9/11: How President George W Bush and the US government responded to the terrorist attacks- BBC News

On 11 September 2001, at , the second of four hijacked planes hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. The US government quickly concluded: America was under attack. President George W Bush was sitting in front of seven-year-olds in a classroom in Florida. With limited information, officials fought to regain control. The events of the day led to two decades of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. Watch 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room on BBC iPlayer. #BBCNews