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. 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. The plane first took him to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, then Offutt air base in Nebraska. Because Air Force One's codename at the time was "angel," there was worry onboard that the plane was a target. One offshoot of the 9/11 attacks was a major renovation of Air Force One's communications abilities.

Source: Thanhnien News September 09, 2016 09:11 UTC