--- title: See How the Bush Administration Responded to 9/11 in New Photos description: Bush, Cheney, Rice and others can be seen in the President's Emergency Operations Center canonical: https://time.com/3972185/bush-admin-911-photo/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-25T14:04:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:47.593Z article:section: Politics og:title: Photos: See How the Bush Administration Responded to 9/11 og:description: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and others in the President's Emergency Operations Center og:url: https://time.com/3972185/bush-admin-911-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb836985b7b247838/69885c7de20a87fd3aa8c716/new-9-11-photos-released-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vice President Dick Cheney with President George W. Bush inside the President's Emergency Operations Center og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photos: See How the Bush Administration Responded to 9/11 twitter:description: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and others in the President's Emergency Operations Center twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb836985b7b247838/69885c7de20a87fd3aa8c716/new-9-11-photos-released-10.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See How the Bush Administration Responded to 9/11 in Newly Released Photos ## Video: RISE [Watch (HLS stream): RISE](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YAAwl6nK.m3u8) (13:48)  _Published 2014-03-03. After 9/11 New York had an arduous task ahead: How to re-build. This is the story of of the World Trade Center's rise back into New York's Skyline, and the iron workers that made it possible_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 25, 2015 2:04 PM UTC  Vice President Dick Cheney with President George W. Bush inside the President's Emergency Operations Center Vice President Dick Cheney with President George W. Bush inside the President's Emergency Operations CenterDavid Bohrer by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 25, 2015 2:04 PM UTC Americans have seen the photo of the chief of staff [whispering](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/student-recalls-classroom-moment-when-bush-heard-9-11-news-n201651) the news of 9/11 into George W. Bush’s ear the morning of the attack in an elementary school classroom, and they know the iconic images of the former president [speaking into a bullhorn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OCgMPX2mE) amid the rubble at Ground Zero three days later. But now [new photos](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/24/new-images-show-bush-administration-911/30647057/) have been released that shed light on what was going on behind the scenes in the wake of the attack. A Freedom of Information Act request from a _Frontline_ producer has turned up a collection of images from the National Archives taken by former Vice President Dick Cheney’s staff photographer in the aftermath of the attack, as Cheney and others gathered in the President’s Emergency Operations Center underneath the White House. Then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell, First Lady Laura Bush, Second Lady Lynne Cheney and other prominent officials feature in the photos. See the full gallery of photos [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/72157656213196901).  Reports of the attack on the World Trade Center's twin towers played on television in Vice President Cheney's office on Sept. 11, 2001. David Bohrer  Vice President Dick Cheney with senior staff inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Cheney with Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney and Senior Staff in the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Dick Cheney with senior staff inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Mary Matalin talks with Karen Hughes and Lynne Cheney in the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Dick Cheney inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Dick Cheney with senior staff inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Colin Powell inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  CIA Director George Tenet, left, listens to President Bush's address in the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Dick Cheney with President George W. Bush inside the President's Emergency Operations Center David Bohrer  Vice President Cheney and Lynne Cheney depart the White House on Marine Two David Bohrer  Vice President Cheney and Lynne Cheney aboard Marine Two David Bohrer ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3972185/bush-admin-911-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3972185/bush-admin-911-photo/"},"headline":"See How the Bush Administration Responded to 9/11 in Newly Released Photos","datePublished":"2015-07-25T14:04:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:47.593Z","description":"Bush, Cheney, Rice and others can be seen in the President's Emergency Operations Center","url":"https://time.com/3972185/bush-admin-911-photo/","keywords":["White House","George W. 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