On the morning of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush was visiting an elementary school in Sarasota, Fla., when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, informed him that America was under attack – a singular moment, captured in an iconic photograph.
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President George W. Bush arrived at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., on a clear September Tuesday in 2001 to celebrate a surge in reading scores. Teacher Kay Daniels' second-graders were eager to meet him. "It was a beautiful start of the day," Daniels said. "Moms had done hairs, and uniforms were pressed, and everybody was excited."President Bush, she said, "was light, and he was approachable."
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