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a sincere thanks to all those who have participated to keep this issue alive to honor and respect all those we lost that fright filled horrid day and especially to their families who continue to fight to this very day for a REAL investigation into what actually happened for not only an answer for themselves personally but also to PREVENT this happening again in the future.

never forget.

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9/11 widows - astounding article - posted by Stevie D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=219760

http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage3.asp

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"Once Lorie began surfing the Web, she couldn’t stop. She found a video of President Bush’s reaction on the
morning of Sept. 11. According to the official timeline provided by his press secretary, the President arrived
at an elementary school in Sarasota, Fla., at 9 a.m. and was told in the hallway of the school that a plane had
crashed into the World Trade Center. This was 14 minutes after the first attack. The President went into a
private room and spoke by phone with his National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, and glanced at a TV
in the room. "That’s some bad pilot," the President said. Bush then proceeded to a classroom, where he drew
up a little stool to listen to second graders read. At 9:04 a.m., his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispered in his
ear that a second plane had struck the towers. "We are under attack," Mr. Card informed the President.

"Bush’s sunny countenance went grim," said the White House account. "After Card’s whisper, Bush looked
distracted and somber but continued to listen to the second graders read and soon was smiling again. He
joked that they read so well, they must be sixth graders."

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"I couldn’t stop watching the President sitting there, listening to second graders, while my husband was
burning in a building," she said.

Mindy pieced together the actions of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He had been in his Washington
office engaged in his "usual intelligence briefing." After being informed of the two attacks on the World
Trade Center, he proceeded with his briefing until the third hijacked plane struck the Pentagon. Mindy
relayed the information to Kristen:

"Can you believe this? Two planes hitting the Twin Towers in New York City did not rise to the level of
Rumsfeld’s leaving his office and going to the war room to check out just what the hell went wrong." Mindy
sounded scared. "This is my President. This is my Secretary of Defense. You mean to tell me Rumsfeld had
to get up from his desk and look out his window at the burning Pentagon before he knew anything was
wrong? How can that be?"

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peace