This was the last moment in history the country was truely united.

@xxjr8axx

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it was based on lies and greed. To the victims of 9/11 both foreign and domestic RIP.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

4 ай бұрын

Nah 1860s we’re the best

@tibodeclercq2131

4 ай бұрын

@@PHXNKVHXLIC Yes but I just mean being united. Not most united. This marks the last time we were in my view.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

4 ай бұрын

@@tibodeclercq2131 I was just trolling, the nation has never been “united”. Racism and discrimination has been around since 1760’s in the US. From slavery to womens rights to treatment of Native Americans, to Civil Rights Movement to LA riots/general police racism, discrimination towards immigrants (legal or not) and it will never ever go away because that’s just part of humanity.

@tibodeclercq2131

4 ай бұрын

@@PHXNKVHXLIC it never will anywhere in the world. But bush had a 90+% approval rating after 9/11. Not that Bush was a great president, he wasn't, but this shows that many across different backgrounds stood after a cause. Something we barely see today. Unless some aliens would attack us then maybe we would be more united.

Rest in Peace, Firefighter Bob Beckwith. 🕊️

"I can hear you" was the best!!!!!

@PavewayJDAM

8 ай бұрын

GWB was actually VERY good at off the cuff unscripted speaking. He was horrible at pre-prepared speeches which is where is reputation of being an idiot come from. He did great in debates on 2000 because it was off the cuff. When he delivered addresses from the oval office is was damn near cringe because he was reading to us.

@philjackson5387

8 ай бұрын

@@PavewayJDAM Well he couldn't make it to the top unless he was able to sell a Eskimo a refrigerator in the dead of winter......

@benjamindavey4782

4 ай бұрын

For all his faults Bush Jr had an uncanny ability to make people laugh in the face of horror. Too bad he didn't become a comedian, rather than a politician.

@SeanMckeag

3 ай бұрын

HE CAN HEAR THE MONEY BEING DEPOSITED IN ""HU$""!ACCOUNT.😂🤣😂👌🥳

that "go get em george" gives you chills

@McRemmyBaby

4 ай бұрын

All a plan

@mysterious_bl4d355

2 ай бұрын

“0:25”

I won't ever forget how united this country was after that. You couldn't drive anywhere for days without seeing an American flag everywhere you went. People would break out into spontaneous USA chants and sing the National Anthem.

@charliedallachie3539

9 ай бұрын

Wish we could have that again (without a tragedy)

@lsunationalchamps08

8 ай бұрын

It was really amazing to see! I was young. But I’ll never forget this time. We were all together for a moment.

@robertl955

3 ай бұрын

All middle eastern people immediately put american flags on their vehicles lol. We were united for a few weeks then went back to being divided. Such is life.

@ByTheSpirit84

3 ай бұрын

@@robertl955 unfortunately yup

@derrickpiche1119

2 ай бұрын

Then you let all of the Muslims in. And now here we are.

That “God bless America!” from that guy in the crowd was passionate.

@elijahrochon9520

5 ай бұрын

Just read this comment as that was said … couldn’t agree more

To me, this is one of the most historical moments in the history of the United States! I remember seeing it for the very first time, and it has stayed with me to this day!

@hessejames6250

5 ай бұрын

Most faked moment, my friend.

@RTD2.

4 ай бұрын

Biggest fake moment ever. Enjoy your fake dreams my brother..

@Diirk

4 ай бұрын

You got conned my friend

@zechariahross1444

4 ай бұрын

Very historical. Knocked out the the Middle East for 20 years. And pulled out horribly. And how much better are we off?... Who got rich over the past 20 years? It's a big club, and we're not apart of it.

@dewmirage

3 ай бұрын

belief is the greatest sin in an age of conspiracies and the fear they incite

Not a Republican, but I was proud of the way he handled this as a President…

@HeliosX33

9 ай бұрын

By murdering hundreds of thousands of innocents?

@TheAnonymousJohnSmith6969

9 ай бұрын

@@HeliosX33right, I swear a lot of people have blinders on…

@mmedellin2007

9 ай бұрын

Relax lefties

@davidday8417

8 ай бұрын

Half of it right,the way he handled it as president is right !!

