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(After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Finally Rushes President Bush Out of School

2001-09-11

Kevin Down, a Sarasota police officer, recalls that immediately after President Bush’s speech concludes, “The Secret Service agent [runs] out from the school and [says] We’re under terrorist attack, we have to go now.” [BBC, 9/1/2002] The motorcade departs a few minutes later.