Can you take us to that moment?

Yeah, it was maybe one of the most jarring moments of my life and maybe professional life.

I was part of the Office of Media Affairs at the time, and that's an office at the White House that deals with basically all the reporters that aren't in the White House press corps.

And we had gathered up in my boss's office, he was the head of media affairs, Tucker Eskew, to talk about an assignment that he had given us just 20 some minutes prior, which was do quick research about how presidents generally respond to an act of war.

And my colleagues and I had done quick research looking at Pearl Harbor, looking at how presidents respond.

And we gather up in his office at about 930 and say, At just that moment, President Bush was making his initial remarks from Sarasota about the two planes hitting the World Trade Center.

And he was at the school but was letting everyone know that he was going to be leaving and that they had a moment of silence.

Were you scared? Why did you go back and what did it feel like?