@colesnitker3964

8 ай бұрын

@@HeliosX33wym

Back in the days when we had a President you could actually understand what he was saying.

@mark_21

9 ай бұрын

oh really? Bush? lmao. come on man

@maxragno9881

9 ай бұрын

@@mark_21I was gonna say, Biden may be VERY bad but Bush wasn’t much better.

@blackrose8418

9 ай бұрын

​@@mark_21I mean you can hear the words coming out of Bush's mouth

@JordanFields-jm8hi

9 ай бұрын

Blah blah blah come on in

@jbvann05

9 ай бұрын

Of all the presidents to compare their speech to Biden, Bush has got to be the worst

Still get chills

@benaffleckisanokayactor

9 ай бұрын

We can’t escape out tribal instinct but it feels good

One of the most moving speeches of our time.

I just love the way Bush put his arm around him.

@luckyu521

9 ай бұрын

This is the kind of President we need. Strong, but compassionate at the same time.

@PavewayJDAM

8 ай бұрын

The fire chief was very distraught over loosing so many of his men. GWB thought it was important he stand with him as a symbol.

@retrofan2264

4 ай бұрын

Propaganda

@xxjr8axx

4 ай бұрын

@@luckyu521George Bush is a liar and a snake. His presidency has to be one of the worst for the country and the world. As the first responders they were just doing their jobs,respect to them.

In prayer we hear you

RIP Mr. Bob Beckwith!🫡🙏🇺🇸

As a very patriotic person swing the president show light during a dawn gives me the goosebumps

GW went Ric Flair when he said, "they'll hear from ALL OF US soon"

“And the people who knocked these buildings down, will hear all of us soon…” BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTT

@jaredchampagne2752

3 ай бұрын

**A10 warthog sounds intensifies** The greatest aircraft ever built.

George W. Bush was a president who changed my mind too many times. When he was elected president I was enthusiastic, a few days after September 11th I felt he was a very close President, the whole United States of America joined him, then as the years went by it was a bit of a disappointment. I always believe that his could have been a better presidency.

@ShadowRulah

4 ай бұрын

He was not a good president but he was incredibly earnest and that goes a long way.

@PHXNKVHXLIC

4 ай бұрын

He was warned several times that 9/11 was coming and did nothing. 2 trillion dollars gone the day before 9/11? And the accounting department getting destroyed at the Pentagon? Interesting

What’s crazy is that there were still trapped people alive underneath them at this time!

@JeffsYTFun

Ай бұрын

No one was alive. This was 3 days after.

Chills baby chills...W really said what we needed to hear that day..we were heartbroken, stunned, devastated, shocked, hurt and speaking for myself LIVID , BEYOND ANGRY...when the President said "hear ALL OF US soon" the country said it WITH HIM.

George Bush 1st term = A- George Bush 2nd term = F

Powerful

Para mim que não sei o que ele fez no passado ou até naquele momento, vi que ele estava realmente abatido e com muita tristesa no coração ao falar ele teve que ter forças, não eu não acho jamais que ele estava feliz nesses momentos, dá pra ver a dor que todos estavam sentindo, e acho que ele estava apenas tentando demonstrar otimismo, força de vontade ao povo que sofreu e presenciou o que aconteceu, desculpem se estou errado, mais parece que ele estava falando de coração partido, enfim ele estava tentando colocar força e união e o povo pra cima(ânimo)e nunca desistir, quem não iria estar triste num momento desses, pelo que aconteceu, força a vocês povo Unido, que vocês não deixem de se unir serem alegres e bons e ajudar uns aos outros e saber que sempre terá algum amigo pra te ajudar te fortalecer, Deus abençoe vocês fiquem todos com Deus, e saibam o mundo sentiu muita dor e até hoje sentimos, afinal ninguém quer isso pra ninguém desculpem 😢

@cakepopmopsop

7 ай бұрын

💗 🙏

Rest in peace I was at that place only one morning as I spend a half day for my self only in NY total 1 day and back to Thaiiland it very impressed place !

Bush could connect with the people, I couldn't imagine what Biden or Trump would say. Probably something embarrassing.

@kevink5183

4 ай бұрын

Trump speaks like a layman. He says what people are thinking but outloud. Better than being a scripted fake.

