# Ash-covered shoes and a president in crisis: A reporter remembers 9/11

https://mins.news/en/video/51951

- Reuters, 2026-09-09 20:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgnHtcqfZo

> Reuters reporter Steve Holland recalls learning about the September 11, 2001, attacks while accompanying President Bush at a Florida school. As the scale of the crisis emerged, Holland witnessed the frantic effort to get Bush aboard Air Force One.

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