apokkalyps6]

The end of the story was "more to come"

[@Virttreks]

Scary movie reference? 😂

[@Oldmangamess]

911th like

[@naughtmouth9781]

​@@randombonapartist😂

[@Yaminity]

The “more to come” really gave the chills man

[@fieryr]

especially 20 mins before the Pentagon was also attacked

[@snospoken]

i'm not even american and that shook me up

[@kR-qj7rw]

lest be honest a lot of normal stuff would sound ominous in tense situations with the hindsight of history

[@skyler9988]

Unintentionally read a prophecy form a children's story book

[@CATSWITHKYLA]

Planned book for a planned event. Makes sense

[@Vince-xg7ih]

I'll never forget it. I was in middle school in New Jersey... Teachers wouldn't tell us what was going on. There were kids crying and screaming in the hallways because their parents were in the buildings. Jet planes flying fast and low over head. You could see the tree tops touching the ground... We started to protest in the school demanding to know what was going on... The teachers got the TVs set up to show us. I thought it was a movie. That whole day was a movie. I'll never forget it. A week later I went to ground zero. You could see all of the rubble piled up high on every block in the area. Crazy times.

[@moneyVR_]

amazing, beautiful, terrific.

[@wajedatabassum4430]

Your own government did that

[@ashleemortimer175]

​@wajedatabassum4430 I'm not american but that's rude as fuck man.

[@Xer405]

​@@wajedatabassum4430 And other hilarious jokes to tell yourself. Try not bring a flat earther next 😂

[@Gipwx]

​@@wajedatabassum4430 retard

[@levismith2651]

Bro said “lemme finish my dang story”

[@Wubtastic5585]

‘There was more to come’ 💀

[@Jellycat23143]

Not funny

[@gamek27]

​@@Jellycat23143it is

[@Jellycat23143]

@@gamek27 nuh uh

[@thelordofchaos-2009]

💀

[@hypocriticalgrammarnazi]

What?

[@JesseVlogs]

That book had some damn crazy foreshadowing

[@KaiLucasZachary]

Which part specifically?

[@JesseVlogs]

@@KaiLucasZachary More to come and and the goat hitting things

[@KaiLucasZachary]

@@JesseVlogs Ohhhhhhh. Gotcha. I work as a private tutor for young kids, which includes teaching them spelling and reading. Would you like me to send you a photo of every single teaching material I own that had the word “goat” or “hit” in it? Give me your email, and I’ll be happy to do so. You can find a way to make them all connect to 9/11.

[@johnnyvive2136]

How about the “car robber” on the following page…

[@KaiLucasZachary]

@@johnnyvive2136 Was there a car robbery on 9/11? lol Again, I’ll send you all my teaching materials if you’d like. Let me know your email. “Robber” is a good word to learn how to double consonants before a suffix, and “car” is a good way to learn the weird “ar” sound that American English has. You’d be surprised how many children’s materials have messed up concepts based on the simpleness of the words. Did you know that Curious George once inhaled noxious gas and got high then passed out and had a weird hallucination dream in the original children’s books? How does that relate to 9/11?

[@kalvynjr5966]

It’s nice those kids were teaching him to read! 😊

[@TheREAL_WatermelonCat]

Lmao

[@cornondajakob]

No matter what he would have done, people would have said it was wrong

[@makhnobux]

sure, but if he had excused himself and did his job the people criticizing him would be wrong

[@pumpkinsspiced]

As a teacher, I respect that he stayed until the end of the story. Getting up and dramatically leaving in the middle would have panicked those kids. They deserved to have the adults stay calm and at least pretend they knew what to do.

[@Nicolas-Kage]

Completely agreed. It's not like things weren't in motion without president leading charge.

[@Taima]

I don't know why people think it has to be one extreme or the other. Stay exactly as you are vs rush out of the room. It really wouldn't be that difficult to be like "oh goodness, I'm so sorry kids but as it turns out, there's some very important president things I need to take care of," or something like that - could even make it a fairly slow exit, give a few more words and a smile, thank the teacher, all that and casually exit. All that said, I think he made the right decision, but I just can't stand people's black and white thinking.

[@draketurtle4169]

@@Taimabecause they are thinking from the perspective of a child… sure we could be rational adults and consider every possibility but the president was there to be in that room with those kids and read along the story with them, if he left he didn’t stay and give his time to the kids… that’s the whole point of him taking time out his busy presidential schedule to go to a school. He couldn’t really half ass it.

