Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell

The 9/11 Principal Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell

September 11, 2001, was a tragic, horrific day that will forever be embedded in our national consciousness. Not since Pearl harbor has there been an attack on the United States with the destruction, loss of life, and global consequences. Everyone remembers where they were on 9/11, and in this book, we have this first-hand account of what it was like to be at president bush's side as the awful events unfolded. From the moment the first plane hit, the whisper in the presidents from Andrew Card, and the infamous 7 minutes, Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell, the Principal of Emma E. Booker Elementary in Sarasota, FL was there. She vividly recounts her memories of that terrible, fateful day. she begins with the logistical and security preparations for the presidents impending visit. She describes her personal conversations with him, the realization we are under a terrorist attack, and concludes with her observations of the president's behavior and the state of our nation in the midst of a national tragedy. She was at his side until the secret services whisked him away to the safety of air force one, and thus as known as the 9/11 Principal.