@curtf9813

3 күн бұрын

Biden wouldn’t go there. He’d practice a speech with his aides for several days and then present it from somewhere else in the country and completely botch it. That’s honestly what I think would happen

He wasn’t perfect but I will always have a soft spot for old W

Who thought in 2023, with Biden, we look back on GWB as a great leader in times of crisis.

@McRemmyBaby

4 ай бұрын

Bush was in on it 😅 all a plan

In fairness, hindsight it usually 20, 20, and this was a national tragedy. If we could allow our response to september 11, 2001 to instuct our sensibilities in the future it might serve as a deterrent to an incoherent rush to war. Bless the victims. May god bless america.

@naysayer1238

9 ай бұрын

? Rush? We were already at war. On the prosecution of the war from that point, I agree it didn't make sense how they decided they were going to try to Americanize Baghdad and Kabul though, yes, I would agree with that.

@Makayla.420

2 ай бұрын

@@naysayer1238 We should have waited a year before we launched multiple attacks on multiple fronts. We had the world behind us, if bush would have toured the world visiting all our allies gaining more support the war on terrorism would be over. I was watching an old documentary of veterans saying what they would have done different in hindsight. All of them said they would have waited to launch. Anyway no point in dwelling on it, we did what we did.

GOD Bless America ❤❤❤

Dios Bendiga Siempre a Los Estados Unidos De Norteamérica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Another great hero like Rudolph.

❤

Imagine how better our nation would be if people were still like this today. One nation, united

I was there when I was 3 years old, I could remember my mom being near the ruins where Bush is talking in the video. Rest in peace to all workers there and also to my dad that lost his life inside the world trade center 2

@lordroy88

5 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry. God bless your father. He is in heaven now.

@Brad02526

4 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your lost, God bless your father and those who died on that day. They will never be forgotten. God bless America.

“I can hear you, the world can hear you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!” George W Bush wasn’t perfect, but that’s a great quote.

I didn’t realize at that time that he was making a threat, basically…chilling, but I can understand it after what happened. We were left vulnerable, angry, grieving, lost, etc. I was only 10 years old at the time.

This gives me goosebumps everytime

Speaker in his ears 😢

0:39 0:56

Where's is gone those day's?

Algore...

Never ask a woman her age A man, his salary George W. Bush, about the number 9 and number 11

@DilanCommunications

Ай бұрын

shh, he can hear you

Orchestrated psy-op.

It’s early dawn in the desert. The sky is starting to glow with light but the sun is still yet to rise. You’re standing there, looking at an ordinary desert bush. You’re struck by its geometric beauty, the mathematical precision of its fractally-arranged leaves. You feel an impulse to reach out. You run your fingers through its little green leaves. They feel spikey and alive.

Im 30 i was in the 3rd or.4th grade when this happened. And i cant watch this without crying. Its rough. Its powerful.

@Matt-pt6rl

13 күн бұрын

You don’t remember the grade you were in Planter ? 🪴💩🪴💩🪴🔥🤡

I was a huge bush hater going into 2001 but when I watched this speech live and 9/11 live btw, I realized how small my opinions were and from that day on no matter anyone's stance on issues like gin control and abortion, we are all Americans including Mr Bush. I broke 😢 down and weeped when he said that line about hearing us😢!! Not saying we need another day like that September morning but this country with Trump and Biden need to be reminded we are 1 under God and we are all Americans!!!!

This still bring tears! Never forget!

Dammit George, you were on a roll until you messed up and invaded Iraq.

[22 and a half years later] Do you think they heard us?

Imagine telling these people how long it would take to get Bin Landen after such an epic moment

This moment was so heavy when it happened. Then we went and invaded Iraq for no damn reason and a bunch more people got killed. Wtf

Furthermore I can't find my brother and he also worked the pile

I want to see a united USA again. I want all of us to just get along. This country shouldnt have made it this long , through world wars, through civil war, through disputes. We need to put aside our differences and serve the country who gave me the opportunity to even write this comment. Im joining the army and i couldnt think of a better country to serve. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

this put a lump in my throat. Truly a man for the people.

