Reply #76: When did Bush see the first plane hit?

[Ezlivin]

It's all well and good of him to say "There's one terrible pilot", but the most important thing to note is note so much his words as the chronology of events.

As reported in The Nation in October 2003:

On December 4, 2001, Bush was asked, "How did you feel when you heard about the terrorist attack?" Bush replied, "I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower--the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident. But I was whisked off there. I didn't have much time to think about it." Bush repeated the same story on January 5, 2002, stating, "First of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error, and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake...."

How in the HELL did he see the first plane hit the tower? The film footage from the French crew was not made available until hours after the event.

This slip of the tongue (twice) convinced me that he had watched the event unfold.