There are six pages in all, the only original verbatim text of what Bush said on Air Force One as he and his senior aides absorbed the news. WASHINGTON, Sept 9 - The notes are handwritten on a legal pad and provide a verbatim account of the shock, pain and grim determination aboard Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001. “We’re at war,” Bush told Vice President Dick Cheney. The plane first took him to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, then Offutt air base in Nebraska. One offshoot of the 9/11 attacks was a major renovation of Air Force One’s communications abilities.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2016 20:18 UTC