[@fsociety6983]

@@draketurtle4169 A scary amount of people just aren't capable of basic logic. I'm legitimately convinced that a good portion of humanity secretly isn't actually sapient yet

[@stevensmutko1408]

But why what did that really do? I know for a fact that those there didn't have any comprehension of what was going on an wouldn't truly understand for many years. It is only a strange thing now, but I believe that it was just simple shock and want to go back that kept him there not a lack of action, there was no action to take so why even bother.

[@rgnszeb123]

What he did was heroic, terrifying a bunch of 2nd graders wouldn’t have saved any lives that day

[@jsnjsshshsu8248]

Also doing nothing wouldn't of saved lives eather lol

[@LP004]

I think no matter what he did the planes would’ve hit anyways, not much a man on the ground could do to a plane in the sky

[@pcs56]

Getting up and saying, "My apologies. But I am needed elsewhere" would not have terrified a bunch of 2nd graders.

[@forsakenquery]

No fan of bush or anything he stands for. But that was a Chad move.

[@BEANBOYOBEANITH]

@@pcs56 who speaks like that to a bunch of 2nd graders you robot 😂

[@lotsofnames]

what was he gonna do anyways? Use his telekinesis powers to bring everyone and the debris back

[@mad_juggernaut_3547]

In no way am I a fan of bush but I have the common sense to know there was little he could do at that point and I understand him wanting to stay calm for the children

[@YourCrazyOverlord]

I actually really respect his demeanor in that moment. Panic would do nothing. I was also a kindergartener, just 10 miles from that school, and I wish I'd seen adults stay that calm in the moment, let alone the most powerful man in the country.

[@BlueberryBumblebees]

He didn’t need to panic, but it would have been more prudent to excuse himself, and promise to make time to come back and reread it. I don’t even know how he could stay there, and focus on the book, knowing that his people were being murdered.

[@kalas-kurt]

Pause and read the last page.

[@Dickstick]

Is it really a virtue to stay calm in this situation and just sit there like nothing is happening? Like other people pointed out panic does nothing good but doing nothing seems very questionable. Especially if you consider what went on after 9/11 in the Middle East led by the same man you're respecting for his demeanor...........

[@DiceDecides]

why would he panic for something he orchestrated so he could blame the middle-east and go to war out of greed for oil

[@JayDao1462]

@@Dickstick 10 minutes would not have made a difference. There are mechanisms in place for the military to respond. I don't see a problem with this, as much as i dislike the guy. Also yes, its children. Being the president has a lot to do with appearances. The president panicking in front of those kids would do more harm than him thinking and letting them have their peace for a few more minutes.

[@ChromaWRLD999]

The “more” caught me off guard

[@mrblahbah2522]

That must’ve been the most insane day for that class, the president read ur class a book and the most major terrorist attack happened in the same day

[@Pitch_Dark_Hook]

That goat knew something we didn’t

[@brandonk1297]

The goat was a paid actor

[@yslowl237]

judging by what the taliban do to goats, i’m not sure I want to know what he knew.

[@LogicCaster]

All we can say for sure is the goat was “maaad”, as this is a direct quote.

[@gggghuijhh7676]

why did WTC 7 come down like that tho

[@LogicCaster]

@@gggghuijhh7676 Inertia.

[@kilroywashere9343]

Gave him time to think out a calm and collected reaction, and didn’t scare the kids more then they were already going to be that day.

[@ARNouri-zh1py]

And he still invaded the wrong country.

[@DonQuixoteFan]

@@ARNouri-zh1pywomp womp

[@okman6298]

​@@ARNouri-zh1pyhappy incident

[@lauriediandrea715]

As I watched that live on tv that morning, I wished I’d have done the same! My poor kid was heading to school, 1st grade…

[@gigabyte6614]

​@ClaytonBigsby01 which wasn't where what they were looking for was

[@sinistrodellamorte]

I'm not a Bush fan but I always admired him sitting there and finishing his story.

[@nobody-fe2yk]

My 5th grade ELA teacher was in that class, she told us all about this, a couple days after she saw it on the news.

[@blooperofahuman1706]

As a kid i didn't understand what was happening, as an adult, a man that shows restraint, self control, and consideration for those around him is a strong man. No matter how he was as a president, or a person, he has my respect for not panicking the students and faculty.

