THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Sarasota, Florida)
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September 11, 2001
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER TWO PLANES CRASH INTO WORLD TRADE
CENTER
Emma Booker Elementary School
Sarasota, Florida
9:30 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment
for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington
after my remarks. Secretary Rod Paige and the Lt. Governor will
take the podium and discuss education. I do want to thank the folks
here at Booker Elementary School for their hospitality.
Today we’ve had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed
into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our
country. I have spoken to the Vice President, to the Governor of
New York, to the Director of the FBI, and have ordered that the
full resources of the federal government go to help the victims
and their families, and to conduct a full-scale investigation to
hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act.
Terrorism against our nation will not stand.
And now if you would join me in a moment of silence. May God bless
the victims, their families, and America. Thank you very much.
END 9:31 A.M. EDT
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