Fahrenheit 9\11 Page #3

were killed in the largest foreign attack

ever on American soil.

The targets were the financial

and military headquarters of the United States.

If anyone has any idea, have seen him,

or knows where he is, to call us.

He's got two little babies.

Two little babies.

As the attack took place,

Mr. Bush was on his way to an elementary school

in Florida.

When informed of the first plane hitting

the World Trade Center,

where terrorists had struck just eight years prior,

Mr. Bush decided to go ahead

with this photo opportunity.

When the second plane hit the tower,

his Chief of Staff entered the classroom

and told Mr. Bush the nation is under attack.

Not knowing what to do,

with no one telling him what to do,

and no Secret Service rushing in

to take him to safety,

Mr. Bush just sat there

and continued to read 'My Pet Goat'

with the children.

Nearly seven minutes passed

with nobody doing anything.

As Bush sat in that Florida classroom,

was he wondering if maybe

he should have shown up to work more often?

Should he have held at least one meeting

since taking office to discuss

the threat of terrorism

with his head of counter terrorism?

Or maybe Mr. Bush was wondering

why he had cut terrorism funding from the FBI.

Or perhaps he just should have read

the security briefing

that was given to him on August 6, 2001

that said that Osama bin Laden

was planning to attack America

by hijacking airplanes.

Or maybe he wasn't worried

about the terrorist threat

because the title of the report was too vague.

I believe the title of the report was

'Bin Laden Determined to Attack

Inside the United States.'

A report like that might make some men jump,

but as in days passed,

George W. just went fishing.

As the minutes went by,

George Bush continued to sit in the classroom.

Was he thinking,

'I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd.

Which one of them screwed me?

Was it the man my daddy's friends

delivered a lot of weapons to?

Was it that group of religious fundamentalists

who visited my state when I was governor?

Or was it the Saudis?

Damn, it was them.

I think I'd better blame it on this guy.'

In the days following September 11th,

all commercial and private

airline traffic was grounded.

The FAA has taken action to close

all of the airports in the United States.

Even grounding the President's father,

former President Bush,

on a flight forced to land in Milwaukee.

Dozens of travelers stranded, among them,

Ricky Martin, due to perform

at tonight's Latin Grammy awards.

Not even Ricky Martin would fly.

But really, who wanted to fly?

No one. Except the bin Ladens.

We had some airplanes authorized

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