In a rare interview about the attacks, Bush told the National Geographic Channel what was going through his mind when he was informed about the attack.
Bush was sitting with a group of children when he said he saw reporters at the back of the room getting the news on their cellphones, which he described as like 'watching a silent movie,' The Daily Mail reports.
"My first reaction was anger. Who the hell would do that to America? Then I immediately focused on the children, and the contrast between the attack and the innocence of children," Bush was quoted, as saying.
Then his chief of staff Andy Card informed him that a second had hit the World Trade Center. Bush said he realized a lot of people beyond that classroom would be watching for his reaction.
"So I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom.
I didn't want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm. I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing a leader has to do is to project calm," Bush said.
In the hour-long interview, which will be broadcast on August 28, Bush also said that visiting 'Ground Zero' was like 'hell'.
"From the air it looked like a giant scar. But when I actually got to the site, it was like walking into hell," Bush has said in the interview. (ANI)
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