[h=1]From a second-grade classroom to the Oval Office: More never-before-seen photos show George W Bush glued to his phone as he prepares to address a terrified nation within 24 hours of 9/11[/h]
Photographs released by US National Archives show George W Bush preparing to address America
Bush was visiting elementary school in Sarasota, Florida, when chief of staff notified him of the terrorist attacks
Photos show Bush throughout the day, from Florida to the Oval Office, where he addressed the nation that night
By VALERIE EDWARDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 16:50, 4 June 2016 | UPDATED: 17:48, 4 June 2016
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks shook the US, the world even, as many mourned the loss of nearly 3,000 lives, while one president had to address a terrified nation.
Newly released photos from the US National Archives show the moment when former president George W Bush learned the US was under attack.
While Bush was widely criticized for his response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, these photos capture the resounding resolution and resiliency of a president in a time of crisis.
White House photographers captured the horror and heroism, the courage and compassion surrounding 9/11.
Bush began his schedule that day at the Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, where he participated in a second-grade reading demonstration.
He was informed by his Chief of Staff that 'America is under attack'.
As events unfolded in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania, Bush directed the nation's response from Air Force One as he flew from Sarasota to Barksdale Air Force Base to Offutt Air Force Base and returned to Washington, DC, where he addressed the nation from the Oval Office.
From the initial moments to his address later that night Bush vowed to 'find those responsible and bring them to justice'.
Newly released photos from the US National Archives now show the moment when President George W Bush learned the US was under attack. Bush confers with staff via telephone from his office aboard Air Force One during the flight from Sarasota to Barksdale Air Force Base
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While Bush was widely criticized for his response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, newly released photos shed more light on the former president's immediate reaction on that fateful morning
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As events unfolded in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania, President Bush directed the nation's response from Air Force One as he flew from Sarasota to Barksdale Air Force Base to Offutt Air Force Base and returned to Washington, DC, where he addressed the nation from the Oval Office
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the US. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City (pictured), a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, DC, and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
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The attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major US initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of Bush
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Bush began his schedule that day at the Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, where he was reading to a second grade class when an adviser discreetly informed him the country was under attack
Nearly 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, including more than 400 police officers and firefighters. As Dan Bartlett, Deputy Assistant to the President, pointed to news footage of the World Trade Center, Bush gathered information about the attacks from a classroom at the elementary school
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Bush called New York Governor George Pataki, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Vice President Dick Cheney while at the elementary school. White House Chief of Staff Andy Card talks on a cell phone
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Bush watched television coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center during a briefing in a classroom at Emma E Booker Elementary School
The former president took notes as he listented to news coverage of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks
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Bush and his staff looked out the windows of Air Force One at their F-16 escort while en route to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Pictured from left are: Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff; Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary; Blake Gottesman, Personal Aide to President; Karl Rove, Senior Adviser; Deborah Loewer, Director of White House Situation Room, and Dan Bartlett, Deputy Assistant to the President
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Bush delivered remarks to the nation regarding the terrorist attacks on US soil from Emma E Booker Elementary School
Senior staff huddled in Bush's office while he talked on the telephone aboard Air Force One
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Bush is pictured delivering remarks on the terrorist attacks from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, before departing for Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
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White House Chief of Staff Andy Card (left), Bush (center) and Adm Richard Mies conducted a video teleconference at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
Bush talks with Vice President Dick Cheney in the President's Emergency Operations Center after returning to the White House from Offutt Air Force Base
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Working with his senior staff, Bush reviewed the speech that he will deliver to the nation the evening of 9/11 from the Oval Office. Pictured from left are: Alberto Gonzales, White House Counsel; Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser; Karen Hughes, Counselor; Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary, and Andy Card, Chief of Staff
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Bush is pictured (left) reviewing notes with Karen Hughes before addressing the nation from the Oval Office. He's pictured (right) delivering his address to the nation
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After addressing the nation, Bush met with his National Security Council in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center of the White House