[@hurinthalion5984]

people who rip on this reaction are just upset about cause they don't like him. Like sure he maybe could have have found a way to leave that wouldn't have caused panic but given the situation and what must have been going through his head Bush made a smart move where many weaker men would have panicked and rushed out. He took a few minutes to consider what he had to do now and when he was finished he went immediately into action.

[@veronicaproctor184]

Does he have your respect for murdering millions?

[@maxwellhesher1790]

@@veronicaproctor184Oh please, I’d love to see your example of a country or even state for that matter anywhere in the world that has never contributed to death or some kind of malfeasance.

[@veronicaproctor184]

@@maxwellhesher1790 You're kidding me? You think Haiti is going around bombing millions of civilians? Iceland doesn't even have a military. USA has over 800 military bases on the sovereign soil of other countries, second is UK at about 300 or something. Literally nothing else even comes close. USA was invading country after country at the end of the 20th century and continues to now. This isn't the Roman empire, this is modern warfare. WMD was a lie; USA invaded and killed millions of civilians in Iraq bc of oil deposits. They didn't need to do that. If you can't see how that's a heinous evil, then. Wow.

[@veronicaproctor184]

Also love the euphemism on 'contributed to death'. Directly bombing and shooting civilians isn't some indirect contribution. But if you want to be real, then yes, all the countries' governments contributing to the Saudi government's bombing of Yemen also have the blood of innocent civilians on their hands, yes. Why would they not.

[@improbablydancing]

Personally, I think it was great that he stayed with the children. That's a great excuse to be still and think thorough before taking action.

[@UGMD]

Unfortunately he didn’t think long enough about it and we ended up killing countless innocents :(

[@michaelh.1262]

@@UGMDmake what you just said make sense

[@oliverr6925]

​@@michaelh.1262it makes sense. we caused unnecessary suffering in response to people unfamiliar and unrelated to the attack.

[@UGMD]

@@michaelh.1262 an estimated 500,000 people died due to the war in Afghanistan according to the costs of war project and another half a million more in the war in Iraq according to PLOS Medicine. Are the violent actions of a couple dozen terrorist truly worth the lives of more than a million? George W Bush thought so

[@thefourshowflip]

@@oliverr6925 Iraq didn’t happen until 2003. The initial “first” military action in Afghanistan went after Al Queda took a matter of months and was very targeted; then we had the whole “mission accomplished” and a move towards Iraq in 2003-that’s when things took a nose dive. …the issue wasn’t reacting without time to think-we might argue we thought too hard about it such that we came up with solutions for problems that didn’t exist (and then the civilian casualties began rolling in).

[@LCBK]

The fact that the president was at a school reading to kids when this happened is probably one of my favorite facts about 9/11

[@jtpiano4937]

Sarasota county has a strange relation to the attacks. I go to school in the same area that the attackers took flight training, venice FL, and I live in sarasota. Its certainly strange

[@Herogaze]

I unironically think he made the right call, and I probably would've done the same in his situation

[@RandomIsNotAvailable]

There was nothing he could do even if he got up. Was he going to become superman or something. I think the best thing is to stay as thats really your only option

[@Virchl-C48]

yeah he did but what happend in 2003 is not the right call

[@Blaketbailey]

That's why you're commenting on KZbin.

[@senorpapasfritasconqueso]

​@@Virchl-C48yeah but oil

[@Virchl-C48]

@@senorpapasfritasconqueso true but 100 yeas from now they will be no oil left and what then ?

[@_ankushprasad_]

Last words - "more to come" Bush's mental stability:📉📉📉

[@scarab9515]

Is this dbh reference or am i just misinterpreting it?

[@chiply2024]

😂

[@notblabby]

@@scarab9515more planes

[@TheCamps10]

@tylergay2012 It's not an attack on Bush you clown, it's a comment on the ominous tone of the sentence given what he had in his mind at the moment.

[@lukav3509]

bro knew

[@dannymartial7997]

I didn't know this story, but now, I respect the heck outta Bush for handling it well. His haters will find any reason to hate. If he did the opposite, they'd say he induced panic in front of little children.

[@TheProcrastinator3000]

him reading a Story book to children while it all Happens makes all the wild theorys even wilder😂

[@aetbhieiils]

I am personally not a big fan of Bush, but him continuing to read the book for the children is one thing that I really respected about that man.

[@TheNeilBlack]

I don't respect the man at all, but I acknowledge that he had the presence of mind to not terrify a bunch of children when there was probably nothing he could do to help the immediate response anyway.

