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I was directing my advanced band at the time my phone rang. My wife called to tell me the news. Her Brother was working in the Pentagon at that time and she was very nervous until she learned he & his group had been whisked away and over to Ft. Belvoir. The next period was my planning period (I had no students at that time). I heard strange aircraft overhead (my school was 1 1/2 miles off of the the north end of Barksdale AFB). I ran to my outside door to see what it was, as I know the sound of B52's and A-10's really well. There were a couple of F-16's fairly high, circling. Our school's SRO (Police officer) was also outside looking at them, then we saw it....Air Force One turning a short final. Talk about a lump in your throat. about 15 minutes later Pres. Bush made "the speech" from Hoban Hall at Barksdale. A few minutes later, Air Force One took off to the north. It seemed surreal.