Bush Describes Reaction to 9 – 11. He says his first thought was “There’s one terrible pilot.” He’s down in Florida again, talking to schoolchildren again (actually a town meeting to help his brother’s reelection prospects by stemming the tide of declining tourist revenues for Florida, but answering a third grader’s question), as he was on Sept. 11th when he heard about the attacks. He’s very comfortable explicating his ideas to elementary school students. NY Times