He continued: 'America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world'
Daily Mail: Bush's agony at 9/11 attacks: Fascinating never-before-seen photos show President in immediate aftermath of tragedy as crisis engulfed the White House
* Photographs, released by the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum, humanize former president
* 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
* Photographer Eric Draper said he had to push back his own emotions to do his job and capture the fateful day
While George W. Bush was widely criticized for his response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, newly released photos shed light on the former president's immediate reaction on that fateful morning.
Taken by Bush's personal photographer Eric Draper, the photo series captures the president on his visit to 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.
Bush's calm demeanor in the classroom was slammed after video footage of the moment appeared in Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11 in 2004.
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