When President Bush Spoke to the World After 9/11 | Joey Tack
By Joey Tack on September 11, 2019
Standing atop rubble with retired New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith, President George W Bush rallies firefighters and rescue workers during an impromptu speech at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York City, New York, September 14, 2001. Image courtesy National Archives. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
We all remember where we were on 9/11/01. Three days after the attack, then President Bush stood atop a pile of rubble and delivered this impromptu speech to the American people and the rest of the world.
