DC 911 - Time Of Crisis

on the morning of September 11, 2001. United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is hosting a breakfast for a number of members of the United States Congress. The purpose of the breakfast was to procure an increase to the defense budget, with Rumsfeld claiming they will soon need the money as something big is likely to occur soon given the rise of Islamic Extremism against the United States. While the aircraft have been crashed into the World Trade Center, President Bush is at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Florida. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs Bush that “a second plane has hit the second tower, America is under attack!“. After 8 - 11 Minutes President Bush prepares to leave the school, he interrupts a reporters question so as to not alarm to school children as to the events unfolding in New York City. President Bush orders Rumsfeld to take the nation to Defcon 3 and put the military in high alert. He discusses the situation with Vice President Cheney
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