[@aetbhieiils]

@@TheNeilBlack Yeah, I never really liked his politics, but that's one thing I give him a credit for.

[@YSF_B28]

I mean, he did allow the pentagon to launder 2.3 trillion, and he did not revealbthe truth about the distraction

[@garrettcooper58]

I only respect him for this, and his play throughs of cod zombies with trump, obama, and biden

[@wellsshady]

Ok liberal

[@StarWarsomania]

He knew that his actions in that moment were going to be broadcast all over the country. He needed to project calm not just to the kids but to the whole world.

[@deathbloom27]

Yeah I'm not a bush fan at all but he did exactly what he should have done at this moment. People act like he should have run out of there and started working, when in reality he couldn't have added anything immediately. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people were working on trying to figure out what was happening, who did it, what was coming next, what or who else was in danger. He needed to give people time to gather Intel, the more information he has the better decisions he can make going forward.

[@maruftim]

Yeah, he's the president not the counter-terrorism agency

[@DoogNig]

Glad the cia helped him by letting him know they were about to bomb the towers before he went in

[@theXeNoNxX]

calm or lack of assertiveness and decisionmaking and caring?

[@LinhHueTran]

Cowards are those who use his seemingly nonchalant actions against him. Cowards are the ones who try to embarrass the president.

[@TheRealBorb]

Honestly, Bush should have torn off his suit to reveal his red, white and blue spandex costume with a big A in the middle, shouted "AMERICA NEEDS IT'S MAN!" and flew out the window with his hands on his hips

[@catrinmelldansen]

There was a plane that hit the Pentagon, and another that would've almost certainly hit the White House, had the hijackers not been overwhelmed with the passengers, who refused to let it happen once they had heard about the rest of the attacks. He wasn't able to get to the White House until that evening, so it was a test of strength not to panic.

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

It's crazy to think it's been almost 22 years now. Feels like it was only yesterday I was in high school watching it all unfold live.

[@chronic_payne5669]

I was 7 months pregnant on 9/11. I was so terrified about what was going to happen my baby stopped growing and was born a month early

[@marco.trevisan]

​@@chronic_payne5669 I hope he/she grew to a healthy adult.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

Yep yep, i was 10 years old. I watched it live with my mom on TV. All my siblings was in school but i got sick and threw up on the bus. The one and only time i EVER threw up at school/on bus. When we got to the school the bus driver took me to the nurse and my mom came and picked me up. On the drive home my mom stopped at the A-Market _(a small little country store here in the Appalachian mountains)_ the woman behind the counter knew us pretty good and told my mom to turn on the radio to a news station and said that a plane crashed into the twin towers! My mom had a Mercury Cougar. We listened to radio but my mom was just _interested,_ not freaking out yet. When we got home my mom turned on the TV and we watched the building smoking and she realized how serious it was. Then BOOM the second plane hit live on our TV. My mom was standing in the living room floor and she started stomping up and down screaming. I remember seeing the 2nd plane hit and how ny stonach felt like it dropped. Like tge feeling of a roller coaster going over a hill. Y'know? The inertial feeling you sometimes get in cars.. My uncle (mom's brother) was on an airplane, he traveled alot. Shes frantically trying to call him with our house phone. My uncle was the only person i knew who had a cell phone in 2001, the Appalachian mountains is VERY rural. He traveled so his company provided a cell phone. But it wouldn't work. His wife is on the phone with ny mom and theyre both crying and freaking out that my uncle might be on one of the planes! I remember my eyes watering up and telling my mom to stop screaming and crying please, its gunna be okay. But she shouted at me "THEYRE ATTACKING US JAKE!". Anyways, my uncle was ok. His plane was told to land at the nearest airport immediately. He was stranded at an airport in Michigan. Im a rare case of someone my age who saw it live because i wasnt in school like most people my age. Even my siblings didn't see it happen live and im the youngest in the family. The crazy thing is... Its almost as if i knew something bad was about to happen because i felt so weird that morning and i threw up before the attacks started. I wasn't even sick the rest of the days after the attacks! Kinda crazy. I remember alot more i could go into but thats the basic overview of my story and where i was on 9/11.

[@micahphilson]

I was just starting kindergarten, sitting on the family room floor wondering why the hell the TV wasn't playing Arthur for like an entire week. Like, come on, these exploding buildings look cool and all, but where's my Cyberchase?! Haha, I miss being 5, simpler times.

