Agora, treze anos depois do ataque que provocou cerca de três mil mortos e que ainda está bem vivo na memória do mundo, Ari Fleisher descreveu os momentos que viveu ao lado de Bush, através da rede social Twitter.
As mensagens partilhadas, que fazem um relato quase minuto a minuto, permitem perceber como a Casa Branca reagiu à tragédia.
Numa das publicações, Fleischer revelou que escreveu seis páginas de notas sobre o acontecimento, registando tudo o que Bush dizia ou fazia à medida que chegavam mais informações sobre o ataque. São registos únicos que, pela sua importância, o antigo assessor mantém guardados no cofre de um banco.
8:40am, 9-11, 2001: I was in the motorcade 4 the drive from the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in Sarasota, FL 2the Emma Booker Elem. School.
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
8:46 Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower. The motorcade was a few minutes away from arriving at the school.
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
After the President finished shaking hands, Karl Rove informed him of what we thought had to be an "accident."
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
POTUS left the event and went into the holding room 2get briefed/ work the phones. Here is a picture of the scene. pic.twitter.com/ZztLy2plSl
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
Someone wheeled a TV into the holding room. Here's the scene: pic.twitter.com/x9A3RTQykd
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
I started 2take notes of what Bush was saying and doing. I have some 6 pages of notes on a legal pad. The originals are in a bank vault now.
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014
in the President's cabin, I was busy taking notes. He was mostly on the phone with the VP, SecDef Rumsfeld, Gov Pataki and Mayor Giuliani.
¿ Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 11, 2014