@Matt-pt6rl

13 күн бұрын

Could be lymphoma, were you near the WTC on 9/11? The toxic dust clouds contained carcinogens as well as thousands of humans turned into dust size particles. Ninety percent of the victims bodies weren’t recovered for a very good reason ; they were no longer bodies .

Thanks George God Bless America and the Free World

@hiworldstephensonultranate290

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Highlighter

Say what you want about W Bush, but his choice of words after the "we can't hear you!" interjection was on point and on par to some of the greatest political statements in American history. I remember seeing this on TV 20+ years ago when I was in high school and it always stayed in my mind. Glad to revisit it here.

I was born by the time 911 Happened. Feel bad for those people in new york has to been really horrible

It's ironic that it took such tragedy to truly unite a nation. This speech is raw, the footage is amateur, yet it remains one of the most powerful speeches ever delivered by a U.S president. America was a rockstar in the 2000's. Sadly, for whatever reasons, it has lost itself and is now a country more divided than ever before. God bless America.

@Matt-pt6rl

13 күн бұрын

The nation united in knowing that planes and fires can’t destroy skyscrapers by turning them into dust . How many people died ? Thousands , how many bodies were recovered? Ten percent at best .

Not American but. Got goosebumps when I watched that speech

@annmariedobbin4369

8 күн бұрын

Me too.

Boy howdy did we fail the workers there. For 2+ decades we have.

USA USA !! I love this moment here

'God Bless America 🇺🇸❤

I’m crying 😿 🇺🇸🇺🇸😇🙏❤️😞

@shannonblanchard8195

9 ай бұрын

@@politelyvulgarvernacular thats correct son

@TangledUpInBlue631

9 ай бұрын

As was I after the supreme courts decision in Bush v. Gore. And again in November, 2004. We should have seen this coming.

@shannonblanchard8195

7 ай бұрын

@@TangledUpInBlue631 gore should have been pres

@McRemmyBaby

4 ай бұрын

All a plan

These petty things that divide us and the important ones should never tear us apart.... PERIOD!!!!!

I remember being so patriotic and so sad at the same time!

Thats the nicest evilest speech I ever heard

This is one of those speeches that make you feel patriotic even if you're not American.

Thin red line

This is a masterclass in public speaking. The first third you can hear people chattering in the background, a bullhorn that isn’t loud enough. Prepared remarks aren’t going over….GWB says “I can hear you….” And it’s game “effing” over.

Malice green is Ray Kelly

I have to commend Bush for immediately going to the site of ground zero and making this speech right in front of everybody's faces, where everybody can see and hear him. The presidents nowadays would be sitting in the white house giving a lousy press conference to reporters.

@Matt-pt6rl

13 күн бұрын

I loved that speech it was textbook lying , he was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

He brought the Saudi crown with him and got booed that's how I remember that.

Tell us more about the Bush family & the Bin Ladens

He is smiling

@TheMafia24

9 ай бұрын

So are the firefighters who just lost there brothers, lost innocent lives because they were unable to help them in time and they will live in regret forever. But they might be laughing but doesn't mean they aren't mad. He's a leader and what he did on the dawn of the attacks, was amazing and inspirational. He handled it like a true leader. Anyways, God Bless you and take care.

@lesliethomas9532

9 ай бұрын

It was a inside job he planned .

@Peter_1986

9 ай бұрын

​@@TheMafia24 Yeah, basically he was trying to be comforting, and the best way to comfort other people is to make them smile and laugh, even after a horrible event. There is no mystery there - even John Cleese himself used _dark humour_ as a way to cheer people up during Graham Chapman's _memorial service._

@SpammoJohnson

5 ай бұрын

Because he knew this could be used to justify his sick ambitions in the Middle East

@BeingforthebenefitofMrPerkins

3 ай бұрын

Dupers delight

I remember this president ignored the message three time’s. He should acted on the second message.

@shannonblanchard8195

9 ай бұрын

It’s better than throwing paper towels

@shannonblanchard8195

9 ай бұрын

@@kmick8108 I don’t like him either✔️

@stacyn.

9 ай бұрын

@@shannonblanchard8195 I still like Bush though.

@shannonblanchard8195

9 ай бұрын

I see your point lol Al Gore for 24

@stacyn.

9 ай бұрын

@@shannonblanchard8195 No Way. I don’t like Al Gore.