[@happymack6605]

I called my mom’s friend, the secretary at our elementary school, and told her to run to the library and turn on the tv. She asked what channel and I said any channel 😞

[@stuartjohnson6822]

All the crap he got. It was a respectable moment. Controlled, and calm in every moment.

[@GnosticMaximus]

bro I cant believe people like you exist, so fucking easy to manipulate

[@Xavier28200]

Because it was all going to plan

[@angrypastabrewing]

Because it was planned from the beginning

[@thingl7859]

Tin foil hat meet-up in this comment thread💀🤡

[@OntoBunny]

@@thingl7859 Ever heard of operation northwoods? In 1962 the department of defense proposed a number of staged attacks on American citizens to justify a war against Cuba. One of those proposals was for the CIA to crash remotely piloted commercial jets into civilian buildings. It was ultimately rejected by President Kennedy before his assassination. This is an indisputable fact that's been declassified in the decades since. Was it a tin foil hat conspiracy back then?

[@user-nq8zk2lg3g]

The vsauce video without music

[@mrmister5729]

"Sir, a second plane has hit the second tower" "I know, we're the ones who did it"

[@heathertoomey7068]

I'm glad he stayed calm and didn't make the kids feel unimportnant. I really don't know what he could have done to improve the situation if he had left the kids immediately.

[@Richardo004]

Maybe he if he didnt plan it, it could have improven the situation idk.

[@kierramccullough7287]

@@Richardo004genuinely curious. what evidence is there that bush legitimately planned 9/11? not attacking you i just haven't heard that theory before and it's everywhere in these comments. couldn't find much on google

[@amishgoatmilker]

@@Richardo004 what

[@theXeNoNxX]

saying "sorry kids but mr president has something very important to do" is a kind of assertive thing, non a panicking one, so he could have been more useful than reading a book doing nothing for the country.

[@LinhHueTran]

Absolutely. For him to have made the kids day, and to continue to do so through consistency, pose, promise and commitment was smart. What else was there for him to do really? People really need to put themselves in his shoes for that moment, even regardless of whether or not, they will ever be president. What else was there for him to do? People just want to get a reaction.

[@Purple_Sloth]

I agree with the faculty. Imagine putting yourself in that scenario. You lead a country with pride, and have the opportunity to read a book to some kids. You are told you are under a terrorist attack. There is nothing you can do immediately to stop the threat, thousands are dying as you speak. All you can do is either burst out of the room and do nothing or keep reading with the stress and anxiety building up behind you thinking of what to do next as you are reading a story book to America’s future. Taunt him all you want he couldn’t just say “quick, turn on the forcefields around New York, shoot down every commercial plane filled to the brim with potential innocents that comes close.”

[@Dickstick]

Its funny how good Americans remember one of the worst US presidents ever. I guess nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Stop drinking tap water for your own sake lol.

[@JayDao1462]

Exactly is this really what people are hung up on, among all the atrocious decisions the guy made?? It just goes to show how superficial politics are to the average person. What the fuck man

[@playerunkown...]

@@Dickstick If you are going to be political, go do it around family or someone that HAS to hear you shout and preach your not asked or wanted opinion. This comment had nothing saying what political standpoint this person has, only that they think that was the best course of action in the moment, if you are so smart and intelligent, please, tell us what YOU would do, hmm? I'm curious to know your response so please do humor me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *HEY!* This is getting more traction than I would enjoy, so to save future me from getting angry notifs on my 4th when i'm with amazing family when I didn't explain much and people love jumping to conclusions about me: - No. I do not support either side of the US political parties, I'm not on EITHER side, do not think my opinion is biased off of that. -My opinion is from OBSERVATION, what OP said is how I interpreted it from reading and looking at exaggeration/context clues. -I am NOT saying that former president was a good man, he had many faults. I only think he did the right course of action THEN. (Be for real please, what was he going to do? grab the plane like a toy??) -TO ME I THINK OP shares my thoughts too, that was the 1 of the 2 things he could have done, and excusing himself no matter how politely would have done nothing to change a thing, the towers were already hit. Have a great 4th everyone, don't spend your time in anger commenting to a stranger(me) because you think i'm wrong, people will think YOU'RE wrong, we're all different. Spend your time with your loved ones in happiness and fun times, it's way more healthy, promise.

