11 September 2001 shows US President George W. Bush (R) being informed by
his chief of staff Andrew Card of the attacks on the World Trade Center in
New York during an early morning school reading event in Sarasota, Florida.
The fifth anniversary of September 11 finds the United States bloodied by
foreign war, polarized politically and coping with terrorism’s curbs on
freedom which helped define American life. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Paul J. RICHARDS
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