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David Thompson
Professor Bevill
ENGL 1302 - 06
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were quite shocking to hear for the first time and the fact that the President stepped up to lead in this
emotional time was quite profound.
Through the presidents speech he memorialized the fallen people and appealed to Americas
emotional state of grief. This awful tragedy brought a great wave of heartache throughout the entire nation.
In the heartache the President honored the fallen in many ways, but one of the greatest ways was with a
challenge. The President challenged the American people to never forget. The President lead in a
tremendous way by showing how he planned to complete the challenge by carry the badge of a fallen police
officer. How President Bush planned to help as well was by helping the states affected (New York,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia) with relief funds and personnel. These things that the President did emotionally
comforted the American people in this terrible time.