[@richardwallis9374]

Must have sucked to be him sitting there. But I guess thousands had it worse that day too.

[@chronic_payne5669]

“Burst out of the room” NO you can calmly and politely excuse yourself. How ridiculous, only had two options 🙄

[@elberethreviewer5558]

If he had run out of that room as soon as the aid said something in his ear, everyone, including the children, would have panicked. We all have seen the movies. Something horrible has happened if the boss pops up after someone whispers in his ear.

[@jonathanross149]

...but something horrible did happen and was still happening.

[@Jeam_aviation]

Bro I feel like Osama Bin Laden gave that book to President Bush

[@sillyslicker1]

Yeah, I mean what was he going to do in those 10 minutes, if he had left? The kids were probably excited that the president was there, so just stay the course for a bit. Plus, I'm sure he was trying to digest the information and think about what comes next.

[@JoeBob79569]

I think a good president would ground all flights, get jet fighters in the air, make the necessary executive orders, get people to go home and stay home, put the military on high alert, and get advice from his advisors on exactly what was happening and ask for their recommendations. And these are just some random ideas off the top of my head from a random person on the internet.

[@peasil3330]

​@gijoe50000 the flights are already in the air grounding flights wouldn't save anyone, mass alert would of caused panic which would of served no good, he has exactly 18 minutes from the first plane hitting the tower and the second and 27 minutes later the pentagon totalling 45 minutes and in that time he knows neither if the attack is over or where the next attack will be. What he did was stay calm to prevent panic. At the time he has as much information as onlookers did. I will say he should of given emergency services a warning so they could get to the site sooner but again he doesn't know where the emergency will be and they are emergency services for emergencies that's their job.

[@Korksbebig]

​@gijoe50000 Ideas that come from watching too many fictional Hollywood movies. Real life doesn't always work like that, and thought in action isn't a script.

[@xKapnKrunch]

​@@JoeBob79569you act like the military needs him to act. You do know fighter jets were following the planes? They were contemplating on shooting Americans to save more Americans. If he made that call would you have instead said good job?

[@JoeBob79569]

@@xKapnKrunch That's the thing, he didn't make _any_ decisions. He just sat there. There could have been another 5, or 20, planes on the ground, or in the air for all he knew. And if they had shot down the plane headed for the Pentagon it would have saved the 125 people who died in the building, and you could say if he made that call it would have been a good one, because everybody on the plane died anyway.

[@abbyrobles2400]

It’s honestly very honorable that he didn’t rush out, thus worrying the children

[@yeetix378gt]

Yea

[@drinkswatere]

9/11 was 100% an inside job and he was in on it.

[@paarkour83]

🤦‍♂️Imagine all the children that got killed because of bush after this. No one cares about them. And for 9/11 to happen he probably did very many evil things before that

[@irealghost3248]

because he planned it dumb

[@kittymedusa3618]

Who gives a f about “worrying” a bunch of kids when the entire nation is under attack!

[@krink6]

“sir, your plan worked perfectly”

[@nihilism2004]

Sarasota is only about 20-30 minutes away from me, so I was surprised to learn that's where this happened

[@FranzbroetchenGaming]

It is crazy to think people criticize him for that. They really think in those 10min he would have turned everything around? What would the children have thought if he rushed out of that classroom suddenly? Those people are delusional.

[@maryvon8518]

"What would the children have thought if he rushed out of that classroom suddenly?" That he's the president? Doing import president things? I'm not suggesting he scream and run out of the room. Just say "excuse me I'm being called away. It was wonderful to meet you all. I hope to return some day to see what happens to that goat" and leave! The kids might have been disappointed but not scared.

[@kinderx16_38]

@@maryvon8518and then what? What could he have done with the 10 minutes he saved by leaving early? Even if another attack after the pentagon was on its way what’s he gonna do to stop it? There were no immediate actions he could have done

[@thetman0068]

That’s Michael Moore for you…

[@maryvon8518]

​@@kinderx16_38 He could have talked to some experts- was their any new threats that seem more credible than they did this morning? Do all agencies know about them? Are the White House and Capitol building being evacuated? Lets make sure. Lets evacuate the 140 infants and toddlers from the Pentagon's daycare. If the president can't find a way to be useful during a terrorist attack then he has no business being president.

[@BurnPerimeter]

​@@kinderx16_38 order to shoot the planes down? Yes, that leads to another ethical issue that everyone on board those planes would be killed, and potential civilians on the ground could also be harmed or be killed, but it was still an option nonetheless. I don't get why people are saying what he could have done, with all that super advanced tech.