Where's Kanye?

@alandadj1298

9 ай бұрын

Probably just producing songs for Jay-Z around this time (Interestingly enough, Jay's album "The Blueprint", which features production work from Ye, dropped on the same day as the attacks, 9/11/2001)

This made me enlist

@Matt-pt6rl

13 күн бұрын

In Silverstein’s army of fake plants 🪴💩🫡

@Greg_call

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you ❤❤❤

treason

23 years later and still the majority of the people don't have any clue who was responsible for this terrorist act

뉴욕 뉴욕 모든 대통령 님 존경합니다 항상 시민이 우선이고 바다같은 태양처럼 따뜻한 품으로 언제 어디서도 안아 줄수 있는 큰 품을 가져고있는 뉴욕 사랑하고 존경합니다 ❤❤❤❤❤

Luurve President Bush's accent! Really admire him

Man, I wish we had a President like that on 9/11 today.

@briendoyle3823

9 ай бұрын

You mean a President who would lie to the American people and the world just so he could launch a invasion of a country which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.

@tomedwards6354

9 ай бұрын

Me too

@lesliethomas9532

9 ай бұрын

No, you don’t he literally made 911 happen so he could get oil from iraq

Man I really miss when we had a strong leader, a strong military and an extremely patriotic nation. We need to come back to this…we were the strongest nation on earth, that has ever existed, and were surely doing everything we can to destroy that.

War that is America os about

“The invasion of Iraq was neither in self defense against armed attack, nor sanctioned by the UN Security Council authorizing the use of force by member states and thus constituted the Crime of War of Aggression” International Commission of Jurists in Geneva….UN Secretary General Kofi Annan declares the US invasion of Iraq illegal on Sept 15,2004.

@jordansmith5978

9 ай бұрын

@@politelyvulgarvernacularlol as if

@jordansmith5978

9 ай бұрын

What’s the point of saying this? To be edgy? And do legal wars from the UN eyes make you feel better?

@briendoyle3823

9 ай бұрын

​@@jordansmith5978: What's wrong with telling the truth?

@captainjaber5610

9 ай бұрын

Israel was behind it all. They used the US like a prostitute in order to invade the Middle East so the Middle East would be weakened. Truth hurts and most Americans will have to realize the truth.

@TangledUpInBlue631

9 ай бұрын

@@politelyvulgarvernacular Gung ho, at the time. I'm still wondering if we've learned anything. Thanks for sharing such a percipient viewpoint.

All a plan

G.W. Bush had a pretty hard time during his presidency and it was hard to make decisions like he had to make. Besides this in his name more than 150 perpetrators were executed but this killer Bush never realized that he became a passioned killer himself, too.

You really made them heard. It's pride. You're a great speaker. I like your personality. As a politician, you did your best. I regard you only as a politician, not as enemy of Muslims.

When we were united

Good words , President ❤😊

he’s not my friend

Missed being there by 10 mins .

@brickistic8188

Ай бұрын

wait really?

Amen,God bless United States of America, January 14th, Van-R-Tran , Sincerely,

This was such a badass moment. Love him or hate him, GW stood up tall after this tragedy, like a real leader

Smiling while addressing a grieving nation! That says a lot.

@generalkayoss7347

9 ай бұрын

You probably voted for Biden though.

@Alpha-Trion7

9 ай бұрын

Biden says he was at ground zero the day after 9/11. That says a lot.

@BeingforthebenefitofMrPerkins

3 ай бұрын

Dupers Delight. Like Alice Hogan.

I was REALLY not a fan of W, but can you imagine what kind of Charlie Foxtrot it would've been if Al "I invented the Internet" Gore would have been in the White House? 😮

I kind of wished he closed his speech leading everyone in singing the Star Spangled Banner. Even if he couldn't sing well, nobody would care. It would have been perfectly fitting, even after the first enemy attack on continental American soil since, well the day Francis Scott Keys wrote the anthem, "does the star spangled banner still wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

George was in my opinion one of the best presidents

@AnonymousCommentor_

Ай бұрын

All people care about is his relation with the iraq war. Those circus clowns need to look through their eyes and not through their political party. I'm meh on Bush but the way

ONE MORE TIME AMERICA WHAT

America