Flashback to a Fateful Morning: Revisiting the Unspoken Rites of Presidential Briefings The recent visit by former White House chief of staff Andy Card to the Florida school where he shared the devastating news about 9/11 attacks with President George W.
Bush has reignited a mix of nostalgia and discomfort among those familiar with the inner workings of presidential briefings.
On September 11, 2001, Card broke the news of the terrorist attacks in a classroom at Sarasota's Emma E. Booker Elementary School. This unassuming setting belies the gravity of that moment in American history.