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

One, he’s not Batman. He can’t just press a button to save the day. Two, he was trying to keep everyone calm in the room.

[@Craxin01]

Yes, because standing up and walking out of the room would have terrified everyone. No, he was waiting for the piss in his shorts to dry.

[@KodeLiMe]

@@Craxin01 Challenge for you: Say something good or nice about a person with whom you disagree politically.

[@JohnSmith-mc2zz]

​@@KodeLiMeor don't be santimonious about war criminals

[@Craxin01]

@@KodeLiMe Like who? And why would that be a virtue?

[@KodeLiMe]

@@Craxin01 "Why would that be a virtue?" Wow. That question tells me everything I need to know. How about civility? Respect towards a fellow human? Just because you don't agree with someone politically, doesn't mean you have to hate them.

[@thomasmacmullan]

Legend has it George didn’t hear what the guy said and was just very confused

[@sanjay4833]

Literally the last words "more to come" gave me goosebumps.

[@Vgamer311]

I know that it’s probably just the same book as the one Bush was reading, but knowing Michael I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that he actually had *THE* book from that day.

[@neilsiebenthal9569]

At the time I didn't understand it but looking back on it now. Definitely him staying calm was the right move there.

[@Groovymotion]

He made sure to be in that environment at that moment. Oh how they learn from the brits 😂

[@gianna322]

I absolutely agree. Sitting like that in a few minutes of calm probably allowed him to process the words "America is under attack" more than he would have been able to if he'd immediately gotten all the details right at that moment. He had time to let the statement sink in before going to address things.

[@reaganation6000]

He's a powerful figure, but he's no superman. Announcing the attack right at the spot will just add fuel to the fire, especially when kids are involved.

[@kylefoster6795]

I think he handled it well. What could he have done? You couldn’t panic the kids. Nothing he could’ve done would have saved lives.

[@Factsunleashed]

Bush made sure he was doing the cutest thing when 9/11 happened

[@tonetone8980]

Real talk these people dumb af

[@enekaitzteixeira7010]

Of course he knew.

[@Mayor912]

​@@enekaitzteixeira7010he did it lmao.

[@LateTodayCouchScrolling]

I was looking for this comment

[@NikoBellaKhouf2]

Yeah nice alibi

[@diamondseraphin9794]

I always forget how different 9/11 is for people who were far from it. I was only a 2nd grader too but there was never an opportunity to not panic when you have family who lives/goes to school/works in Manhattan. Ultimately, Bush staying for the children was probably the right move but I think of my 2nd Grade teacher who was a huge comfort by telling us what was going on as calmly as possible.

[@littlebigcomrade]

I swear it’s like the worst stuff happens when in a totally unassuming place and time.

[@noahhewett6294]

My brain expected the vsauce music after he said this is the book that George w bush read on 9/11

[@thebrandonbeckley]

He was at my little sister's school. I was at Booker High in French class. I was worried about my sister until he left because no one knew what was going on and we thought he'd be a target.

[@TROBassGuitar]

I didn't even realize he was so close by I was in middle school going to the temp school in North Port high, it was like finding out this dudes trained at that little airport in Venice lol

[@matteolongarini3739]

Those last words are nothing short of poetic

[@dannywhite132]

The entire point of a government is that there are hundreds of people in place to tackle serious incidents. Him rushing out the room would have likely also been criticised as he left children to panic in a bit to save himself. Him not leaving the room would not have saved those people

[@emanon9084]

I work with children as young as them. He chose the absolute best option. Let the children be read to, enjoy the story, have their snack time, let them be unaware and having fun, don't stop storytime to cause children to cry "does this mean I'm going to die? Are my parents?" If you can't stop it, and you're not near it to stop it, why bother causing an entire place to panic? An entire place not near the attacks (as far as I know), a place not being attacked either, doesn't have to be sent into an immediate panic. Let them find out later that day if you have to.

[@LilgooberX3]

"More" sent chills down my spine

[@Ineffable1111]

" more to come" was the books final words

[@pbsuite]

​​@@Ineffable1111scary, it's like a movie script

[@davecunningham579]

History has been increasingly kind to GW. It's been a wild thing to watch. In 2001 his reaction was easy to rip...now, I'm way more empathetic.

[@lerikhkl]

Wtf? You do know that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed right??? He's a fucking war criminal, period.

