ABC News: When George W. Bush saw the news about Boston, his mind immediately turned to organized terrorism–and to his own presidency.
With his presidential library opening Thursday at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the former president spoke with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview, detailing how he reacted to the bombs in Boston and the days-long manhunt that followed. The attacks, he said, reminded him of a time when it was his job to comfort the nation.
Bush’s tenure in the White House was defined, in part, by that role, which he took on after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon would launch the “Global War on Terror” his administration prosecuted for nearly eight years. They would also come to define how many Americans view terrorism.
When he first heard about the Boston attacks, Bush said, he worried about an organized, coordinated terrorist plot.
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