[@Dexiclon]

Why? Genuinely why? The dude literally started a war in Iraq over nothing and killed hundreds of thousands of people. In what way does he deserve sympathy. Serial killers will be in higher levels of hell than George W. Bush. Not to mention his lack of action during 9/11 and the drafting of the patriot act. Plus the rumors of 9/11 being something of a Pearl Harbor 2: electric boogaloo. As far as I’m concerned if there are any people who deserve torture and hanging it’s Bush and Cheney.

[@aarr8936]

History isn't being kind to him, you're just whitewashing history and forgetting all the fucked up things he did, up to and including literal war crimes

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

He still had people tortured. Most of which had nothing to do with Al Queda. So he's still a war criminal. At least he's a nice one.

[@MishaFlower]

History has been kinda to GW. If you don't consider it us middle easterners to be human.

[@gl_tonight]

I was in school and when I was told I asked what movie it was in. Arriving home the only thing on TV was people jumping. I was never the same since then.

[@Alexa-xm9kj]

i just could NOT have expected the direction of this video from the beginning.

[@shannonmorgan2344]

It was important to him to read to these children. We were all terrified in school when this was happening.. I’m glad these children had a few more moments of peace

[@maddieev23]

did they think he was gonna jump up like “OMG AMERICAS UNDER ATTACK?!” in a room of kindergartners?

[@ToasterButtles]

If I planned something something really bad and was waiting to be told the deed was done, I’d be reading in front of a bunch of kids looking innocent as well.

[@Trashsuit]

I think he was very smart to stay calm and keep an appearance of listening to that story for that extra 10 minutes for 2 main reasons. The first is that saying the country is under attack in a room full of second graders can't go well, and the second is that it gave him 10 extra minutes to make a plan of action

[@kevinmcd112]

I'm so glad there was no Twitter back then. It's one of those days when you'll always remember where you were.

[@XDKnoori]

.

[@jennytaylor3324]

2nd day of my music B-tec in Liverpool, watching the news on the tv in the cafeteria.

[@ClaytonBigsby01]

Outside the high school cafeteria telling everyone that the towers would be fine jet fuel can't melt steel beams😂

[@CuzCuzBoy69]

i was swimming around my dads ball sack

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Well... what was he gonna do? Unmelt the beams?

[@uberd3323]

I don’t like Bush, but I respect him for this. He’s in an unwinnable position and he’s scared shitless, but he tried to remain calm to not startle the kids.

[@Spamtonthedude_]

Those words were so beautiful.

[@SnugWugs137]

“A second plane has hit the tower.” “Yeah, I know that. Damn, trying to read here.”

[@davidfinland00007]

😂😂😂 awesome comment. Can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂

[@GloriousVibe]

Fucking brilliant 👏

[@Voidelle]

As a staunch leftist, I have to agree with the faculty. He didn’t want to scare the kids. I feel like its been long enough, anybody who says otherwise is just being unnessasarily dismissive imo. I don’t think I would’ve been able to keep it together at ALL.

[@kalas-kurt]

Pause and read the last page :)

[@__WJK__]

For those awake (vs woke) that's some interesting odds how that particular book (with that last page) played into the narrative so well.

[@bullymaguire1087]

It doesn’t change the fact that he’s responsible for millions of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

@@bullymaguire1087 some real nuanced thinkers in this comment section. gonna start chanting next?

[@kristoffer3000]

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx Sorry that the truth hurts your fragile snowflake feelings

[@ellznaga2199]

He was committed to reading the book and that’s respectable

[@bobmusil1458]

It was a bit late for him to learn how to read.

[@IrinaZumba]

"Kite...must... hit....steel"

[@HeisenbergFam]

I feel like everyone would love history if Vsauce was your history teacher

[@Theoranger966]

We meet again

[@laynemangus]

This guy will refuse to answer why he's everywhere but it always fun to try and find him lol.

[@therealpaulgoodman]

​@@laynemangushe is a bot

[@CallMeThyme]

Same

[@sunlightmarc]

I'm pretty sure we all loved our history teachers. They're the one who are actually cool. But that's just my experience, I don't know about you.

[@always.entertaining.people1396]

HE JUST REALLY LIKED THE STORY

[@Krakkokayne]

0:24 "Ayo fam deadass another plane hit the trade center fr fr"

[@user-ld7lp5oy1i]

He was so invested in the story